Science Fiction Year 1982
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | Science Fiction Year 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | ► | ►►
Other events
Events
- The Philip K. Dick Award is presented for the first time
Literary prizes
British Science Fiction Association Award
| British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Brian Aldiss | Helliconia Spring | Helliconia: spring | Best novel |
| Keith Roberts | Kitemaster | Best short story | |
Campbell Award
| Campbell Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Russell Hoban | Riddley Walker | Best novel | |
| Alexis A. Gilliland | Best new author | ||
Hugo Award
| Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| CJ Cherryh | Downbelow Station | Pell's star | Best novel |
| Poul Anderson | The Saturn Game | The Saturn game | Best short novel |
| Roger Zelazny | Unicorn variation | The unicorn variant too: unicorn variants | 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 |
| Wolfgang Jeschke | The last day of creation | Best novel | |
| Wolfgang Jeschke | Documents on the state of the land before the devastation | Best story | |
| Ronald M. Hahn | A few short scenes smuggled by the censors from the files of Freiheit & Abenteuer GmbH | Best short story | |
| Horst Pukallus | Best translator | ||
| Thomas Franke | Best graphic artist | ||
| Wolfgang Jeschke | as a sponsor of the German SF and publisher of the Heyne Science Fiction magazine |
Special Price | |
Locus Award
| Locus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Julian May | The Many-Colored Land | The multicolored country | Best SF novel |
| Somtow Sucharitkul | Starship & Haiku | The last haiku fades away | Best first novel |
| John Varley | Blue champagne | Best short novel | |
| George RR Martin | Guardians | Best story | |
| John Varley | The pusher | Best short story | |
| George RR Martin | Sand kings | Sand kings | Best collection |
| Robert Lynn Asprin | Shadows of Sanctuary | Best anthology | |
Nebula Award
| Nebula Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Michael Bishop | No Enemy But Time | Only time to the enemy | Best novel |
| John Kessel | Another orphan | Another orphan | Best short novel |
| Connie Willis | Fire watch | Fire watch | Best story |
| Connie Willis | A Letter from the Clearys | A letter from the Clearys | Best short story |
Philip K. Dick Award
| Philip K. Dick Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Rudy Rucker | software | software | |
Prometheus Award
| Prometheus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| L. Neil Smith | The Probability Broach | Best novel | |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life, the universe and everything else | Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | ||
| The age of the stars | 1985 | Birthright: The Book of Man | Mike Resnick | |
| The blood brothers of Gor | 1985 | Blood Brothers of Gor | John Norman | |
| The savages of Gor | 1985 | Savages of Gor | John Norman | |
| Feverish dream | 1991 | Fevre Dream | George RR Martin | review |
| Friday | 1983 | Friday | Robert A. Heinlein | review |
| Helliconia: spring | 1982 | Helliconia: Spring | Brian W. Aldiss | review |
| Mistress of the hawks | 1984 | Hawkmistress! | Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| Merchant's luck | 1984 | Merchanter's Luck | CJ Cherryh | review |
| child of darkness | 1984 | Darkchild | Sydney J. Van Scyoc | review |
| Local appointment | 1987 | Stanislaw Lem | ||
| Manhunt | 1987 | The Running Man | Stephen King | published under his pseudonym Richard Bachman, template for the film Running Man |
| Red Mars | 1997 | Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | |
| black | 1988 | The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger | Stephen King |
New releases films
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Mecha Xabungle | 1982-1983 | Japanese. 戦 闘 メ カ ザ ブ ン グ ル , Sentō Meka Zabunguru | 50 | 1 | |
| The boy from the other planet | 1982-1983 | The Powers of Matthew Star | 22nd | 1 | |
| The time travelers | 1982-1983 | Voyagers! | 20th | 1 | |
| Knight Rider | 1982-1986 | Knight Rider | 90 | 4th | |
| The Phoenix | 1982 | The Phoenix | 5 | 4th | |
| Once upon a time ... space | 1982 | Il était une fois ... l'espace | 26th | 1 | |
| 1982 | Play for Tomorrow | 6th | 1 | ||
| The incredible Hulk | 1982-1983 | The Incredible Hulk | 13 | 1 | |
