Science Fiction Year 1988

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Other events

Literary prizes

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Arthur C. Clarke Award
author Original title German edition category
George Turner The Sea and Summer Summer in the greenhouse

British Science Fiction Association Award

British Science Fiction Association Award
author Original title German edition category
Robert Holdstock Lavondyss Best novel
Bob Shaw Dark Night in Toyland Best short story

Campbell Award

Campbell Award
author Original title German edition category
Connie Willis Lincoln's Dreams Lincoln's dreams Best novel
Judith Moffett Best new author

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

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

German Science Fiction Award

German Science Fiction Award
author Original title German edition category
Gudrun Pausewang The cloud Best novel
Ernst Petz The dissolute-making songwriting life Best short story

Hugo Award

Hugo Award
author Original title German edition category
David Brin The Uplift War Development war Best novel
Orson Scott Card Eye for Eye Eye for eye Best short novel
Ursula K. Le Guin Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight Hey, buffalo girls, aren't you coming out tonight?
also: Buffalo girls, won't you guys come out tonight? 		Best story
Lawrence Watt-Evans Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers Why I left Harry's hamburger joint, which was open all night Best short story

Kurd Laßwitz Prize

Kurd Laßwitz Prize
author Original title German edition category
Gudrun Pausewang The cloud Best novel
Karl Michael Armer The final solution to the unemployment question Best story
Christopher Priest The glamor The beautiful sparkle Best foreign plant
Lore Strassl Best translator
Klaus Holitzka Best graphic artist
Carl Amery The Penthouse Protocol Director: Norbert Schaeffer , music: Matthias Thurow Best radio play
Wim Wenders The sky over Berlin Best movie
Wolfgang Jeschke for: The Science Fiction Year Special Price

Locus Award

Locus Award
author Original title German edition category
David Brin The Uplift War Development war Best SF novel
Emma Bull War for the Oaks Best first novel
Robert Silverberg The Secret Sharer Vox Best short novel
Pat Murphy Rachel in Love Rachel is in love Best story
Pat Cadigan fishing rod Best short story
Lucius Shepard The Jaguar Hunter Best collection
Gardner Dozois The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection Best anthology

Nebula Award

Nebula Award
author Original title German edition category
Lois McMaster Bujold Falling Free The quaddies from Cay Habitat Best novel
Connie Willis The Last of the Winnebagos The last Winnebago Best short novel
George Alec Effinger Schrödinger's kitten Schrödinger's Cat Best story
James Morrow Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge Biblical Stories for Adults # 7: The Flood Best short story

Philip K. Dick Award

Philip K. Dick Award
author Original title German edition category
Paul J. McAuley 400 billion stars Four hundred billion stars
Rudy Rucker Wetware Wetware

Prometheus Award

Prometheus Award
author Original title German edition category
Victor Koman The Jehovah Contract Best novel
Alfred Bester The stars my destination The cosmonaut's revenge
also as: Tiger! Tiger! and The Burning Man 		Hall of Fame

New publications literature

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title author Remarks
Batman: Smile, please! 1990 Batman: The Killing Joke Alan Moore
Bloody river Blood River Patrick Tilley
The three-minute universe 1993 The Three-Minute Universe Barbara Paul Star Trek Classic ; review
The game of Azad 1990 The Player of Games Iain Banks
The long, dark five o'clock tea of ​​the soul The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul Douglas Adams
The Legion's Honor 1997 Renegade's Honor William H. Keith, Jr. review
The star crown 1999 Crown of Stars James Tiptree, Jr. review
The sorcerers of Gor 1988 Magicians of Gor John Norman
The last world 1988 - Christoph Ransmayr
Saving the Empire 1989 Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov review
A question of honour 2007 Conflict of Honor Sharon Lee &
Steve Miller 		review
Cloned Cyteen CJ Cherryh
Mona Lisa overdrive 1989 Mona Lisa overdrive William Gibson

