Science fiction year 2012
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Science Fiction Year 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ►
Other events
Literary prizes
Arthur C. Clarke Award
| Arthur C. Clarke Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Jane Rogers | The Testament of Jessie Lamb | Jessie Lamb's will | |
British Science Fiction Association Award
| British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Adam Roberts | Jack Glass | Best novel | |
| Ian Sales | Adrift on the Sea of Rains | Best short story | |
Campbell Award
| Campbell Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Christopher Priest | The Islanders | Best novel | |
| Joan Slonczewski | The Highest Frontier | Best novel (awarded twice) | |
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
| Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Gene Wolfe | |||
German Science Fiction Award
| German Science Fiction Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Karsten Kruschel | Galdea. The unbeaten war | Best novel | |
| Heidrun Jänchen | In the free trade area | Best short story | |
Hugo Award
| Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Jo Walton | Among others | In another world | Best novel |
| Kij Johnson | The Man Who Bridged the Mist | Best short novel | |
| Charlie Jane Anders | Six Months, Three Days | Best story | |
| Ken Liu | The Paper Menagerie | Best short story | |
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
| James Tiptree, Jr. Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Caitlin R. Kiernan | The Drowning Girl | ||
Kurd Laßwitz Prize
| Kurd Laßwitz Prize | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Andreas Eschbach | Lord of all things | Best novel | |
| Frank W. Haubold | At the end of the trip | Best short story / narrative | |
| Paolo Bacigalupi | The Windup Girl | Bio war | Best foreign plant |
| Jasper Nicolaisen & Jakob Schmidt | Getting to Know You | We were beside ourselves with happiness | Best translator |
| Alexander Preuss | Best graphic artist | ||
| Till Müller-Klug | Babylon language laboratory | Director: Thomas Wolfertz , music: Ekkehard Ehlers | Best radio play |
| Helmuth W. Mommers | for the establishment of the Villa Fantastica in Vienna | Hans Joachim Alpers posthumously for his life's work | Special Price |
Locus Award
| Locus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| China Miéville | Embassytown | City of Strangers | Best SF novel |
| Catherynne M. Valente | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | The miraculous story of September, who built a ship and sailed around fairy land | Best youth novel |
| Erin Morgenstern | The Night Circus | The night circus | Best first novel |
| Catherynne M. Valente | Silently and Very Fast | Best short novel | |
| Catherynne M. Valente | White Lines on a Green Field | Best story | |
| Neil Gaiman | The Case of Death and Honey | Best short story | |
| Tim Powers | The Bible Repairman and Other Stories | Best collection | |
| Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection | Best anthology | |
Nebula Award
| Nebula Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Kim Stanley Robinson | 2312 | 2312 | Best novel |
| Nancy Kress | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall | Best short novel | |
| Andy Duncan | Close encounters | Best story | |
| Aliette de Bodard | Immersion | Best short story | |
| Benh Zeitlin & Lucy Abilar | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Best script |
Philip K. Dick Award
| Philip K. Dick Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Brian Francis Slattery | Lost Everything | ||
Prometheus Award
| Prometheus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Ernest Cline | Ready Player One | Ready Player One | Best novel |
| EM Forster | The machine stops | The machine stands still | Hall of Fame |
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
| Hall of Fame | |
|---|---|
| Award winners | category |
| Virgil Finlay | |
| James Cameron | |
| James Tiptree, Jr. | |
| Joe Haldeman | |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Æthermagie | - | - | Susanne Gerdom | review |
| All time of the world | - | - | Pia Biundo | Review Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2013: 8th place as best debut novel; Deutscher Phantastik Preis 2013: 4th place best debut novel |
| Departure | 2013 | Partials | Dan Wells | review |
| Autopilot | - | - | Thomas Plischke | review |
| Blackout - Tomorrow will be too late | - | - | Marc Elsberg | |
| Caliban's War | 2013 | Caliban's War | James SA Corey | review |
| Dark canopy | - | - | Jennifer Benkau | review |
| The artifact | - | - | Andreas Brandhorst | review |
| The Mesa plot | 2013 | A Rising Thunder | David Weber | |