| On the way to Atlantis | 1982 | - | 13 | 1 |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Strike | Mattel | Shoot 'em up | Intellivision , Atari 2600 | ||
| Zaxxon | Zaxxon | Sega , Ikegami Tsūshinki | Shoot 'em up | Arcade , Atari 2600, ColecoVision , Apple II , Intellivision (among others) | |
| Space Duel | Atari | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| Robotron: 2084 | Robotron: 2084 | Williams Electronics | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Apple II, Atari 5200 , Atari 7800 , Commodore 64 (among others) | |
| The pit | AW Electronics | Action game , strategy game | Arcade, Commodore 64 | ||
| Tron | Tron | Midway Games | Action game | Arcade | |
| Frenzy | Stern Electronics | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, ZX Spectrum , ColecoVision | ||
| Moon patrol | Moon patrol | Irem | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 800 , Atari ST , ColecoVision, Commodore 64 (among others) | |
| Japanese. サ ブ ・ 口 ッ ク 3D , SubRoc-3D | Sega | Action game | Arcade, ColecoVision | ||
| Gravitar | Atari | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Atari 2600 | ||
| Zector | Sega | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, PlayStation 2 | ||
| Time pilot | Time pilot | Konami | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision | |
| Liberator | Atari | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| jap. 夕 ツ ク / ス キ ヤ ン , Tac / Scan | Sega | Combat simulation | Arcade, Atari 2600, PlayStation 2 | ||
| ET the Extra-Terrestrial | ET the Extra-Terrestrial | Atari | Adventure | Atari 2600 | |
| Time tunnel | Applied Systems Engineering Inc. | Puzzle video game | Commodore 64 | ||
| Spider-Man | Atari | Atari 2600 | Action game | ||
| Demon Attack | Demon Attack | Rob Fulop | Shoot 'em up | Atari 2600, Philips G7000 , Intellivision, VC20, TRS-80 CoCo , C64, TI-99/4 | |
| Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator | Sega | Combat simulation | Arcade, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, C64, TI-99 / 4A, VIC-20 | ||
| Andromeda Conquest | Andromeda Conquest | Avalon Hill | Strategy game | MS-DOS | |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Parker Brothers | Shoot 'em up | Atari 2600, Intellivision | |
| Solar Fox | Bally / Midway | Action game | Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Intellivision | ||
| Cosmic Ark | Imagic | Action game | Atari 2600 | ||
| Astro Chase | First Star Software | Shoot 'em up | Atari 8-bit, Arcade, Atari 5200, C64 | ||
| Kozmik Krooz'r | Bally Midway | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| Battle Cross | Omori Electric | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, MSX | ||
| Azurian Attack | Rait Electronics | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| Space Spartans | Mattel | Combat simulation | Intellivision | ||
| Phaser Patrol | Starpath | Combat simulation | Atari 2600 | ||
| Rendezvous: A Space Shuttle Flight Simulation | Titan Computer Products | Space flight simulation | Apple II | ||
| Starcross | Starcross | Infocom | Adventure | Apple II, Atari-8-Bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amiga, Commodore Plus / 4 , MS-DOS, TRS-80 |
New publications magazines / fanzines / anthologies
- The secret location of the north coast . Edited and introduced by Joachim Kalka; Design: Heinz Edelmann . In: Joachim Kalka (Ed.): Almanach der Hobbit-Presse . No. 1 . Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-608-95089-3 (start of an anthology series that was discontinued in 1983 with the 2nd edition).
- Michael Görden (Ed.): Fantastic Literature ... 82. (= Lübbe's selection volume . No. 72012 ). Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1982, ISBN 3-404-72012-1 (start of an anthology series, which was discontinued in 1986 with the 5th edition).
Conventions
- 6. Eurocon , Mönchengladbach
- 40th Worldcon , 2nd – 6th September, Chicago ; Chair: Ross Pavlac & Larry Propp, Guests of Honor: A. Bertram Chandler (pro) & Frank Kelly Freas (pro) & Lee Hoffman (fan)
Born
Died
- David Bear (* 1911)
- Hans Theodor Brik (* 1899)
- Peter Brock (* 1916)
- Karl Bruckner (* 1906)
- Czesław Chruszczewski (* 1922)
- Stanton A. Coblentz (* 1896)
- Edmund Cooper (born 1926)
- Philip K. Dick (* 1928)
- Joan Hunter Holly (pseudonym of Joan Carol Holly) (* 1932)
- Irmgard Keun (* 1905)
- Gottfried Kolditz (* 1922)
- Peter de Mendelssohn (* 1908)
