Science Fiction Year 1998
Overview
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Other events
Literary prizes
Arthur C. Clarke Award
| Arthur C. Clarke Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Mary Doria Russell | The Sparrow | sparrow | |
British Science Fiction Association Award
| British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Christopher Priest | The extremes | The amok loop | Best novel |
| Gwyneth Jones | La Cenerentola | Best short story | |
Campbell Award
| Campbell Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Joe Haldeman | Forever Peace | Eternal peace | Best novel |
| Mary Doria Russell | Best new author | ||
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
| Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Poul Anderson | for his life's work | ||
German Science Fiction Award
| German Science Fiction Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Robert Feldhoff | Greetings from the star beast | Best novel | |
| Andreas Eschbach | The wonders of the universe | Best short story | |
Hugo Award
| Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Joe Haldeman | Forever Peace | Eternal peace | Best novel |
| Allen Steele | … Where Angels Fear to Tread | Best short novel | |
| Bill Johnson | We Will Drink a Fish Together ... | Best story | |
| Mike Resnick | The 43 Antarean Dynasties | Best short story | |
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
| James Tiptree, Jr. Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Raphael Carter | Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation by KN Sirsi and Sandra Botkin | ||
Kurd Laßwitz Prize
| Kurd Laßwitz Prize | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Category not assigned | Best novel | ||
| Malte S. Sembten | Blind date | Best short story / narrative | |
| Iain Banks | The trail of the dead sun | Best foreign plant | |
| Irene Bonhorst | Best translator | ||
| Attila Boros | Best graphic artist | ||
| Karlheinz Knuth , director: Thomas Werner | The days next door - or: where Caesar was not murdered | Best radio play | |
| Hermann Urbanek | for his literature news in ANDROMEDA NEWS, The Science Fiction Year, and other publications | Special Price | |
Locus Award
| Locus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Dan Simmons | The Rise of Endymion | Endymion - The Resurrection | Best SF novel |
| Ian R. MacLeod | The Great Wheel | Best first novel | |
| Allen Steele | … Where Angels Fear to Tread | Best short novel | |
| Connie Willis | Newsletter | Best story | |
| James Patrick Kelly | Itsy Bitsy Spider | Best short story | |
| Harlan Ellison | Slippage | Best collection | |
| Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection | Best anthology | |
Nebula Award
| Nebula Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Joe Haldeman | Forever Peace | Eternal peace | Best novel |
| Sheila Finch | Reading the bones | Best short novel | |
| Jane Yolen | Lost Girls | Best story | |
| Bruce Holland Rogers | Thirteen Ways to Water | Best short story | |
Philip K. Dick Award
| Philip K. Dick Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Geoff Ryman | 253: The Print Remix | 253 - The subway novel | |
Prometheus Award
| Prometheus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Ken MacLeod | The Stone Canal | The Mars city | Best novel |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Time Enough for Love | The Lives of Lazarus Long | Hall of Fame |
| Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer | Free space | Special Price | |
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
| Science Fiction Hall of Fame | |
|---|---|
| Award winners | category |
| Frederik Pohl | Living Inductee |
| Hal Clement | |
| CL Moore | Posthumous Inductee |
| Robert A. Heinlein | |
New publications literature
Film awards
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Golden Raspberry
- Batman & Robin - Alicia Silverstone for worst supporting actress
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Postman
- Worst movie
- Kevin Costner as the worst actor
