Science Fiction Year 1992

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Events

Literary prizes

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Arthur C. Clarke Award
author Original title German edition category
Pat Cadigan Synners Synder

British Science Fiction Association Award

British Science Fiction Association Award
author Original title German edition category
Kim Stanley Robinson Red Mars Red Mars Best novel
Ian McDonald Innocents Best short story

Campbell Award

Campbell Award
author Original title German edition category
Bradley Denton Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede Best novel
Ted Chiang Best new author

German Science Fiction Award

German Science Fiction Prize
author Original title German edition category
Christian Mähr Fatous dust Best novel
Egon ice cream The last signal Best short story

Hugo Award

Hugo Award
author Original title German edition category
Lois McMaster Bujold Barrayar Barrayar Best novel
Nancy Kress Beggars in Spain Beggar in Spain Best short novel
Isaac Asimov gold gold Best story
Geoffrey A. Landis A walk in the sun Competing with the sun Best short story

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

James Tiptree, Jr. Award
author Original title German edition category
Maureen F. McHugh China Mountain Zhang ABC Zhang

Kurd Laßwitz Prize

Kurd Laßwitz Prize
author Original title German edition category
Christian Mähr Fatous dust Best novel
Horst Pukallus The lead of time Best story
Peter Schattschneider Easy care Best short story
Iain M. Banks The Wasp Factory The wasp factory Best foreign plant
Irene Bonhorst Best translator
Dieter Rottermund Best graphic artist
Hermann Motschach , director: Andreas Weber-Schäfer Midas - or: The Resurrection of the Flesh
(based on the novel of the same name by Wolfgang Jeschke )		 Best radio play
Category was not assigned Best movie
Organizing committee of the SF Days North Rhine-Westphalia Special Price

Locus Award

Locus Award
author Original title German edition category
Lois McMaster Bujold Barrayar Barrayar Best SF novel
Kathe Koja The cipher Best first novel
Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Gallery of His Dreams The gallery of his dreams Best short novel
Dan Simmons All Dracula's Children Best story
John Kessel Buffalo Best short story
Howard Waldrop Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stories Best collection
Lou Aronica & Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell Full spectrum 3 Best anthology

Nebula Award

Nebula Award
author Original title German edition category
Connie Willis Doomsday Book The years of the black death Best novel
James Morrow City of Truth The city of truth Best short novel
Pamela Sargent Danny Goes to Mars Danny flies to Mars Best story
Connie Willis Even the Queen Even the queen Best short story

Philip K. Dick Award

Philip K. Dick Award
author Original title German edition category
Richard Grant Through the heart

Prometheus Award

Prometheus Award
author Original title German edition category
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle & Michael F. Flynn Fallen Angels Fallen angel Best novel
Ira Levin This Perfect Day The gentle monsters Hall of Fame

New publications literature

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title author Remarks
ABC Zhang 1995 China Mountain Zhang Maureen F. McHugh review
The empty face 2009 The Hollow Man Dan Simmons
Deus X 1997 Deus X Norman Spinrad review
The dark side of power 1992 Dark Force Rising Timothy Zahn
The years of the black death 1993 Doomsday Book Connie Willis review
The sails of Tau-Ceti 2008 The Sails of Tau Ceti Michael McCollum review
A fire on the deep 1995 A fire upon the deep Vernor Vinge
A dark hungry god awakens 1997 The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises Stephen R. Donaldson review
Once to Rupert and back 1994 Mostly harmless Douglas Adams
Angel of destruction 1999 Destroying Angel Richard Paul Russo review
In the land of empty houses 1993 The Children of Men PD James filmed as Children of Men ; review
Cold as ice 2004 Cold as Ice Charles Sheffield review
Radical operation 1996 The Genocidal Healer James White
Snow crash 1994 Snow crash Neal Stephenson
Days on meridian 1994 Meridian Days Eric Brown review