Film awards

New releases films

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title Director Remarks
Brother from Space 1988 Hermano del Espacio Mario Gariazzo
Cocoon II - The return 1989 Cocoon: The Return Daniel Petrie
Critters 2 - They're Returning 1988 Critters - The Main Course Mick Garris
Evil II 1989 Phantasm II Don Coscarelli
The monkey in man 1989 Monkey shines George A. Romero
The blob 1988 The blob Chuck Russell
The Silver Planet 1990 Well srebrnym globie Andrzej Zulawski
The return of the killer tomatoes 1989 Return of the Killer Tomatoes! John De Bello
The Return of the Scary Hulk 1991 The Incredible Hulk Returns Nicholas Corea
My stepmother is an alien 1989 My Stepmother Is an Alien Richard Benjamin
Night of Decision - Miracle Mile 1989 Miracle Mile Steve De Jarnatt
Number 5 is not giving up 1988 Short Circuit 2 Kenneth Johnson
you live 1989 John Carpenter's They Live John Carpenter based on the short story Eight O'Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson
Space Invaders 1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space Stephen Chiodo
Terror Serpent 1988 Terror Serpent Godfrey Ho
Top Line - The Secret of the Aztec Mountain 1988 Top line Nello Rossati
Zebo, the third from the center of the stars 1989 Earth Girls Are Easy Julien Temple
Spacecop LA 1991 1989 Alien nation Graham Baker
As Time goes by - Bogart's Bar returns As Time Goes by Barry Peak
Black Nightfall 1990 Nightfall Paul Mayersberg
Blue fever 1990 Incident at Raven's Gate Rolf de Heer
Crazy Balloon Norman's Awesome Experience Paul Donovan
Deep space Fred Olen Ray
Desert Warrior Jim Goldman
The brain 1989 The Brain Ed Hunt
Phoenix - The Warrior 1988 She-Wolves of the Wasteland Robert Hayes
Rejuvenator - Never shake hands with the devil 1989 Rejuvenatrix Brian Thomas Jones
Roboman 1991 Robowar - Robot there Bruno Mattei
Space Mutiny 1990 Space Mutiny David Winters , Neal Sundstrom
Sweetwater Let Glomm
Days of darkness 1989 Russian Дни затмения , transcribed Dni zatmeniya Aleksandr Sokurov
Dead live longer 1988 Dead man walking Gregory Dark
The vampire from space 1989 Not of This Earth Jim Wynorski
Sons of Steel Gary L. Keady
The Hunter - A merciless hunter 1988 Hell comes to Frogtown Donald G. Jackson & RJ Kizer
Killing Birds 1989 Killing birds - uccelli assassini Claudio Lattanzi
Twins - twins 1989 Twins Ivan Reitman

New releases TV series

German title sent Original title Episodes Seasons Remarks
COPS 1988-1989 COPS 65 1
Fantastic Max 1988 Fantastic Max 26th 2
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1988-1997 Japanese 銀河 英雄 伝 説 , Ginga Eiyū Densetsu 110 4th
war of the Worlds 1988-1990 War of the worlds 42 + 1 2
Red Dwarf 1988-1999 Red Dwarf 74 13
Superboy 1988-1992 Superboy 100 4th
Superman 1988 Superman 13 1
Mystery Science Theater 3000 1988-1999 Mystery Science Theater 3000 199 11
1988 sample 7th 1
RoboCop 1988-1989 RoboCop 12 1
1988 Something is out there 8th 1

