Science fiction year 1989
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | Science Fiction Year 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | ► | ►►
Other events
Literary prizes
Arthur C. Clarke Award
| Arthur C. Clarke Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Rachel Pollack | Unquenchable Fire | ||
British Science Fiction Association Award
| British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Terry Pratchett | Pyramids | Pyramids | Best novel |
| Lisa Tuttle | In translation | Best short story | |
Campbell Award
| Campbell Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Bruce Sterling | Islands in the Net | Islands in the network | Best novel |
| Michaela Roessner | Best new author | ||
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
| Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Ray Bradbury | for his life's work | ||
German Science Fiction Award
| German Science Fiction Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Fritz Schmoll | Kiezkoller | Best novel | |
| Rainer Erler | The cheese | Best short story | |
Hugo Award
| Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| CJ Cherryh | Cyteen | Cloned | 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 |
| Mike Resnick | Kirinyaga | Best short story | |
Kurd Laßwitz Prize
| Kurd Laßwitz Prize | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Norbert Stöbe | New York is heaven | Best novel | |
| Karl Michael Armer | Malessen mitte biotechnology | Best story | |
| Rainer Erler | The cheese | Best short story | |
| Orson Scott Card | Speaker for the Dead | Speaker for the dead | Best foreign plant |
| Walter Brumm | Best translator | ||
| Helmut Wenske | Best graphic artist | ||
| Wolfgang Jeschke | Jonah in the fiery furnace - or: The damaged life | Director: Wolf Euba | Best radio play |
| Terry Gilliam | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | The adventures of Baron Münchhausen | Best movie |
| Ute Bauer , Olaf Rappold and Thomas Tilsner | for SCIENCE FICTION MEDIA | Special Price | |
Locus Award
| Locus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| CJ Cherryh | Cyteen | Cloned | Best SF novel |
| Ian McDonald | Desolation Road | Road of abandonment | Best first novel |
| Lucius Shepard | The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter | The shed collector's beautiful daughter | Best short novel |
| Harlan Ellison | The Function of Dream Sleep | Best story | |
| Harlan Ellison | Eidolons | Best short story | |
| Harlan Ellison | Angry Candy | Best collection | |
| Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy | Full spectrum | Best anthology | |
Nebula Award
| Nebula Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Elizabeth Ann Scarborough | The Healer's War | Best novel | |
| Lois McMaster Bujold | The Mountains of Mourning | The mountains of sorrow | Best short novel |
| Connie Willis | At the Rialto | Best story | |
| Geoffrey A. Landis | Ripples in the Dirac Sea | Shallows in the Sea of Time too: waves in the Dirac Sea | Best short story |
Philip K. Dick Award
| Philip K. Dick Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Richard Paul Russo | Subterranean Gallery | The underground gallery | |
Prometheus Award
| Prometheus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Brad Linaweaver | Moon of Ice | Best novel | |
| J. Neil Schulman | Alongside night | Hall of Fame | |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The experiment | 2010 | Russian Град обреченный , transcribed degree obretschennij | Arkadi and Boris Strugazki | |
| grass | 1997 | Grass | Sheri S. Tepper | |
| Hyperion | 1991 | Hyperion | Dan Simmons | |
| Hammerfell's heirs | 1991 | The Heirs of Hammerfell | Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| A gift from culture | 1992 | The state of the art | Iain M. Banks | |
| midnight | 1990 | Midnight | Dean Koontz | |
| Nemesis | 1990 | Nemesis | Isaac Asimov | review |
| Rendezvous with the day after tomorrow | 1991 | Rama II |
Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee |
review |
| Knight of Shadows | 1995 | Knight of Shadows | Roger Zelazny | |
| Red dwarf | 2009 | Red Dwarf - Insanity Welcomes Careful Drivers | Grant Naylor | review |
| Deathbringer | Death Bringer | Patrick Tilley | ||
| Hit | 1991 | Thunder Strike! | Michael McCollum | review |
New releases films
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alien nation | 1989-1990 | Alien nation | 22 + 5 | 1 | |
| Aoi blink | 1989-1990 | Japanese. 青 い ブ リ ン ク , Aoi Burinku | 39 | 1 | |
| Captain N | 1989-1991 | Captain N: The Game Master | 34 | 3 | |