- Kevin Costner as the worst director
- Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland for Worst Screenplay
- Worst soundtrack
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Oscar
- Men in Black - Best Makeup David LeRoy Anderson
New releases films
New releases TV series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animorphs | 1998-2000 | Animorphs | 26th | 2 | |
| Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 | 1998 | jap. バ ブ ル ガ ム ク ラ イ シ ス ＴＯＫＹＯ2040 , Baburugamu Kuraishisu Tokyo 2040 | 26th | 1 | |
| Captain Vyom - The Sky Warrior | 1998-1999 | Captain Vyom - The Sky Warrior | 54 | ||
| Cowboy bebop | 1998-1999 | Japanese. カ ウ ボ ー イ ビ バ ッ プ , Kaubōi Bibappu | 26th | 1 | |
| First Wave - The Prophecy | 1998-2001 | First wave | 66 | 3 | |
| Gasaraki | 1998 | jap. ガ サ ラ キ, Gasaraki | 25th | 1 | |
| Legend of Basara | 1998 | バ サ ラ, Basara | 13 | 1 | |
| Serial Experiments Lain | 1998 | Serial Experiments Lain | 13 | 1 | |
| Seven Days - the gateway to time | 1998-2001 | Seven Days | 66 | 3 | |
| Silent Möbius | 1998 | jap. サ イ レ ン ト メ ビ ウ ス , sairento mebiusu | 26th | ||
| Sonic Underground | 1998-2000 | Sonic le Rebelle | 40 | 2 | |
| Trigun | 1998 | jap. ト ラ イ ガ ン , Toraigan | 26th | 1 | |
| Unity space station | 1998 | Space Island One | 26th | 2 | |
| 1998 | Invasion America | 13 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | Invasion: Earth | 6th | 1 | ||
| 1998-2005 | Mentors | 52 | 4th | ||
| 1998-1999 | Mercy Point | 8th | 1 | ||
| 1998-1999 | RoboCop: Alpha Commando | 41 | 1 | ||
| 1998-1999 | Shadow Raiders | 26th | 2 | ||
| 1998 | Silver surfer | 13 | 1 |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Rhodan - Operation Eastside | - | Spellbound Entertainment | Strategy game | Windows | |
| The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time | Presto Studios | Adventure | Windows, Mac OS | ||
| Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard | MicroProse | Ego shooter | Windows, Mac OS | ||
| Blazing Star | Yumekobo | Shoot 'em up | Arcade , Neo Geo | ||
| Burning Rangers | Japanese. バ ー ニ ン グ レ ン ジ ャ ー , Bāningu Renjā | Sonic team | Third person shooter | Sega Saturn | |
| Tex Murphy: Overseer | Tex Murphy: Overseer | Access software | Adventure | Windows | |
| Star Wars: Rebellion | Star Wars: Rebellion | LucasArts | Real time strategy game | Windows | |
| Parasite Eve | Parasite Eve | Square | Action RPG | PlayStation , PlayStation Network | |
| StarCraft | StarCraft | Blizzard Entertainment | Real time strategy game | Mac OS, Nintendo 64 , Windows | |
| Blasto | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Third person shooter | PlayStation | ||
| 4th Super Robot Wars | Japanese 第 4 次 ス ー パ ー ロ ボ ッ ト 大 戦 , Dai 4 Ji Sūpā Robotto Taisen | Banpresto , Winkysoft | Strategy RPG | Super Famicom , PlayStation, Sega Saturn , PlayStation Network | |
| Unreal | Unreal | Digital Extremes , Epic Games | Ego shooter | Windows, Mac OS | |
| Escape Velocity Override | Ambrosia software | Trade & combat simulation | Mac OS | ||
| Vangers | KD Lab | Racing simulation , RPG | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux , FreeBSD | ||
| Radiant silver gun | Radiant silver gun | Treasure | Shoot 'em up | Arcade, Sega Saturn | |
| Star Ocean: The Second Story | Japanese ス タ ー ー ー シ ャ ン セ カ ン ド ス ト ー リ ー , Sutā Ōshan: Sekando Sutōrī | Tri-Ace | RPG, action adventure | PlayStation, PSP | |
| Gunmetal | Mad Genius software | Action adventure, first person shooter | MS-DOS , Windows | ||
| Floyd: There are still heroes | The Feeble Files | Adventure Soft | Adventure | Amiga , Mac OS, Windows | |
| The fifth Element | Le Cinquième Elément | Kalisto Entertainment | Action adventure | PlayStation, Windows | |
| The Unholy War | Toys for Bob | Fighting Game | PlayStation | ||
| Shogo: Mobile Armor Division | Shogo: Mobile Armor Division | Monolith Productions | Ego shooter | Windows, Mac OS, Amiga, Linux | |
| Body Harvest | Body Harvest | DMA design | Action-adventure, third-person shooter | Nintendo 64 | |