| The fate of the ringworld | 2014 | Fate of Worlds | Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner | |
| The Destiny - Deadly Truth | 2012 | Insurgent | Veronica Roth | |
| The long earth | 2013 | The Long Earth | Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter | |
| The Maggan copy | 2012 | - | Jacqueline Montemurri | Review nominated for the German Science Fiction Prize 2013 |
| The twelve | 2013 | The Twelve | Justin Cronin | |
| Flames over Arcadion | - | - | Bernd Perplies | review |
| In the thunder of battle | 2013 | A Rising Thunder | David Weber | |
| Prelude | - | - | Miriam Pharo | review |
| Redshirts | 2012 | Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas | John Scalzi | review |
| Gor smuggler | Smugglers of Gor | John Norman | ||
| Gor conspirators | Conspirators of Gor | John Norman | ||
| Weitlings summer retreat | - | - | Sten Nadolny | |
| Soul catcher | - | - | Andreas Brandhorst | |
| Halo: primordium | 2012 | Halo: primordium | Greg Bear | |
| Sky hunter | 2013 | Bowl of Heaven | Gregory Benford | with Larry Niven |
| existence | 2012 | Existence | David Brin | |
| The alchemy of evil | 2013 | The Chemickal Marriage | Gordon Dahlquist | |
| The Chosen - Kill Order | 2015 | The kill order | James Dashner |
Film awards
- BFCA
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California on Location Award
- Star Trek Into Darkness - Best Location Team of the Year - Feature Films
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Golden Globe Award
- Midnight in Paris - Best Screenplay for Woody Allen
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Oscar
- Midnight in Paris - Best Original Screenplay for Woody Allen
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Writers Guild of America Award
- Midnight in Paris - Best Original Screenplay for Woody Allen
New releases films
New releases for television and web series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKB0048 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Alcatraz | 2012 | Alcatraz | 13 | 1 | |
| Alien surf girls | 2012 | Lightning Point | 26th | 1 | |
| jap. ア ク エ リ オ ン EVOL, Akuerion Evol | 26th | 1 | |||
| Arrow | since 2012 | Arrow | 461+ | 2+ | |
| Awake | 2014 | Awake | 13 | 1 | |
| Ben 10: Omniverse | since 2012 | Ben 10: Omniverse | 50+ | 5+ | |
| Continuum | 2012-2015 | Continuum | 42 | 4th | |
| The ultimate Spider-Man | 2012-2017 | Ultimate Spider-Man | 104 | 4th | |
| 2012 | Electric City | 21st | 1 | - web series | |
| Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | 2012 | Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn | 5 | 1 | - web series |
| Japanese. モ ー レ ツ 宇宙 海賊 , Mōretsu Pairētsu | 26th | 1 | |||
| Primeval: New World | 2012-2013 | Primeval: New World | 13 | 1 | |
| Real Humans - real people | 2012 | Äkta masculine kor | 20th | 2 | |
| revolution | 2012-2014 | revolution | 42 | 2 | |
| jap. 輪 廻 の ラ グ ラ ン ジ ェ , Rinne no Raguranje | 24 | 2 | |||
| Heavy Metal Chronicles | 2012 | Métal Hurlant Chronicles | 12 | 2 | |
| The Neighbors | 2012-2014 | The Neighbors | 44 | 2 | |
| TRON: The uprising | 2012-2013 | TRON: Uprising | 21st | 2 | |
| Touch | 2012-2013 | Touch | 26th | 2 | |
| Wizards vs Aliens | 2012-2014 | Wizards vs Aliens | 36 | 3 | |
| Zetman | 2012 | ZETMAN | 13 | 1 |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstoppable Gorg | Unstoppable Gorg | Futuremark | Tower defense | Windows , Mac OS , iPad , Xbox 360 | |
| SOL: Exodus | SOL: Exodus | Seamless entertainment | Combat simulation | Windows | |
| Binary domain | Japanese. バ イ ナ リ ー ド メ イ ン , Bainarī Domein | Sega | Third person shooter | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | |
| Wipeout 2048 | Wipeout 2048 | SCE Studio Liverpool | Racing game | PlayStation Vita | |
| Syndicate | Syndicate | Starbreeze Studios | Ego shooter | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
| Mass Effect 3 | Mass Effect 3 | BioWare | Action RPG | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U | |
| Mass Effect Infiltrator | Mass Effect Infiltrator | IronMonkey Studios | Third person shooter | iOS , Android , Windows Phone | |
| Kinect Star Wars | Terminal Reality | Action game | Xbox 360 | ||
| Starhawk | Starhawk | SHE Santa Monica Studio , LightBox Interactive | Third person shooter | PlayStation 3 | |
| MIB: Alien Crisis | MIB: Alien Crisis | Fun labs | Shoot 'em up | PlayStation 3, Wii , Xbox 360 | |
| Resistance: Burning Skies | Resistance: Burning Skies | Nihilistic software | Ego shooter | PlayStation Vita | |
| Quantum Conundrum | Airtight Games | Puzzle video games | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | ||
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Beenox | Action adventure | Nintendo DS , Nintendo 3DS , PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, Windows, Wii U, Windows Phone, PlayStation Vita | ||
