Science fiction year 2017
Overview
◄◄ | ◄ | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Science Fiction Year 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020
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Literary prizes
Arthur C. Clarke Award
| Arthur C. Clarke Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Colson Whitehead | The Underground Railroad | Underground Railroad | |
British Science Fiction Association Award
| British Science Fiction Association Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Dave Hutchinson | Europe in winter | Best novel | |
| Jaine Fenn | Liberty Bird | Best short story | |
Campbell Award
| Campbell Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Lavie Tidhar | Central Station | Central Station | Best novel |
| Ada Palmer | Best new author | ||
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
| Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Jane Yolen | |||
German Science Fiction Award
| German Science Fiction Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Dirk van den Boom | Principate [The Worlds of Skiir Volume 1] | Best novel | |
| Michael K. Iwoleit | The web of the outlaws | Best short story | |
Hugo Award
| Hugo Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| NK Jemisin | The Obelisk Gate | Burning rock | Best novel |
| Seanan McGuire | Every Heart a Doorway | Best short novel | |
| Ursula Vernon | The Tomato Thief | Best story | |
| Amal El-Mohtar | Seasons of Glass and Iron | Best short story | |
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
| James Tiptree, Jr. Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Anna-Marie McLemore | When the Moon Was Ours | ||
Kurd Laßwitz Prize
| Kurd Laßwitz Prize | ||
|---|---|---|
| Award winners | Work / performance | category |
| Andreas Brandhorst | Omni | Best novel |
| Gabriele Behrend | Suicide Rooms | Best story |
| Cixin Liu | The three suns (三 体) | Best foreign plant |
| Martina Hasse | for the translation of Cixin Liu, 三 体 in The Three Suns | Best translation |
| Greg Ruth | for the cover picture of Nnedi Okorafor, Lagune | Best graphics |
| not awarded | Best radio play | |
| Ralf Bold & Sylvana Freiberg & the MediKonOne team | For the implementation of the MediKonOne | Special price for one-time services |
| Herbert W. Franke | for his life's work | Special price for long-term performance |
Locus Award
| Locus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Cixin Liu | Death's End (死神 永生) | Beyond time | Best SF novel |
| Alastair Reynolds | Revenger | Best youth novel | |
| Yoon Ha Lee | Ninefox Gambit | Best first novel | |
| Seanan McGuire | Every Heart a Doorway | Best short novel | |
| Alyssa Wong | You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay | Best story | |
| Amal El-Mohtar | Seasons of Glass and Iron | Best short story | |
| Ken Liu | The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories | Best collection | |
| Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer | The Big Book of Science Fiction | Best anthology | |
Nebula Award
| Nebula Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Charlie Jane Anders | All the birds in the sky | All the birds under the sky | Best novel |
| Seanan McGuire | Every Heart a Doorway | Best short novel | |
| William Ledbetter | The Long Fall Up | Best story | |
| Amal El-Mohtar | Seasons of Glass and Iron | Best short story | |
| not forgiven | Best script | ||
Philip K. Dick Award
| Philip K. Dick Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Claudia Casper | The Mercy Journals | ||
Prometheus Award
| Prometheus Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Original title | German edition | category |
| Johanna Sinisalo | The Core of the Sun (Auringon ydin) | Finnish fire | Best novel |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Coventry | Coventry | Hall of Fame |
| Special Price | |||
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
| Science Fiction Hall of Fame | |
|---|---|
| Award winners | category |
| Douglas Adams | Creator |
| Margaret Atwood | Creator |
| Keith David | Creator |
| Guillermo del Toro | Creator |