| Fallout 2 | Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game | Black Isle Studios | RPG | Windows, Macintosh | |
| Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate | Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate | Holistic design | Turn-based strategy game | Windows | |
| HλLF-LIFE | HλLF-LIFE | Valve Corporation | Ego shooter | Windows, PlayStation 2, Linux, macOS | |
| Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus | Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus | Oddworld Inhabitants | Jump 'n' run | PlayStation, Windows, PS3, PSP | |
| StarCraft: Brood War | StarCraft: Brood War | Saffire Corporation , Blizzard Entertainment | Real time strategy game | Windows, macOS | |
| Dark Side of the Moon: A Sci-Fi Adventure | SouthPeak Interactive | Adventure | Windows | ||
| Nanosaur | Pangea software | Third person shooter | Macintosh, Windows | ||
| Star victories: Tribes | Star victories: Tribes | Dynamix | Ego shooter | Windows, Linux, PlayStation 2 | |
| Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith | LucasArts | Ego shooter | Windows | |
| The X-Files Game | The X-Files Game | HyperBole Studios | Interactive film , adventure | Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation | |
| Dune 2000 | Dune 2000 | Westwood Studios | Real time strategy game | Windows, PlayStation | |
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Factor 5 , LucasArts | Shoot 'em up | Windows, Nintendo 64 | |
| MechCommander | Mech Commander | FASA Interactive | Mech simulation | Windows | |
| Wing Commander: Secret Ops | Wing Commander: Secret Ops | Origin Systems | Space flight simulation | Windows | |
| Battlezone | Battlezone | Activision | Real-time strategy game, action game | Windows | |
| Trespasser | Trespasser | Dreamworks Interactive | Ego shooter | Windows | |
| Thunder Force V: Perfect System | Thunder Force V | Technosoft | Shoot 'em up | Sega Saturn, PlayStation | |
| Jeff Wayne's the War of the Worlds | Jeff Wayne's the War of the Worlds | Rage | Real time strategy game | Windows | |
| Colony Wars: Vengeance | Colony Wars: Vengeance | Psygnosis | Combat simulation | PlayStation | |
| Area 51: Site 4 | Atari | Shoot 'em up | Arcade | ||
| Conflict: FreeSpace - The Great War | Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War | Volition | Combat simulation | Windows, Amiga | |
| Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 | Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 | Ion Storm , 7th level | Real time strategy game | Windows | |
| Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven | Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven | New World Computing | RPG | Windows | |
| Resident Evil 2 | jap. バ イ オ ハ ザ ー ド 2 , Baiohazādo 2 | Capcom | Survival horror | Windows, Nintendo 64, GameCube , Dreamcast , PlayStation | |
| Xenogears | jap. ゼ ノ ギ ア ス , Zenogiasu | Square | RPG | PlayStation | |
| Metal Gear Solid | jap. メ タ ル ギ ア ソ リ ッ ド , Metaru Gia Soriddo | Konami | Stealth computer game | PlayStation, Windows | |
| Wachenröder | Japanese. バ ッ ケ ン ロ ー ダ ー , Bakkenrōdā | Sega | Strategy RPG | Sega Saturn | |
| Future Cop: LAPD | Future Cop: LAPD | Electronic Arts | Third person shooter | PlayStation, Mac OS, Windows | |
| Queen: The eYe | Queen: The eYe | Destination design | Action adventure | MS-DOS | |
| SiN | SiN | Ritual entertainment | Ego shooter | Mac OS, Linux, Windows | |
| KKND2: Krossfire | KKND2: Krossfire | Beam software | Real time strategy game | Windows, PlayStation | |
| Space Station Silicon Valley | Space Station Silicon Valley | DMA design | Nintendo 64, GBC , PlayStation |
Conventions
56th Worldcon , May 5-9 August, Baltimore ; Chair: Peggy Rae Pavlat, guests of honor: CJ Cherryh (pro) & Milton A. Rothman & Stanley Schmidt & Michael Whelan & J. Michael Straczynski
Died
- Genrich Altow (* 1926)
- Jerome Bixby (born 1923)
- Jo Clayton (born 1939)
- Alain Dorémieux (* 1933)
- Georgi Gurevich (* 1917)
- Ted Hughes (born 1930)
- Ernst Jünger (* 1895)
- Manuel van Loggem (* 1916)
- Robert AW Lowndes (* 1916)
- Peter Terrid (* 1949)
- Ian Wallace (born 1912)
