Science Fiction Year 1985

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Literary prizes

British Science Fiction Association Award

British Science Fiction Association Award
author Original title German edition category
Brian Aldiss Helliconia winter Helliconia: winter Best novel
David Langford Cube Root Best short story

Campbell Award

Campbell Award
author Original title German edition category
Frederik Pohl The Years of the City Super city Best novel
Lucius Shepard Best new author

German Science Fiction Award

German Science Fiction Award
author Original title German edition category
Herbert W. Franke The cold of space Best novel
Thomas RP Mielke A murder in space Best short story

Hugo Award

Hugo Award
author Original title German edition category
William Gibson Neuromancer Neuromancer Best novel
John Varley PRESS ENTER [] Also press input : Press Enter also: Terminal Best short novel
Octavia E. Butler Bloodchild Blood brood also: blood ties Best story
David Brin The Crystal Spheres The crystal shells Best short story

Kurd Laßwitz Prize

Kurd Laßwitz Prize
author Original title German edition category
Herbert W. Franke The cold of space Best novel
Wolfgang Jeschke Nekyomanteion Best story
Carl Amery You mighty ones only allow one summer Best short story
Philip K. Dick Valis Best foreign plant
Horst Pukallus Best translator
Helmut Wenske Best graphic artist
Joachim Koerber Bibliographical lexicon of utopian-fantastic literature Special Price

Locus Award

Locus Award
author Original title German edition category
Larry Niven The integral trees The floating forest Best SF novel
Kim Stanley Robinson The Wild Shore The wild bank Best first novel
John Varley PRESS ENTER [] Also press input : Press Enter also: Terminal Best short novel
Octavia E. Butler Bloodchild Blood brood also: blood ties Best story
Lucius Shepard Salvador Best short story
Fritz Leiber The Ghost Light Best collection
Michael Bishop Light Years and Dark Best anthology

Nebula Award

Nebula Award
author Original title German edition category
Orson Scott Card Ender's game The big game Best novel
Robert Silverberg Sailing to Byzantium Sea trip to Byzantium Best short novel
George RR Martin Portraits of His Children Pictures of his children Best story
Nancy Kress Out of All Them Bright Stars Best short story

Philip K. Dick Award

Philip K. Dick Award
author Original title German edition category
Tim Powers Dinner at Deviant's Palace At table in Deviant's palace

Prometheus Award

Prometheus Award
author Original title German edition category
not forgiven Best novel
Poul Anderson Trader to the Stars The Star Trader Hall of Fame
Eric Frank Russell The great explosion The big explosion

New publications literature

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title author Remarks
aeon 1987 Eon Greg Bear review
Barefoot over glass 1991 Walking on Glass Iain M. Banks
Blood music 1988 Blood Music Greg Bear review
Contact 1986 Contact Carl Sagan The novel is the basis of the film of the same name Contact
by Robert Zemeckis
The galactic empire 1985 Robots and Empire Isaac Asimov review
The big game Ender's game Orson Scott Card
The cuckoo's egg 1988 Cuckoo's Egg CJ Cherryh review
The maid's report 1987 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
The green pearl 1990 The Green Pearl Jack Vance review
The cat that walks through walls 1987 The Cat who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein
The mercenaries of Gor 1998 Mercenaries of Gor John Norman
The dancer 2009 Dancer of Gor John Norman
The order castle of the desert planet Chapterhouse Dune Frank Herbert
The trump cards of the Last Judgment 1995 Trumps of Doom Roger Zelazny
The waves choke the wind 1988 Russian Волны гасят ветер , transcribed Volny gasiat veter Arkadi and Boris Strugazki
The faith healer 1995 Star Healer James White
First family First family Patrick Tilley
Fiskadoro 1990 Fiskadoro Denis Johnson review
Gordon's calling 1989 The Postman David Brin Template for the film Postman
Helliconia: winter 1985 Helliconia: winter Brian W. Aldiss review
Return to gateway Heechee rendezvous Frederik Pohl
Schism matrix 1989 Schism matrix Bruce Sterling

