Science fiction year 2009
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Science Fiction Year 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ► | ►►
Other events
Literary prizes
Arthur C. Clarke Award
Arthur C. Clarke Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Ian R. MacLeod | Song of Time |
British Science Fiction Association Award
British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
China Miéville | The City & the City | The city & the city | Best novel |
Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia | The Beloved Time of Their Lives | Best short story |
Campbell Award
Campbell Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Cory Doctorow | Little brother | Little brother | Best novel |
Ian R. MacLeod | Song of Time | ||
David Anthony Durham | Best new author |
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Harry Harrison |
German Science Fiction Award
German Science Fiction Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Dirk C. Fleck | The Tahiti Project | Best novel | |
Karla Schmidt | Away with Stella Maris | Best short story |
Hugo Award
Hugo Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Neil Gaiman | The Graveyard Book | The Graveyard Book | Best novel |
Nancy Kress | The Erdmann Nexus | Best short novel | |
Elizabeth Bear | Shoggoths in Bloom | Best story | |
Ted Chiang | exhalation | exhalation | Best short story |
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
James Tiptree, Jr. Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Greer Gilman | Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter's Tales | ||
Fumi Yoshinaga | Ōoku: The Inner Chambers volumes 1 & 2 |
Kurd Laßwitz Prize
Kurd Laßwitz Prize | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Dietmar Dath | The abolition of species | Best novel | |
Andreas Eschbach | Survival training | Best short story / narrative | |
Heidrun Jänchen | A business like any other | ||
Charles Stross | Glasshouse | Glass house | Best foreign plant |
Sara Riffel | Best translator | ||
Carsten Dörr | Best graphic artist | ||
Bodo Traber & Tilman Zens | The Whisperers | Director: Petra Feldhoff | Best radio play |
Ernst Vlcek | posthumously for his life's work | Special Price | |
Wolfgang Both | for his book Red Blueprints on Socialist Utopias |
Locus Award
Locus Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Neal Stephenson | Anathema | Anathema | Best SF novel |
Neil Gaiman | The Graveyard Book | The Graveyard Book | Best youth novel |
Paul Melko | Singularity's ring | The ring | Best first novel |
Kelly Link | Pretty monsters | Best short novel | |
Paolo Bacigalupi | Pump Six | Best story | |
Ted Chiang | exhalation | Best short story | |
Paolo Bacigalupi | Pump Six and Other Stories | Best collection | |
Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection | Best anthology |
Nebula Award
Nebula Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Paolo Bacigalupi | The Windup Girl | Bio war | Best novel |
Kage Baker | The Women of Nell Gwynne's | The wives of Nell Gwynnes | Best short novel |
Eugie Foster | Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast | Best story | |
Kij Johnson | Save | Best short story | |
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell | District 9 | District 9 | Best script |
Philip K. Dick Award
Philip K. Dick Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
CL Anderson | Bitter Angels |
Prometheus Award
Prometheus Award | |||
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author | Original title | German edition | category |
Cory Doctorow | Little brother | Best novel | |
JRR Tolkien | The Lord of the Rings | Lord of the Rings | Hall of Fame |
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Science Fiction Hall of Fame | |
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Award winners | category |
Edward L. Ferman | Living Inductee |
Michael Whelan | |
Connie Willis | |
Frank R. Paul | Posthumous Inductee |
New publications literature
Film awards
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Artios Award
- Star Trek Best Casting High Budget Film Drama
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Box Office Germany Award
- Avatar
- 3D bogey for more than 1000 visitors per copy on the starting weekend (3D version)
- Avatar
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British Academy Film Awards
- The Dark Knight - Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger
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BSFC Award
- Star Trek - Best cast