| Terry Gilliam | Creator |
| Jim Henson | Creator |
| Jack Kirby | Creator |
| Madeleine L'Engle | Creator |
| CS Lewis | Creator |
| HP Lovecraft | Creator |
| Leonard Nimoy | Creator |
| George Orwell | Creator |
| Terry Pratchett | Creator |
| Rumiko Takahashi | Creator |
| John Williams | Creator |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | plant |
| Blade runner | plant |
| Dungeons and Dragons | plant |
| The Matrix | plant |
| Myst | plant |
| The Princess Bride | plant |
| Star Trek | plant |
| Wonder Woman | plant |
| The X-Files | plant |
New publications literature
| German title |
Year of publication in German |
Original title | author | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QualityLand | - | - | Marc-Uwe Kling | |
| The optimizers | - | - | Theresa Hannig | |
| elephant | - | - | Martin Suter | |
| War of horrors | 2017 | La Guerra contra los Langostas: Emperatriz. Signos de guerra. Langosta pálida. | Vladimir Hernández Pacin | Translated from the Spanish by Pia Oberacker-Pilick (as Pia Biundo author of "All the time in the world. SF novel.") Second place at the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2018 (category best translation). |
| The Arkonadia riddle | - | - | Andreas Brandhorst | |
| The awakening | - | - | Andreas Brandhorst | |
| Persepolis rises | 2019 | Persepolis Rising | James SA Corey | |
| Walkaway | 2018 | Walkaway | Cory Doctorow | |
| Council of Nine - Signed | 2019 | Carve the mark | Veronica Roth |
New releases films
New releases for television and web series
| German title | sent | Original title | Episodes | Seasons | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absentia | since 2017 | Absentia | 10+ | 1+ | |
| Beyond | 2017-2018 | Beyond | 20th | 2 | |
| Counterpart | since 2017 | Counterpart | 22+ | 2+ | |
| Dimension 404 | 2017 | Dimension 404 | 6th | 1 | |
| Future Man | 2017 | Future Man | 13 | 1 | |
| legion | since 2017 | legion | 20+ | 3+ | |
| Marvel's Iron Fist | since 2017 | Iron Fist | 23+ | 2+ | |
| Marvel's Inhumans | since 2017 | Inhumans | 8+ | 1+ | |
| Marvel's Runaways | since 2017 | Runaways | 15+ | 2+ | |
| Missions | 2017 | Missions | 10 | 1 | |
| Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 10 | 1 | |
| Salvation | since 2017 | Salvation | 26+ | 2+ | |
| Star Trek: Discovery | since 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery | 28+ | 2+ | |
| The Handmaid's Tale - The Handmaid's Report | since 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | 24+ | 3+ | |
| The Orville | since 2017 | The Orville | 26+ | 2+ | |
| The Gifted | since 2017 | The Gifted | 26+ | 2+ | |
| Time after time | 2017 | Time after time | 12 | 1 |
New releases computer games
| German title | Original title | Studio | genre | platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | Capcom | Survival horror , first person shooter | Windows , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One | |
| Halo Wars 2 | Halo Wars 2 | 343 Industries , Creative Assembly | Real time strategy game | Windows, Xbox One | |
| Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin | Double Fine Productions | Puzzle video games , adventure | PlayStation 4, Windows | ||
| Horizon Zero Dawn | Horizon Zero Dawn | Guerrilla Games | Action RPG | PlayStation 4 | |
| Mass Effect: Andromeda | Mass Effect: Andromeda | BioWare | Third person shooter , action RPG | Xbox One, Windows, PlayStation 4 | |
| Paradigm | Paradigm | Jacob Janerka | Adventure | macOS , Windows | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series | Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series | Telltale Games | Adventure | Android , iOS , Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch , Xbox One | |
| Prey | Prey | Arcane Studios Austin | First person shooter, action RPG | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows | |
| punishment | Pixel Titans | Ego shooter | Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 4, Linux | ||
| Injustice 2 | NetherRealm Studios | Fighting Game | Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows | ||
| The surge | The surge | Deck 13 | Hack and Slay , action RPG | PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | |
