Science Fiction Year 1980

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Events

Literary prizes

British Science Fiction Association Award

British Science Fiction Association Award
author Original title German edition category
Gregory Benford Timescape Timeline Best novel
Thomas Michael Disch The Brave Little Toaster The brave little toaster Best short story

Campbell Award

Campbell Award
author Original title German edition category
Thomas Michael Disch On wings of song On the wings of song Best novel
Barry B. Longyear Best new author

Hugo Award

Hugo Award
author Original title German edition category
Arthur C. Clarke The Fountains of Paradise Elevator to the Stars Best novel
Barry B. Longyear Enemy mine You, my enemy too: my dear enemy Best short novel
George RR Martin Sand kings Sand kings Best story
George RR Martin The Way of Cross and Dragon The way of the cross and the dragon Best short story

Locus Award

Locus Award
author Original title German edition category
John Varley titanium The satellite Best SF novel
Barry B. Longyear Enemy mine You, my enemy too: my dear enemy Best short novel
George RR Martin Sand kings Sand kings Best story
George RR Martin The Way of Cross and Dragon The way of the cross and the dragon Best short story
Larry Niven Convergent Series Best collection
Terry Carr Universe 9 Best anthology

Nebula Award

Nebula Award
author Original title German edition category
Gregory Benford Timescape Timeline Best novel
Suzy McKee Charnas Unicorn tapestry Chapter 3 The unicorn tapestry of the novel: The vampire canopy Best short novel
Howard Waldrop The Ugly Chickens The ugly chickens too: the ugly chickens Best story
Clifford D. Simak Grotto of the Dancing Deer Grotto of the dancing game Best short story

New publications literature

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title author Remarks
Astropolis 1980 - Mark Brandis review
Cachalot 1983 Cachalot Alan Dean Foster review
Congo 1981 Congo Michael Crichton
The dragon egg 1981 Dragon's Egg Robert L. Forward review
The magical labyrinth 1981 The Magic Labyrinth Philip José Farmer review
The restaurant at the end of the universe The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams
The fifth rider The Fifth Horseman Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
The galactic sniffer dog 1983 The Galactic Effectuator Jack Vance review
The infinitive of Go 1983 The Infinitive of Go John Brunner review
the snow Queen 1983 The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge review
The time of the Hundred Kingdoms 1982 Two To Conquer Marion Zimmer Bradley
Hastur's legacy 1980 The Heritage of Hastur Marion Zimmer Bradley
Beyond the blue horizon 1981 Beyond the Blue Event Horizon Frederik Pohl
Battle slave on Gor 1984 Fighting Slave of Gor John Norman
Naked goal 1989 Nagi cel Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg review
Ringwelt engineers 1982 The Ringworld Engineers Larry Niven
Sun divers 1995 Sundiver David Brin review

Film awards

Oscar

BAFTA Awards

  • Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world
  • Award in the categories of Best Production Design and Best Sound Track .

Hugo Award

  • Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world
  • Award for Best Dramatic Presentation .

Saturn Award

  • Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world
  • Award for Ridley Scott as "Best Director", "Best Science Fiction Film" and for Veronica Cartwright as "Best Supporting Actress"

New releases films

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title Director Remarks
Alien, the seeds of horror returns 1982 Alien 2 - Sulla terra Ciro Ippolito
Buddy hits Luke 1980 Chissà perché… capitano tutte a me Michele Lupo
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
Death Watch - The bought death 1980 La mort en direct Bertrand Tavernier based on David G. Compton's novel Deathwatch
The trip to hell 1982 Altered States Ken Russell
The horror alligator 1981 alligator Lewis Teague
The final countdown 1980 The final countdown Don Taylor
The puma man 1981 L'uomo puma Alberto De Martino
The supercop 1980 Poliziotto superpiù Sergio Corbucci
The naked bomb 1980 The Nude Bomb Clive Donner
A deadly dream 1986 Somewhere in Time Jeannot Szwarc The literary film adaptation of the 1975 novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson
Flash Gordon 1981 Flash Gordon Mike Hodges the soundtrack is from Queen
Galaxina 1982 Galaxina William Sachs
Overkill - Through hell to eternity 1982 Japanese 復活 の 日 , Fukkatsu no hi Kinji Fukasaku
Sador - ruler in space 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars Jimmy T. Murakami
Saturn City 1985 Saturn 3 Stanley Donen
Shining 1980 The Shining Stanley Kubrick
Superman II - Alone Against All 1981 Superman ii Richard Lester & Richard Donner
The Alien Dead Fred Olen Ray
The secret of the flying devil 1989 Without warning Greydon Clark
Astaron - Brood of Terror 1980 Contamination Luigi Cozzi
The Falls Peter Greenaway
Galactica III: The End of an Odyssey 1981 Conquest of the Earth Barry Crane , Sidney Hayers
A secret hangar 18 1987 Hangar 18 James L. Conway
Jan from the golden star - - Peter Podehl
Monster from below monster Kenneth Hartford
Simon the alien 1987 Simon Marshall Brickman
Star rock 1982 The Apple Menahem Golan
Terror in New York 1987 Revenge of the Stepford Wives Robert Fuest

New releases TV series

German title sent Original title Episodes Seasons Remarks
Beyond Westworld 1980 Beyond Westworld 5 1
Starfleet 1980-1981 Japanese. X ボ ン バ ー , Ekkusu Bonbā 26th
Star summer 1980 - 6th 1
Battle Star Galactica 1980 1980 Galactica 1980 10 1
The Mars Chronicles 1980 The Martian Chronicles 3 1
1980-1982 Super friends 22nd 3

New releases computer games

German title Original title Studio genre platform Remarks
Heiankyo alien University of Tokyo Maze , action adventure Arcade , Apple II , Game Boy , Windows
kamikaze Konami Shoot 'em up Arcade
Targ Exidy Shoot 'em up Arcade
Moon Cresta Nichibutsu Shoot 'em up Arcade, ZX Spectrum , Commodore 64 , BBC Micro , Schneider CPC , Dragon 32
Star Castle Cinematronics Shoot 'em up Arcade, Vectrex
Space panic Space panic Universal Jump 'n' run
Spectar Exidy Maze Arcade
Berzerk Berzerk Stern Electronics Shoot 'em up Arcade
Space Firebird Nintendo Space combat simulation Arcade
Phoenix Phoenix Amstar Shoot 'em up Arcade
Space zap Game-A-Tron Shoot 'em up Arcade
Star warrior Epyx RPG Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Galactic Attack Galactic Attack Sirotech Combat simulation Apple II
Galactic Empire Galactic Empire Brøderbund Strategy game Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80, Mac OS
Rescue at Rigel Rescue at Rigel Epyx RPG Apple II, MS-DOS , TRS-80, VIC 20 , PET 2001 , Atari 8-bit
The warp factor The warp factor SSI Space combat simulation Apple II

Conventions

Born

Died

See also

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