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Golden Globe
- The Dark Knight - Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger
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NBR Award
- Star Trek - Top Ten Movies
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Oscar
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The Dark Knight
- Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger
- Best sound editing for Richard King
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The Dark Knight
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PFCS Award
- Star Trek - Best Stunts
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Sierra Award
- Star Trek - Best Visual Effects, Best Score Michael Giacchino
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Satellite Award
- Star Trek - Best Blu-ray
- The Dark Knight - Best sound for Richard King, Lora Hirschberg & Gary Rizzo
New releases films
New releases for television and web series
German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
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Aaron Stone | 2009-2010 | Aaron Stone | 35 | 2 | |
Alone against the time | 2009-2011 | 26th | 2 | ||
Asura cryin ' | 2009 | Japanese. ア ス ラ ク ラ イ ン , Asura Kurain | 20th | 2 | |
Basquash! | 2009 | jap. バ ス カ ッ シ ュ! | 26th | 1 | |
Caprica | 2009-2010 | Caprica | 18th | 1 | |
Chrome Shelled Regios | 2009 | Japanese. 鋼殻 の レ ギ オ ス , Kōkaku no Regiosu | 24 | 1 | |
Cosmic Quantum Ray - Welcome to the 9th Dimension | 2009 | Cosmic Quantum Ray | 26th | 1 | |
Defying Gravity - love in space | 2009 | Defying Gravity | 13 | 1 | |
Dollhouse | 2009-2010 | Dollhouse | 27 | 2 | |
FlashForward | 2009-2010 | FlashForward | 23 | 1 | |
K-9 | 2009-2010 | 26th | 1 | ||
paradox | 2009 | paradox | 5 | 1 | |
Stargate Universe | 2009-2011 | Stargate Universe | 40 | 2 | |
2009 | Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series | 6th | 1 | ||
The Listener - Clairaudient | 2009-2014 | The listener | 65 | 5 | |
The Prisoner | 2009 | The prisoner | 6th | 1 | |
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun | 2009-2010 | jap. と あ る 科学 の , To Aru Kagaku no Rērugan | 48 | 2 | |
V - The visitors | 2009-2011 | V | 23 | 2 | |
Warehouse 13 | 2009-2014 | Warehouse 13 | 64 | 5 |
New releases computer games
German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
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FEAR 2: Project Origin | FEAR 2: Project Origin | Monolith Productions | Ego shooter | Windows , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 | |
Killzone 2 | Killzone 2 | Guerrilla Games | Ego shooter | PlayStation 3 | |
Halo Wars | Halo Wars | Ensemble Studios , Robot Entertainment | Real time strategy game | Xbox 360, Windows | |
Halo 3: ODST | Halo 3: ODST | Bungie | Ego shooter | Xbox 360, Xbox One | |
Watchmen: The End Is Nigh | Watchmen: The End Is Nigh | Deadline games | Beat 'em up | PSN , XBLA , Windows | |
Resident Evil 5 | Japanese バ イ オ ハ ザ ー ド 5 , Baiohazādo 5 | Capcom | Survival horror , third-person shooter | Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 | |
Resistance: retribution | Resistance: retribution | YOU Bend Studio | Third person shooter | PSP | |
Space Invaders Extreme 2 | Project Just | Shoot 'em up | Nintendo DS | ||
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena | The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena | Starbreeze Studios , Tigon Studios | Ego shooter | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Mac OS | |
Prototype | Prototype | Radical entertainment | Action game | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Raven software | Hack and Slay | Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 | ||
Against ReBirth | Japanese. 魂斗羅 リ バ ー ス , Kontora Ribāsu | M2 | Shoot 'em up | WiiWare | |
Star Trek DAC | Naked Sky Entertainment , Bad Robot Interactive | Shoot 'em up | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Mac OS | ||
Terminator: Salvation | Terminator Salvation | Grin | Third person shooter | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS | |
inFAMOUS | inFAMOUS | Sucker Punch Productions | Third-person shooter, action game | PlayStation 3 | |
Red Faction Guerrilla | Red Faction Guerrilla | Volition | Third person shooter | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | |
Transformers - The Revenge | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Luxoflux | Third person shooter | Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 | |
The conduit | The conduit | High voltage software | Ego shooter | Wii | |