| Farpoint | Farpoint | Impulse Gear | Ego shooter | PlayStation 4 + VR | |
| Starpoint Gemini Warlords | Little Green Men Games | Trade & combat simulation , global strategy game , RPG | Windows | ||
| Star Trek: Bridge Crew | Red Storm Entertainment | Action RPG | Windows, PlayStation 4 | ||
| Fortnite | Fortnite | Epic Games , People Can Fly | Survival , battle royale | Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, macOS, iOS, Android | |
| Tacoma | Tacoma | Fullbright | Adventure | Linux, macOS, Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | |
| > observer_ | > observer_ | Bloober team | Psychological horror | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch | |
| 20XX | Batterystaple Games , Fire Hose Games | Action game , jump 'n' run , rogue-like | Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One | ||
| XCOM 2: War of the Chosen | Firaxis Games | Turn-based strategy game | Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| Modern Combat Versus | Modern Combat Versus | Gameloft Montréal | Ego shooter | Windows, iOS, Android | |
| Destiny 2 | Destiny 2 | Bungie | First person shooter, MMOFPS | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| Metroid: Samus Returns | MercurySteam , Nintendo EPD | Action adventure | Nintendo 3DS | ||
| Dishonored: Death of the Outsider | Arcane Studios | Action adventure, stealth computer game | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite | Capcom | Fighting Game | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| ECHO | ECHO | Ultra Ultra | Stealth computer game, action game | Windows, PlayStation 4 | |
| Spacelords | MercurySteam | Action adventure | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||
| Ruiner | Ruiner | Reikon Games | Shoot 'em up | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux | |
| Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | MachineGames | First person shooter, action adventure | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | |
| Star Wars: Battlefront II | Star Wars: Battlefront II | EA Digital Illusions CE , Motive Studios , Criterion Games | Third person shooter, first person shooter | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| Rumu | Robot House | Adventure | Windows | ||
| Finding Paradise | Finding Paradise | Freebird Games | Adventure, RPG | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | |
| Master X Master | Studio MXM | MOBA | Windows | ||
| Everything | David OReilly | Simulation game | Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 4, Linux | ||
| Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Monolith Soft | Action RPG | Nintendo Switch | |
| Syberia 3 | Syberia III | Microids | Adventure | PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | |
| Terminator Genisys: Future War | Terminator Genisys: Future War | Plarium | MMOG | iOS, Android | |
| ELEX | - | Piranha bytes | Action RPG | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | |
| Endless Space 2 | Endless Space 2 | Amplitude Studios | Turn-based strategy game, global strategy game | Windows, Mac OS | |
| Lone echo | Lone echo | Ready at Dawn | Adventure, sports simulation | Windows, Oculus Rift | |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III | Relic entertainment | Real time strategy game | Windows, Mac OS, Linux |
Conventions
| Surname | from | to | place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Festival 2017 | 01/21/2017 | 01/22/2017 | Berlin |
| The Gathering | 03/10/2017 | 03/12/2017 | Cologne |
| Cave Con | 03/17/2017 | Aschaffenburg | |
| An Evening With Terry Farrell | 03/18/2017 | Deggendorf | |
| Manga Comic Con | 03/23/2017 | 03/26/2017 | Leipzig |
| Thought Worlds Con II | 03/25/2017 | Homburg / Saar | |
| Dystopia 2017 | 04/01/2017 | 04/02/2017 | Bonn |
| Weekend of Hell | 04/08/2017 | 04/09/2017 | Oberhausen |
| LARPWerker Convention 2017 | 04/08/2017 | Dreieich near Frankfurt | |
| MagicCon 2017 | 04/21/2017 | 04/23/2017 | Bonn |
| German Comic Con Frankfurt | 04/22/2017 | 04/23/2017 | Frankfurt |
| Erfurt comic and manga park | 05/06/2017 | 07/05/2017 | Erfurt |