| Phantasy Star Online 2 | Japanese. フ ァ ン タ シ ー ス タ ー オ ン ラ イ ン ２ , Fantashī Sutā Onrain Tsū | Online R&D | MMORPG | Windows, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 , iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch | |
| Thomas Was Alone | Mike Bithell | Jump 'n' run , puzzle game | Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Linux , iOS, Android, Xbox One , PlayStation 4, Wii U | ||
| Transformers: Fall of Cybertron | Transformers: Fall of Cybertron | High Moon Studios | Third person shooter | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| FTL: Faster Than Light | FTL: Faster Than Light | Subset Games | Turn-based strategy game , rogue-like | Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS | |
| Borderlands 2 | Borderlands 2 | Gearbox software | Ego shooter | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| Resident Evil 6 | Japanese. バ イ オ ハ ザ ー ド 6 , Baiohazādo 6 | Capcom | Third person shooter | Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One | |
| Dishonored: The Mask of Wrath | Dishonored | Arcane Studios | Action game | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown | XCOM: Enemy Unknown | Firaxis Games | Turn-based strategy game | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android | |
| Assassin's Creed III | Assassin's Creed III | Ubisoft Montreal | Action adventure | Windows, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 3 | |
| Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth | Ubisoft Quebec | Fighting Game | Xbox 360, Wii U | ||
| Transformers: Prime - The Game | Transformers: Prime - The Game | Now Production | Beat 'em up | Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U | |
| Halo 4 | Halo 4 | 343 Industries | Ego shooter | Xbox 360, Xbox One | |
| PlanetSide 2 | PlanetSide 2 | Sony Online Entertainment | MMOFPS | Windows, PlayStation 4 | |
| Sine Mora | Digital Reality , Grasshopper Manufacture | Shoot 'em up | Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Windows, Ouya , iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | ||
| Miner Wars 2081 | Miner Wars 2081 | Keen Software House | Ego shooter | Windows | |
| Iron Sky: Invasion | Reality Pump | Combat simulation | Android, Mac OS, Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | ||
| EX Tr∞pers | Japanese. エ ク ス ト ル ー パ ー ズ , Ekusutorūpāzu | Capcom | Third person shooter | Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3 | |
| Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances | Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances | Phenomic | MMOG , real-time strategy | Web browser | |
| Prototype 2 | Prototype 2 | Radical entertainment | Action game | Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| JULIA | CBE software | Puzzle game, adventure | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | ||
| Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour | Gameloft Montreal | Ego shooter | iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10 , Blackberry Playbook | ||
| MechWarrior Online | MechWarrior Online | Piranha Games | Mech simulation , action game , online game | Windows | |
| MechWarrior: Tactical Command | MechWarrior: Tactical Command | Personae Studios | Real-time strategy, mech simulation | iOS | |
| Armored Core V. | FromSoftware | Mech simulation | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | ||
| Deadlight | Deadlight | Tequila Works | Jump 'n' run | PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One | |
| Endless space | Endless space | Amplitude Studios | Turn-based strategy game, global strategy game | Windows, Mac OS | |
| Lollipop chainsaw | Japanese. ロ リ ポ ッ プ チ ェ ー ン ソ ー , Roripoppu Chēnsō | Grasshopper Manufacture | Hack and Slay | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | |
| Natural Selection 2 | Natural Selection 2 | Unknown Worlds Entertainment | Ego shooter | Windows, Linux |
Conventions
- 34th Eurocon , Zagreb
- 70th Worldcon , Aug 30- Sep 3, Chicago ; Chairman: Dave McCarty, Guests of Honor: Mike Resnick (pro) & Peggy Rae Sapienza (fan) & Story Musgrave (astronaut) & Jane Frank (agent) & Rowena Morrill (artist)
Died
- Ray Bradbury (* 1920)
- Ernest Callenbach (* 1929)
- John Christopher (pseudonym of Samuel Youd) (* 1922)
- Harry Harrison (* 1925) wrote the template for the film with New York in 1999 ... year 2022 ... who want to survive
- Hanns Kneifel (* 1936)
- Kurt Luif (* 1942)
- Wilhelm Meissel (* 1922)
- Tilde Michels (* 1920)
- Patrick Moore (* 1923)
- Kevin O'Donnell (born 1950)
- Jesco von Puttkamer (* 1933)
- Herbert Rosendorfer (* 1934)
- Josepha Sherman (* 1946)
- Boris Strugazki (* 1933)
- Gore Vidal (born 1925)
- KD Wentworth (born 1951)