'Splosion Man | Twisted Pixel Games | Jump 'n' run | Xbox 360 | ||
Space Invaders Infinity Gene | Taito | Shoot 'em up | iOS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Android | ||
GI Joe - Cobra Secret Mission | GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Double Helix Games | Action game | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PSP | |
Wolfenstein | Wolfenstein | Raven Software, id Software | Ego shooter | Windows, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 | |
Shadow Complex | Shadow Complex | Chair Entertainment , Epic Games | Action adventure | Xbox 360 | |
Batman: Arkham Asylum | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Rocksteady Studios , Feral Interactive | Action adventure | Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
Darkest of Days | Darkest of Days | 8monkey Labs | Ego shooter | Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS | |
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | Vicarious Visions | Action RPG | Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows | |
Dead Space: Extraction | Dead Space: Extraction | Visceral Games , Eurocom | Shoot 'em up | Wii, PlayStation 3 | |
STALKER: Call of Pripyat | STALKER: Call of Pripyat | GSC Game World | Ego shooter | Windows | |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes | Krome Studios , LucasArts | Action adventure | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS | ||
Machinarium | Machinarium | Amanita design | Adventure | Windows, Linux , Mac OS, iOS, Android, Windows Phone | |
Borderlands | Borderlands | Gearbox software | Ego shooter | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Mac OS | |
Jurassic: The Hunted | Cauldron HQ | Ego shooter | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 | ||
Star Wars: Battlefront: Elite Squadron | Star Wars: Battlefront: Elite Squadron | rebellion | Third person shooter | Nintendo DS, PSP | |
Gratuitous Space Battles | Gratuitous Space Battles | Positech Games | Strategy game | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | |
Assassin's Creed II | Assassin's Creed II | Ubisoft Montreal | Action adventure | Windows, macOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Android, iOS | |
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | Ubisoft | Third person shooter | PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows, DS, PSP, iOS | |
Alien breed evolution | Alien breed evolution | Team17 | Shoot 'em up, survival horror | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II | Relic entertainment | Real time strategy game | Windows, macOS, Linux | |
Shattered Horizon | Shattered Horizon | Futuremark Games Studio | Ego shooter | Windows | |
Star Ocean: The Last Hope | Star Ocean: The Last Hope | tri-ace | Action RPG | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows | |
Quake Live | Quake Live | id software | Ego shooter | Windows | |
Final Fantasy XIII | Japanese フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー XIII , Fainaru Fantajī Sātīn | Square Enix | RPG | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | |
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time | Japanese. フ ァ イ ナ ル フ ァ ン タ ジ ー ク リ ス タ ル ク ロ ニ ク ル エ コ ー ズ ・ オ ブ ・ タ イ ム , Fainaru Fantajī Kurisutaru Kuronikuru Ekōzu Obu Taimu | Square Enix | Action RPG | Nintendo DS, Wii | |
Mass Effect Galaxy | Mass Effect Galaxy | BioWare | Action game | iOS | |
Steintor | Japanese. シ ュ タ イ ン ズ ・ ゲ ー ト , Shutainzu Gēto | 5pb., Nitroplus | Xbox 360, Windows, PSP, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita , PlayStation 4 |
Conventions
- 5. Dort.Con , Dortmund , review of the Dort.Con 2009
- 31. Eurocon , Fiuggi
- 67th Worldcon , Aug 6-10 , Montreal ; Chair: René Walling & Robbie Bourget, guests of honor: Neil Gaiman (pro) & Élisabeth Vonarburg (pro) & Taral Wayne (fan) & David Hartwell (editor) & Tom Doherty (publisher)
Died
- Lino Aldani (* 1926)
- Christopher Anvil (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby Jr.) (* 1925)
- James Graham Ballard (born 1930)
- Philip José Farmer (* 1918) is best known for the River World Cycle
- Robert Feldhoff (* 1962) is known as one of the lead Perry-Rhodan authors
- Stuart Gordon (pseudonym of Richard Gordon) (* 1947)
- Phyllis Gotlieb (* 1926)
- Robert Holdstock (* 1948)
- Horst Huebner (* 1936)
- Peter Lorenz (* 1944)
- Larry Maddock (pseudonym of Jack Owen Jardine) (* 1931)
- Jeremei Parnow (* 1935)
- Gero Reimann (* 1944)
- Kurt Wilhelm (* 1923)
- Paul O. Williams (born 1935)
- Richard Wunderer (* 1947)