Science Fiction Year 1981

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Events

  • The Kurd-Laßwitz Prize was awarded for the first time . It is intended to honor outstanding achievements, especially in the field of German-language science fiction, in order to support the award winners and German-language science fiction.

Literary prizes

British Science Fiction Association Award

British Science Fiction Association Award
author Original title German edition category
Gene Wolfe The Shadow of the Torturer Best novel
Robert Holdstock Mythago Wood Best short story

Campbell Award

Campbell Award
author Original title German edition category
Gregory Benford Timescape Timeline Best novel
Somtow Sucharitkul Best new author

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
author Original title German edition category
Fritz Leiber for his life's work

Hugo Award

Hugo Award
author Original title German edition category
Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen the snow Queen Best novel
Gordon R. Dickson Lost Dorsai The Dorsai Pacifist Best short novel
Gordon R. Dickson The Cloak and the Staff With habit and staff Best story
Clifford D. Simak Grotto of the Dancing Deer Grotto of the dancing game Best short story

Kurd Laßwitz Prize

Kurd Laßwitz Prize
author Original title German edition category
Georg Zauner The grandsons of the rocket builders Best novel
Thomas Ziegler The sensitive years Best story
Ronald M. Hahn On the great river Best short story
Horst Pukallus Best translator
Thomas Franke Best graphic artist
Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs ,
Ronald M. Hahn and Wolfgang Jeschke 		The lexicon of science fiction literature Special Price

Locus Award

Locus Award
author Original title German edition category
Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen the snow Queen Best SF novel
Robert L. Forward Dragon's Egg The dragon egg Best first novel
George RR Martin Night flyers Night flyer Best short novel
Thomas Michael Disch The Brave Little Toaster The brave little toaster Best story
Clifford D. Simak Grotto of the Dancing Deer Grotto of the dancing game Best short story
John Varley The Barbie Murders Best collection
Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction:
A 30 Year Retrospective		 Best anthology

Nebula Award

Nebula Award
author Original title German edition category
Gene Wolfe The Claw of the Conciliator The Arbiter's Claw Best novel
Poul Anderson The Saturn Game The Saturn game Best short novel
Michael Bishop The Quickening Best story
Lisa Tuttle The Bone Flute The bone flute Best short story

New publications literature

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title author Remarks
So spoke Golem 1984 Golem XIV Stanislaw Lem
The Klingon Gambit 1983 The Klingon Gambit Robert E. Vardeman Star Trek Classic Vol. 3 ; review
The riddle 1981 Zagadka Stanislaw Lem
The entropy effect 1983 The Entropy Effect Vonda N. McIntyre Star Trek Classic ; review
The god-emperor of the desert planet God Emperor of Dune Frank Herbert
The bodyguard of Gor 1985 Guardsman of Gor John Norman
The last day of creation 1981 - Wolfgang Jeschke
The villain of Gor 1984 Rogue of Gor John Norman
The magic hat 1982 The Trick Top Hat Robert Anton Wilson
The racing pigeons 1982 The Homing Pigeons Robert Anton Wilson
The power of stones 1996 The Strength of Stones Greg Bear review
Pell's star Downbelow Station CJ Cherryh
Star of the giants 1983 Giant's Star James P. Hogan review
The Quiet Earth The Quiet Earth Craig Harrison Template for the film Quiet Earth - The Last Experiment
The dead worlds of the Bolg 1985 The Unreasoning Mask Philip José Farmer

Film awards

Oscar

Saturn Award 1981

  • The Empire Strikes Back

British Academy Film Awards

  • The Empire Strikes Back

Grammy Award

  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Best instrumental composition for John Williams
  • Best album of original music written for a movie or TV special for John Williams

New releases films

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title Director Remarks
The secret of the castle in the Carpathian Mountains 1982 Tajemství hradu v Karpatech Oldřich Lipský based on the novel The Carpathian Castle by Jules Verne
The woman from space 1982 Russian Через тернии к звёздам , transcribed Niyya - iskusstvennyy chelovek Richard Viktorov
the rattlesnake 1981 John Carpenter's Escape from New York John Carpenter
The incredible story of Mrs. K. 1985 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Joel Schumacher
Escape from Galaxy III 1983 Giochi erotici nella 3a galassia Adalberto Albertini
Goliath - sensation after 40 years 1988 Goliath Awaits Kevin Connor
Heavy metal 1982 Heavy metal Gerald Potterton &
Jimmy T. Murakami
James Bond 007 - On a Deadly Mission 1981 For Your Eyes Only John Glen
No off-the-peg murder 1982 Looker Michael Crichton
Louis and his extraterrestrial cabbages 1982 La soupe aux choux Jean Girault
Mad Max II - The Executor 1982 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior George Miller
Malevil 2008 Malevil Christian de Chalonge
Outland - Planet of the Damned 1981 Outland Peter Hyams
Piranha 2 - Flying Killer 1983 Piranha Part Two: The Spawning James Cameron
Planet of horror 1982 Galaxy of Terror Bruce D. Clark
Seeds of evil 1981 Inseminoid Norman J. Warren
Scanners - your thoughts can kill 1981 Scanners David Cronenberg
Time bandits 1982 Time bandits Terry Gilliam
Planet earth terminus Earthbound James L. Conway
Visit from the galaxy 1983 Gosti iz galaksije Dušan Vukotić
Horror - on the trail of horror Scared to Death William Malone
Heart surgeon Dr. Vrain Threshold Richard Pearce
Heart squeak 1987 Heartbeeps Allan Arkush
Hellhounds of the highway 1983 Firebird 2015 AD David M. Robertson
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend John Black
The Last Chase Martyn Burke
A survivor's memoir Memoirs of a Survivor David Gladwell
The secret of the third planet 1982 Russian Тайна третьей планеты , transcribed Taina tretjei planety Roman Kachanov
War of the Worlds - The Next Century 2009 Wojna swiatów - nastepne stulecie Piotr Szulkin
Phaeton to earth ... Russian Петля Ориона , transcribed Petlya Oriona Vasily Levin