Film awards

New releases films

German title
Year of publication in German 		Original title Director Remarks
Alien 3 1992 Alien³ David Fincher
Batman's return 1992 Batman Returns Tim Burton
Critters 4 - The big eats go on 1992 Critters 4 Rupert Harvey
The lawnmower man 1992 The Lawnmower Man Brett Leonard
Forever Young 1993 Forever Young Steve Miner
Freejack - hostage of the future 1992 Freejack Geoff Murphy
Godzilla - Battle of the Mutant Dinosaurs 1993 jap. ゴ ジ ラ vs モ ス ラ ,
Gojira tai Mosura 		Koji Hashimoto
Chasing someone invisible 1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man John Carpenter
Darling, we have a giant baby now 1993 Honey, I blew up the kid Randal Kleiser
Mom and Dad save the world Mom and Dad Save the World Greg Beeman
Nemesis 1993 Nemesis Albert Pyun
Scanners III 1992 Scanners III: The Takeover Christian Duguay
Shadowchaser 1992 Project: Shadowchaser John Eyres
Spaceshift 1992 Waxwork II: Lost in Time Anthony Hickox
Split second 1992 Split second Tony Maylam
Universal Soldier 1992 Universal Soldier Roland Emmerich
Timescape - In the race against time 1992 Timescape David Twohy
Brainslasher 1993 Mindwarp Steve Barnett
Chip can do it all Still Not Quite Human Eric Luke
Computer love Home wrecker Fred Walton
Silent rain Rain Without Thunder Gary O. Bennett
Moebius - - Matti Geschonneck
Prototype Phillip J. Roth
jap. 鉄 男 II , Body Hammer Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Trancers 2010 Trancers III C. Courtney Joyner

New releases TV series

German title sent Original title Episodes Seasons Remarks
Batman 1992-1999 Batman: The Animated Series 109 4th
Time Trax - Back to the Future 1992-1994 Time Trax 44 2
X-Men 1992-1997 X-Men: The Animated Series 76 5
1992 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 8th 1
1992-1995 The Tomorrow People 26th 3

New releases computer games

German title Original title Studio genre platform Remarks
Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters Toys for Bob Adventure , shoot 'em up MS-DOS , 3DO
Super Probotector: Alien Rebels Contra III: The Alien Wars Konami Shoot 'em up SNES , Game Boy , Game Boy Advance
Space pirates American Laser Games Interactive film , shoot 'em up Arcade , 3DO, MS-DOS
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Lucasfilm Games Action-Adventure , Jump 'n' Run Game Boy, NES
Wolfenstein 3D Wolfenstein 3D id software Ego shooter MS-DOS, SNES, Mac OS , 3DO
Varth: Operation Thunderstorm Capcom Shoot 'em up Arcade
Axelay Konami Shoot 'em up SNES
Space Lords Atari Combat simulation Arcade
Viewpoint Aicom Shoot 'em up Arcade, PlayStation , Sega Genesis, X68000
Super Star Wars Sculptured Software , LucasArts Shoot 'em up SNES
Assault Suits Valken Japanese. 重 装機 兵 ヴ ァ ル ケ ン , Jūsō Kihei Varuken NCS Corp Shoot 'em up, jump' n 'run SNES, PlayStation 2
Sewer Shark Digital pictures Interactive film, shoot 'em up Sega CD , 3DO
Batman Returns Denton Designs Action game , beat 'em up NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Mega-CD , Master System , Game Gear, Atari Lynx , Amiga, MS-DOS
Dune II - Battle for Arrakis Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty Westwood Studios Real time strategy game MS-DOS, RISC OS , Amiga, Sega Mega Drive
Dark Seed Dark Seed Cyberdreams , Incentive Software Adventure Amiga, MS-DOS, Amiga, Mac OS, Sega Saturn , PlayStation
Flashback Flashback Delphine Software International Action-Adventure, Jump 'n' Run Amiga, Acorn Archimedes , Mega Drive, MS-DOS, PC-98 , SNES, 3DO
Dune Dune Cryo Interactive Entertainment Adventure, strategy game MS-DOS, Amiga, Sega Mega-CD
Plan 9 from Outer Space Plan 9 from Outer Space Gremlin Graphics Adventure Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
Inca Inca Coktel vision Adventure, combat simulation, CD-i , MS-DOS
Eternam Infogrames Adventure MS-DOS
Alien³ Alien³ Sample entertainment Jump 'n' run Amiga, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Gear, Master System, NES, Sega Genesis, SNES
BlaZeon jap. ブ レ イ ゾ ン AI Shoot 'em up Arcade, SNES
Thunder Force IV Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar Technosoft Shoot 'em up Sega Mega Drive
Maelstrom Maelstrom Andrew Welch Shoot 'em up Mac OS, Linux
Space Crusade Space Crusade Gremlin Graphics software Turn-based strategy game Amiga, Schneider CPC , Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen New World Computing RPG MS-DOS, MacOS, FM Towns , PC-98
World Heroes Alpha denshi Fighting Game Arcade, mega drive
Final fantasy v jap. フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー V , Fainaru Fantajī Faibu Square RPG SNES, PlayStation, GBA , Windows
Steel Empire HOT ・ B Shoot 'em up Sega Mega Drive, GBA
Tegel's Mercenaries Mindcraft Strategy game MS-DOS
VGA planets VGA planets Tim Wisseman Turn-based strategy game Windows

New publications issue series

Conventions

Died

See also

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