Film awards

New releases films

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title Director Remarks
Baby - The Secret of a Lost Legend 1985 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend Bill L. Norton
Visit to Van Gogh - - Horst Seemann is based on the story Vincent van Gogh by Sewer Felixowitsch Gansowski
Blue Yonder - Flight into the past 1987 The Blue Yonder Mark Rosman
Brazil 1985 Brazil Terry Gilliam
Cocoon 1985 Cocoon Ron Howard
DARYL - The extraordinary 1986 DARYL Simon Wincer
The secret of the magic sword 1986 The Secret of the Sword Ed Friedman, among others
Def-Con 4 - The last command 1986 Def-Con 4 Paul Donovan
The beginners - - Siggi Götz
Enemy Mine - beloved enemy 1985 Enemy mine Wolfgang Petersen
Ewoks - Battle for Endor 1986 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Jim Wheat & Ken Wheat
Explorers - A fantastic adventure 1986 Explorers Joe Dante
Future Project - The 4th Dimension 1986 My Science Project Jonathan R. Betuel
James Bond 007 - In the Face of Death 1985 A view to a kill John Glen
Joey 1985 Joey Roland Emmerich
LISA - The total madness 1985 Weird Science John Hughes
Lifeforce - The Deadly Menace 1985 Lifeforce Tobe Hooper
Mad Max - Beyond the Thunderdome 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller & George Ogilvie
Quiet Earth - The final experiment 1986 The Quiet Earth Geoff Murphy is loosely based on the book of the same name by Craig Harrison
Re-animator 1988 Re-animator Stuart Gordon
Trancers 1985 Trancers Charles Band
UFOria 1987 UFOria John Binder
Damn it, the zombies are coming 1986 The Return of the Living Dead Dan O'Bannon
What a genius 1986 Real genius Martha Coolidge
Xaver and his alien friend - - Werner Possardt
Zombie 2 1987 Day of the Dead George A. Romero
Back to the Future 1985 Back to the future Robert Zemeckis
Monsters from the galaxy 1987 Biohazard Fred Olen Ray
Creator - The Professor and Sin 1994 Creator Ivan Passer
Creature - The dark power of darkness 1986 Creature William Malone
Milestones in life 1992 Tranches de vie François Leterrier
Killer in space Murder in Space Steven Hilliard star
Dawn - - Peter Sower
Neon killer 1987 Colpi di Luce Enzo G. Castellari
O bi, o ba - The end of civilization 2017 O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji Piotr Szulkin
Proxima Centauri 3 - Revolt in space Space rage Conrad E. Palmisano
The solo fighting machine 1986 Wheels of Fire Cirio H. Santiago
Star Cracks - The crazy crash landing of the aliens Morons from Outer Space Mike Hodges
Star Knight - The Lord of the Stars 1988 El caballero del dragón Fernando Colomo
Stuff - A deadly treat 1987 The stuff Larry Cohen
Warning sign gene killer 1986 Warning sign Hal Barwood
Zone Troopers Danny Bilson
The Legacy of Professor Dowell Russian Завещание профессора Доуэля , transcribed Zaveshchaniye professora Douelya Leonid Menaker

New releases TV series

German title sent Original title Episodes Seasons Remarks
Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors 1985-1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater 65 6th
The Ewoks 1985-1986 Ewoks 26th 2
The specialists on the go 1985-1986 Misfits of Science 16 + 1 1
Dirty pair 1985 jap. ダ ー テ ィ ペ ア Dāti Pea 24 + 2 1
Friends in space 1985-1986 Droids 14th 2
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors 1985 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors 65 1
MASK 1985-1986 MASK 75 2
Mission Terra 1985-1988 24 2
Street Hawk 1985-1986 Street Hawk 13 1
ThunderCats 1985-1990 ThunderCats 130 4th
Incredible stories 1985-1987 Amazing stories 45 2
Vicki 1985-1989 Small wonder 96 4th

New releases computer games

German title Original title Studio genre platform Remarks
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Atari Shoot 'em up Arcade , Amiga , Schneider CPC , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , ZX Spectrum
Gradius Gradius Konami Shoot 'em up Arcade, Schneider CPC, Commodore 64, MSX , NES , SNES , PC-88 , Sharp X1, Sharp X68000 , PC Engine , ZX Spectrum
Baraduke Japanese バ ラ デ ュ ー ク , Baradyūku Namco Shoot 'em up Arcade, Sharp X68000
Motos Japanese モ ト ス , Motosu Namco Action game Arcade, Schneider CPC, Commodore 64, X68000, ZX Spectrum
Japanese. ギ ャ ラ ラ テ ィ ィ ク ウ ォ ー リ ア ー ズ , Galactic Warriors Konami Fighting Game Arcade
Japanese テ ラ ク レ ス タ , Terra Cresta Nichibutsu Fighting Game Arcade, NES, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Sharp X68000
Star chandelier Japanese. ス タ ー ラ ス タ ー , Sutā Rasutā Namco Ego shooter Arcade, NES, Sharp X68000, Virtual Console
Section Z jap. セ ク シ ョ ン Z , Sekushon Z Capcom Shoot 'em up Arcade, NES
Space Harrier Japanese. ス ペ ー ス ハ リ ア ー , Supēsu Hariā ON 2 Shoot 'em up Arcade, Amiga, Schneider CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS , Sega Saturn , Sega 32X , Sega Master System , PC Engine , ZX Spectrum
A Mind Forever Voyaging A Mind Forever Voyaging Infocom Amiga, Apple II , Atari ST, C128 , Mac OS , MS-DOS
Galivan: Cosmo Police jap. コ ス モ ポ リ ス ギ ャ リ バ ン , Kosumoporisu Gyariban Nichibutsu Shoot 'em up Arcade, Commodore 64, Schneider CPC, ZX Spectrum, NES
Essex Essex Synapse software Text adventure Apple II, Atari 8-Bit , Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS
Thexder jap. テ グ ザ ー , Teguzā Game Arts Shoot 'em up PC-88, FM7, NES, Sharp X1, PC-98, MSX, Amiga, Apple II, MS-DOS, TRS-80, Mac OS

Conventions

43rd Worldcon , April 22-26 August, Melbourne ; Chairman: David Grigg, Guests of Honor: Gene Wolfe (pro) & Ted White (fan)

Born

Died

See also

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