New releases TV series

German title sent Original title Episodes Seasons Remarks
Astronauts 1981-1982 Astronauts 13 2
The andro hunter 1981 - 26th 2
The visitor 1981-1983 Návštěvníci 15 + 1 1
The queen of the thousand years 1981-1982 Japanese 新竹 取 物語 ・ 1000 年 女王 , Shin Taketori Monogatari: Sen-nen Joō 42
Fang of the Sun Dougram 1981-1983 Japanese. 太陽 の 牙 ダ グ ラ ム , Taiyō no Kiba Daguramu 75
Odysseus 31 1981 Japanese 宇宙 伝 説 ユ リ シ ー ズ 31 , Uchū densetsu Yurishīzu sātī wan 26th
Those Obnoxious Aliens 1981-1986 Japanese う る 星 や つ ら , Urusei Yatsura 195 + 1 9
Blackstar 1981-1982 Blackstar 13 1
The Day of the Triffids 1981 The Day of the Triffids 6th 1
1981-1983 The Greatest American Hero 44 3
The Minikins - In the land of the giants 1981-1982 The minikins 12 1
1981 The Nightmare Man 4th 1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6th 1
1981-1987 Spider-Man 26th 1
Spider-Man and his extraordinary friends 1981-1986 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends 24 1
1981 The Phoenix 5 1
1981 Under the mountain 8th 1

New releases computer games

German title Original title Studio genre platform Remarks
pulsar Sega / Gremlin Shoot 'em up Arcade
Gorf Gorf Midway Games Shoot 'em up Arcade
Scramble Scramble Konami Shoot 'em up Arcade 1. Multi-level shooter
Great Cobra Konami, Entex , Parker Brothers Shoot 'em up Arcade, Atari 2600 , Atari 5200 , Atari 8-bit
Satan of Saturn jap. ザ ル ゾ ン, ザ ー ゾ ン , Zarzon SNK Corporation Shoot 'em up Arcade
Asteroids Deluxe Atari Shoot 'em up Arcade, Atari ST , BBC Micro
Astro Fantasia Data East Shoot 'em up Arcade
Astro Blaster Sega Shoot 'em up Arcade
Pleiads Tehkan Shoot 'em up Arcade
Black Hole Tokyo Denshi Sekkei Shoot 'em up Arcade
Colony 7 Taito Shoot 'em up Arcade
Japanese. ス ペ ー ス フ ュ ー リ ー , Space Fury Sega Shoot 'em up Arcade, ColecoVision
Omega Race Midway Games Shoot 'em up Arcade, Atari 2600, VIC 20 , Commodore 64 , ColecoVision
Vanguard Toose Shoot 'em up Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200
Cosmic Avenger Universal Arcade, ColecoVision
Warp & Warp Namco Shoot 'em up Arcade, MSX , PV-1000 , NES
Galaga Galaga Namco Shoot 'em up Arcade, NES , MSX , Game Boy , Atari 7800 , Amiga
Moon shuttle Moon shuttle Nichibutsu Shoot 'em up Commodore 64 , Atari 400 / 800
Stargate Stargate Vid Kidz Shoot 'em up Arcade, Atari 2600, Apple II , Commodore 64, NES
Tempest Tempest Atari Shoot 'em up Arcade
Bosconian Namco Shoot 'em up Arcade, MSX, X68000
Defender Defender Williams Electronics Shoot 'em up Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Schneider / Amstrad CPC , ColecoVision, Intellivision , VC20 , BBC Micro
War of the Worlds Tim Skelly Shoot 'em up Arcade
Yars' Revenge Yars' Revenge Howard Scott Warshaw Shoot 'em up Atari 2600, Game Boy Color , Game Boy Advance
Space dungeon Taito Shoot 'em up Arcade, Atari 5200
Eliminator Sega / Gremlin Shoot 'em up Arcade
Laser blast Activision Shoot 'em up Atari 2600
Astrosmash Mattel Shoot 'em up Intellivision , Atari 2600, Mattel Aquarius
Solar Quest Cinematronics Shoot 'em up Arcade, Vectrex
Caverns of Mars Caverns of Mars Greg Christensen Shoot 'em up Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600

Conventions

39th Worldcon , March 3–7 September, Denver ; Chair: Suzanne Carnival & Don C. Thompson , Guests of Honor: Clifford D. Simak (pro) & CL Moore (pro) & Rusty Hevelin (fan)

Born

Died

See also

Portal: Science Fiction  - Overview of Wikipedia content on science fiction