| Hanami - Con meets festival | 05/06/2017 | 07/05/2017 | Ludwigshafen / Rhine |
| World of Darkness Berlin | 05/11/2017 | 05/14/2017 | Berlin |
| Marburg-Con 2017 | 05/12/2017 | 05/14/2017 | Niederweimar near Marburg / Hahn (Hesse) |
| Free comic day | 05/13/2017 | Throughout Germany | |
| Unicorn 42 | 05/13/2017 | 05/14/2017 | Kiel |
| Discworld Convention | May 18, 2017 | 05/21/2017 | Witzenhausen |
| MCM Comic Con | 05/20/2017 | Hanover | |
| Arkham Convention | 05/20/2017 | 05/21/2017 | Dusseldorf |
| Raumcon annual meeting in Berlin | 05/22/2017 | May 27, 2017 | Potsdam |
| Comic Festival Munich 2017 | 05/25/2017 | 05/28/2017 | Munich |
| DFDF 2017 | 05/26/2017 | 05/28/2017 | Bad Salzdetfurth |
| Weekend of Fantasy | 05/26/2017 | 05/28/2017 | Bonn - Bad Godesberg |
| Purgatory 3 | May 27, 2017 | 05/28/2017 | Dusseldorf |
| German Comic Con Munich | May 27, 2017 | 05/28/2017 | Munich |
| Role play convention | May 27, 2017 | 05/28/2017 | Cologne |
| Elfquest Convention 2017 | 06/02/2017 | 06/06/2017 | Riedenburg / Bavaria |
| FedCon 26 | 06/02/2017 | 06/05/2017 | Bonn |
| 9. DoKomi 2017 | 06/03/2017 | 06/04/2017 | Dusseldorf |
| Polaris Con | 06/04/2017 | 06/06/2017 | Frankfurt |
| NordCon 2017 | 06/09/2017 | 06/11/2017 | Hamburg |
| Tolkien Day 2017 | 06/10/2017 | 06/11/2017 | Geldern-Pont |
| U-Con - Eurocon (by Dort.con) | 06/16/2017 | 06/18/2017 | Dortmund |
| Shadows Con | 06/16/2017 | 06/18/2017 | Frankfurt |
| Anime Messe Berlin 2017 | 06/23/2017 | 06/25/2017 | Berlin |
| SCIFI DAYS - The Event | 06/24/2017 | 06/25/2017 | Grünstadt |
| Comic Con Germany | 07/01/2017 | 07/02/2017 | Stuttgart |
| 18. Tolkien Thing | 07/20/2017 | 07/23/2017 | Lützensummer |
| FeenCon 2017 | 07/22/2017 | 07/23/2017 | Bonn - Bad Godesberg |
| Sun con | 07/29/2017 | 07/30/2017 | Berlin |
| Film and Comic Con Karlsruhe | 07/29/2017 | 07/30/2017 | Karlsruhe |
| Dragon Festival | July 25, 2017 | 07/30/2017 | Diemelstadt |
| ConQuest 2017 | 08/02/2017 | 08/06/2017 | Landesbergen |
| MantiCon | 08/04/2017 | 08/06/2017 | Heppenheim |
| Festival of Fantasy 2017 | 08/05/2017 | 08/13/2017 | Bad Kissingen |
| FaRK - Fantasy and RPG Convention | 08/25/2017 | 08/27/2017 | Schiffweiler |
| Medieval Fantasy Convention 2017 | 08/26/2017 | 08/27/2017 | Solingen |
| Fantasies | 02.09.2017 | 09/03/2017 | Oberhausen |
| Startopia - A Vision Goes On | 02.09.2017 | 09/03/2017 | Mannheim |
| USS Atlas Con 3 | 09/15/2017 | 09/17/2017 | Niederdieten |
| Connichi | 09/22/2017 | 09/24/2017 | kassel |
| Science fiction meeting in the technology museum | 09/23/2017 | 09/24/2017 | Speyer |
| FilkCONtinental 2017 | 09/29/2017 | October 02, 2017 | Wernigerode |
| Comic Con Berlin 2017 | 09/30/2017 | 10/01/2017 | Berlin |
| Schweinfurt Fantasy Festival | 09/30/2017 | 10/01/2017 | Schweinfurt |
| NiCon 2017 | 06.10.2017 | 08/10/2017 | Hanover |
| Kelpi Con | 07.10.2017 | 08/10/2017 | Bremerhaven |
| CONS IX - The German Transformers Fan Convention | 08/10/2017 | Viersen | |
| Book Fair Convent 2017 | 14.10.2017 | Dreieich-Sprendlingen | |
| FearCon | October 20, 2017 | 10/22/2017 | Bonn |
| Mega Manga Convention MMC | October 27, 2017 | October 29, 2017 | Berlin |
| Weekend Of Horrors | October 27, 2017 | October 29, 2017 | Biberach an der Riss |
| TimeLash III | 28.10.2017 | October 29, 2017 | kassel |
| 3rd KittyMoan Convention (KittyCon 2017) | 28.10.2017 | October 29, 2017 | Langenfeld |
| 10th Penta-Con 2017 | 03/11/2017 | 05.11.2017 | Dresden |
| Weekend of Hell | 04/11/2017 | 11/06/2017 | Oberhausen |
| Film and Comic Con Karlsruhe | 04/11/2017 | 05.11.2017 | Karlsruhe |
| German Comic Con Dortmund | 09.12.2017 | December 10, 2017 | Dortmund |
More anniversaries
- 40 years of Star Wars
Died
- Brian Aldiss (born 1925)
- Edward Bryant (* 1945)
- Michael H. Buchholz (* 1957)
- Vanessa Busse (* 1980)
- Louis Charbonneau (* 1924), author of Revenge by Computer
- Doris Jannausch (* 1925)
- Denis Johnson (* 1949), author of Fiscadoro
- Julian May (* 1931)
- Jerry Pournelle (born 1933)
- Kit Reed (* 1932)
- Bernhard Schaffer (* 1949)
- Emma Tennant (born 1937)
- Yves Velan (* 1925)
- André Wiesler (* 1974)
