Days of the Fantastic

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The Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik , which has taken place every September since 1981, is devoted to changing topics from the fantastic literary genres. In addition to the scientific field, a broad audience is addressed who would like to deal with the fantastic . The aim of the conference is in particular to link the field of literature with other disciplines.

The City of Wetzlar's Fantastic Prize is also awarded during the Fantastic Days.

Overview of the previous topics

  • 1981 - Science fiction authors' conference in Wetzlar
  • 1982 - Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Meeting
  • 1983 - 3rd Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism
  • 1984 - 4th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Science Fiction and the Media
  • 1985 - 5th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: translations, book trade
  • 1986 - 6th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Social position of the author
  • 1987 - 7th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Reception of the fantastic literature
  • 1988 - 8th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: encounter with crime literature
  • 1989 - 9th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Publication possibilities for fantastic literature
  • 1990 - 10th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: fairy tales
  • 1991 - 11th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Fantastic Worlds
  • 1992 - 12th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Future Drafts
  • 1993 - 13th Wetzlar days of the fantastic: The uncanny in the fantastic
  • 1994 - 14th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Anderswelten
  • 1995 - 15th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Traumreich and Nachtseite (German-language fantasy between decadence and fascism)
  • 1996 - 16th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Traumreich and Nachtseite 2
  • 1997 - 17th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Dracula's return
  • 1998 - 18th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Drachenwelten
  • 1999 - 19th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Borderline cases (Fantasticism in the GDR)
  • 2000 - 20th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Fantasticism at the beginning of time
  • 2001 - 21st Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Artus - Myths and Modernity
  • 2002 - 22nd Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: The fantastic city
  • 2003 - 23rd Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Artificial Intelligences
  • 2004 - 24th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Power and Myth
  • 2005 - 25th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: The Third Age (The Lord of the Rings)
  • 2006 - 26th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Worlds of Gods - Fantasticism and Religion
  • 2007 - 27th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Utopian Spaces - Fantasticism and Architecture
  • 2008 - 28th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Planet Earth - Ecological Topics in Science Fiction
  • 2009 - 29th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: The woman as author and motif - from romance to romantic fantasy
  • 2010 - 30th Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Fantasticism from Japan
  • 2011 - 31st Wetzlar Days of Fantasy: New Worlds - Fantasy from a German pen
  • 2012 - 32nd Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Fantastic beings
  • 2013 - 33rd Wetzlar Days of Fantasticism: Writing Worlds - world and space models of the fantastic - from September 26th to 29th, 2013
  • 2016 - 34th Wetzlarer Tage der Fantastik: Disruptions: Expect the improbable

Planned topics

Other planned topics for the following years:

  • The science fiction in the "Third Reich"
  • World models
  • Architecture in Fantastic Literature
  • Fantasy and Medicine
  • Languages ​​and understanding

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Wetzlar days of the fantastic. Fantastic Library Wetzlar , accessed on October 26, 2017 .