New releases computer games

German title Original title Studio genre platform Remarks
Super cons Japanese ス ー パ ー 魂斗羅 エ イ リ ア ン の 逆襲 , Sūpā Kontora: Eirian no Gyakushū Konami Shoot 'em up Arcade , NES , PlayChoice-10 , Amiga , MS-DOS , Windows
xenon xenon The Bitmap Brothers Shoot 'em up Arcade, Atari ST , Amiga, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum , Schneider CPC , Commodore 64 , MSX
The Guardian Legend The Guardian Legend Compile Shoot 'em up, action adventure NES
Gradius II Japanese. グ ラ デ ィ ウ ス II -GOFER の 野 望 , Gradius II: Gofer no Yabō Konami Shoot 'em up Arcade, NES, PC Engine , X68000
Assault jap. ア サ ル ト , Asaruto Namco Shoot 'em up Arcade
Last duel Capcom Shoot 'em up Arcade, Amiga, Schneider CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Knight Rider Knight Rider Pack-in video Racing simulation NES
Thunder Force II Thunder Force II Technosoft Shoot 'em up X68000, Sega Genesis
Space Harrier II jap. ス ペ ー ス ハ リ ア ー II , Supēsu Hariā II Sega AM2 Shoot 'em up Sega Mega Drive , Amiga, Schneider CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Thunder Cross Konami Shoot 'em up Arcade
Truxton jap. タ シ ジ ソ , Tatsujin Toaplan , Sting Entertainment Shoot 'em up Arcade, Sega Genesis, PC Engine
Snatcher jap. ス ナ ッ チ ャ ー , Sunatchā Konami Japanese adventure PC-88 , MSX-2 , PC Engine, Sega Mega-CD , PlayStation , Sega Saturn
RoboCop RoboCop Data East Beat 'em up , shoot' em up Arcade
Atomic Robo-Kid UPL Shoot 'em up Arcade, TurboGrafx-16 , Sega Genesis, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga, X68000
Gain Ground Sega Action game , strategy game , tactical shooter Arcade, SMS , Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16
Image fight Irem Shoot 'em up Arcade, NES, PC Engine, X68000
Star Trek: The Rebel Universe Firebird Software , Simon & Schuster Interactive Action adventure Atari ST, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Lucasfilm Games Adventure Amiga, Apple II , Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM Towns , MS-DOS
Neuromancer Neuromancer Interplay Productions Adventure Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs , C64, MS-DOS
Manhunter: New York Evryware Adventure MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIGS, Tandy 1000
Katakis - Rainbow Arts Shoot 'em up Commodore 64, Amiga
Zybex Zybex Zeppelin Games Shoot 'em up Atari 8-bit , C64, ZX Spectrum
Galaxy Force Galaxy Force Sega Shoot 'em up Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Schneider CPC, SMS, Sega Genesis, FM Towns, Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
Mindfighter Abstract Concepts Text adventure Amiga, Commodore 64, Schneider CPC, Atari ST, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
Menace DMA design Shoot 'em up Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Captain Blood's Ark L'Arche du Captain Blood ERE Informatique Adventure, space flight simulation Atari ST, Amiga, Apple IIGS, IBM PC , Schneider CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Thomson TO7 , Macintosh
Wasteland Wasteland Interplay Productions RPG Commodore 64, Apple II, MS-DOS, Windows , Mac OS , Linux
Blaster Master Sunsoft Jump 'n' run , shoot 'em up NES
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World New World Computing RPG MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, MacOS, C64, FM-7 , MSX, PC-88, PC-98 , Sharp X1 , X68000, SNES
Final Fantasy II Japanese フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー II , Fainaru Fantajī Tsū Square RPG NES, WonderSwan Color , PlayStation , GBA
Lane Mastodon vs. the bubbling men Lane Mastodon vs. the bubbling men Tom Snyder Productions Visual novel Apple II, C64, PC Booter
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception Westwood Associates Mech simulation , RPG MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64
Mars saga Mars saga Westwood Associates RPG C64, Apple II, MS-DOS
The Colony The Colony Mindscape Ego shooter Mac OS, MS-DOS, Amiga
Laser Squad Laser Squad Target Games Turn-based strategy game Amiga, Schneider CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum

Conventions

Died

See also

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