| Back to the past | 1989-1993 | Quantum Leap | 97 | 5 | |
| Jesse from space | 1989 | Hard Time on Planet Earth | 13 | 1 | |
| In 80 days around the world | 1989 | Around The World In 80 Days | 3 | 1 | TV three-part |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strider | Japanese. ス ト ラ イ ダ ー 飛 竜 , Sutoraidā Hiryū | Capcom | Jump 'n' run | Arcade , Amiga , Schneider CPC , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , MS-DOS , Sega Genesis , SMS , Sega Mega Drive , X68000 , TurboGrafx | |
| Act-Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon | Data East | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| Master of Weapon | Taito | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Sega Mega Drive | ||
| Blazing Lazers | jap. ガ ン ヘ ッ ド , Ganheddo | Compile | Shoot 'em up | TurboGrafx-16 | |
| Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters | Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters | Atari | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Amiga, Schneider CPC, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum | |
| Volfied | Japanese. ヴ ォ ル フ ィ ー ド , Vorufīdo | Taito | Action game | Arcade, Atari ST, Amiga, Sega Genesis, PC Engine , IBM PC , Commodore 64 | |
| Darius II | jap. ダ ラ イ ア ス II , Daraiasu Tsū | Taito | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | |
| Zero Wing | jap. ゼ ロ ウ ィ ン グ , Zero Wingu | Toaplan | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Sega Mega Drive, PC Engine | |
| Omega Fighter | UPL | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| Midnight Resistance | Midnight Resistance | Data East | Jump 'n' run, shoot 'em up | Arcade, Commodore 64, Sega Mega Drive, Amiga | |
| Quarth | Japanese ク ォ ー ス , Kuōsu | Konami | Puzzle video games , shoot 'em up | Arcade, MSX 2, PC-98 , X68000 , NES | |
| Megablast | Taito | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| Night Striker | Taito | Racing simulation , shoot 'em up | Arcade, Sega Mega-CD , Sega Saturn | ||
| To the earth | Cirque Verte | Shoot 'em up | NES | ||
| Batman: The Video Game | Sunsoft | Jump 'n' run | NES, Game Boy | ||
| Mean Streets | Mean Streets | Access software | Adventure | MS-DOS , Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga | |
| MechWarrior | MechWarrior | Dynamix | Ego shooter | MS-DOS, X68000, PC-98 | |
| Manhunter 2: San Francisco | Evryware | Adventure | MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Mac OS | ||
| Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | Educational game , strategy game | Amiga, Apple II , Commodore 64, MS-DOS, NES, Sega Mega Drive | ||
| Gradius III | Gradius III | Konami | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | |
| After the war | Dinamic software | Action game | Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum | ||
| Hellfire | Toaplan | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Sega Genesis, PC Engine | ||
| Mines of Titan | Westwood Associates | RPG | MS-DOS, Apple II | ||
| Midwinter | Midwinter | Maelstrom Games | Action RPG | MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST | |
| Millennium 2.2 | Millennium 2.2 | Ian Bird | Strategy game | MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST | |
| Duke two | Japanese. ヘ ル ツ ォ ー ク ・ ツ ヴ ァ イ , Herutsōku Tsuvai | Technosoft | Real time strategy game | Sega Mega Drive | |
| Project Firestart | Project Firestart | Dynamix | Action adventure | Commodore 64 | |
| Starflight 2 - Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula | Starflight 2 - Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula | Binary systems | Space flight simulation | MS-DOS, Mac OS, Amiga | |
| Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon | Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon | Sierra On-Line | Adventure | Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, MS-DOS | |
| Xenon 2 megablast | Xenon 2 megablast | Bitmap Brothers | Shoot 'em up | Acorn Archimedes , Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, MS-DOS, SMS, Sega Mega Drive, X68000 |
Conventions
- 12. Eurocon , San Marino
- 47th Worldcon , Aug 31- Sep 4, Boston ; Chairman: Mark L. Olson, Guests of Honor: Andre Norton (pro) & Ian & Betty Ballantine (pro), The Stranger Club (fan)
Died
- Wilhelm Wolfgang Bröll (* 1913)
- Reinmar Cunis (* 1933)
- Daphne du Maurier (* 1907)
- Gertrude Friedberg (* 1908)
- Paul van Herck (* 1938)
- Hans Hellmut Kirst (* 1914)
- Ulf Miehe (proper name of Robert Artner ; * 1940)
- Donald J. Pfeil (* 1937)
- Gerhard R. Steinhäuser (* 1920)
- Sarban (pseudonym of John W. Wall) (* 1910)
- William F. Temple (* 1914)
