1972 in science fiction
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The year 1972 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:
Events
[edit]- The 30th annual Worldcon, L.A.Con I, is held in Los Angeles, USA
- The first Eurocon is held in Trieste, Italy
Births and deaths
[edit]Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]Literary releases
[edit]Novels
[edit]Short stories
[edit]Short story anthologies
[edit]- The first volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year is published by Ballantine Books, edited by Terry Carr
- The first volume of The Annual World's Best SF is published by DAW Books, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
Children's books
[edit]Comics
[edit]- Kamandi #1, by Jack Kirby
- Mazinger Z begins serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine
Movies
[edit]- Silent Running, dir. by Thomas Trumbull
- Slaughterhouse-Five, dir. by George Roy Hill
- Solaris, dir. by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Z.P.G., dir. by Michael Campus
Television
[edit]Video games
[edit]Awards
[edit]Hugos
[edit]- Best novel: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, by Philip José Farmer[1]
- Best novella: The Queen of Air and Darkness, by Poul Anderson[1]
- Best short story:" Inconstant Moon", by Larry Niven[1]
- Best dramatic presentation: A Clockwork Orange, dir. by Stanley Kubrick; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by Anthony Burgess[1]
- Best professional magazine: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. by Edward L. Ferman[1]
- Best professional artist:Frank Kelly Freas[1]
- Best fanzine:Locus, ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown[1]
- Best fan writer:Harry Warner Jr.[1]
- Best fan artist:Tim Kirk [1]
Nebulas
[edit]- Best novel: The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov[2]
- Best novella: A Meeting with Medusa, by Arthur C. Clarke[2]
- Best novelette: " Goat Song" by Poul Anderson[2]
- Best short story: "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ[2]
Other awards
[edit]- Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: Slaughterhouse-Five