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    Kurd-Laßwitz-Award: The nominees 2013

    The Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis is an annual German science-fiction award. It is named after the author Kurd Laßwitz, who is also known as “the father of German science-fiction”. The award has a tradition back until 1980. In two ballots persons who are specialists on science-fiction like authors, editors, publishers and journalists vote for the best works that have been published in the previous year. Nominations are for works in German language only (the nationality of authors and other nominees is irrelevant) or for translations into German.

     

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    But now the nominees for 2013:

    (Note: The words in capital letters are the names of the publishing houses. Please note that the English titels were just translated quickly for Europa SF – I am not a professional translator.)

     

    Best novel:

    Pia Biundo, Alle Zeit der Welt (All Time In The World)
    Saphir im Stahl
    Andreas Brandhorst, Das Artefakt (The Artefact)
    Heyne (52865)
    Dietmar Dath, Pulsarnacht (Pulsarnight)
    Heyne (31406)
    Richard Dübell, Toufec (Toufec)
    (Perry Rhodan, Band 2659) VPM
    Frank W. Haubold, Die Gänse des Kapitols (The Goose of The Capitol) (Götterdämmerung, Band 1) Atlantis
    Oliver Henkel, Die Fahrt des Leviathan (The Crossing of the Leviathan)
    Atlantis
    Michael Marrak, Das Königreich der Tränen (The Kingdom of Tears) in: Post (Hrsg.): 2012 – T minus Null, Begedia
    André Pilz, Die Lieder, das Töten (The Songs, The Killing)
    Haymon
    Chris Schlicht, Maschinengeist (Machine Spirit)
    Feder & Schwert
    Best short prosaic work:Matthias Falke, Der Bruch der nordwestlichen Stelze (The Breaking of The Northwestern Stilt) in: Hebben / Hilscher / Iwoleit (Hrsg.): Nova 19, Eigenverlag
    Klaus N. Frick, Im Käfig (Inside The Cage)
    in: Moreau / Wipperfürth / Kemmler (Hrsg.): Exodus 29
    Eigenverlag
    Marcus Hammerschmitt, Der Ethiker (The Ethicist)
    in: Hammerschmitt: Nachtflug, Shayol (SF 1024)
    Michael K. Iwoleit, Zur Feier meines Todes (For The Celebration of My Death)
    in: Iwoleit: Die letzten Tage der Ewigkeit, Wurdack
    Heidrun Jänchen, Stadt in der Steppe (City in The Steppe)
    in: Jänchen: Willkommen auf Aurora, Wurdack
    Karsten Kruschel, Teufels Obliegenheiten oder: Der gewaltsame Frieden (The Devil´s Obligation or: The Forced Peace)
    in: Hilscher / Iwoleit (Hrsg.): Nova 20, Eigenverlag
    Thorsten Küper, Rekonstruktor (Reconstructor)
    in: Hilscher / Iwoleit (Hrsg.): Nova 20, Eigenverlag
    Michael Marrak, Der Kanon mechanischer Seelen (The Canon of The Mechanic Souls)
    in: Hilscher / Iwoleit (Hrsg.): Nova 20, Eigenverlag
    Dirk Röse, Mondpräsidentin (President of The Moon)
    Textlustverlag
    Best foreign work (translated into German in 2012):Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason, Trinity (The Trinity-Paradox), Atlantis
    Paolo Bacigalupi, Schiffsdiebe
    (Ship Breaker), Heyne (146/01)
    David Brin, Existenz
    (Existence), Heyne (52993)
    Ted Chiang, Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes (Hell is The Absence of God) (Original compilation)
    Golkonda
    Peter Dehmel (Hrsg.): Die Erde und die Außerirdischen (Earth and The Aliens) (Original compilation)
    Wurdack
    Ian McDonald, Cyberabad
    (River of Gods), Heyne (52973)
    China Miéville, Stadt der Fremden
    (Embassytown), Bastei Lübbe (20679)
    John Scalzi, Redshirts
    (Redshirts), Heyne (52995)
    Best Translation:Frank Böhmert & Michael Preissl & Christiane Schott-Hagedorn & Sebastian Wohlfeil for the translation of James Tiptree jr.,
    Zu einem Preis (original comiplation: At A Price), Septime
    Andreas Brandhorst for the translation of
    David Brin, Existenz (Existence), Heyne (52993)
    Birgit Herden & Dorothea Kallfass & Hannes Riffel for the translation of Paolo Bacigalupi, Der Spieler (Originalzusammenstellung), Golkonda
    Arno Hoven for the translation of
    China Miéville, Stadt der Fremden (Embassytown)
    Bastei Lübbe (20679)
    Christian Humberg for the translation of
    S.D. Perry, Einheit (Unity) (Star Trek – Deep Space Nine)
    Cross Cult

    Heyne (31444)

     

    Best cover picture /illustration:Lothar Bauer for the cover for:
    Boldt / Jeschke (Hrsg.), Die Stille nach dem Ton (Silence After The Sound)
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    S. Beneš for the cover for:
    Paolo Bacigalupi, Der Spieler, Golkonda
    Arndt Drechsler for the cover for:
    Andreas Suchanek, Das dunkle Fragment (The Dark Fragment)
    (Heliosphere 2265, Band 1), SELF PUBLISHER
    Thomas Franke für das Titelbild, Backcover und Galerie in Moreau / Wipperfürth / Kemmler (Hrsg.): Exodus 29 (Exodus 29), SELF PUBLISHER
    Martin Frei for the series of covers for:
    Star Trek TNG: Doppelhelix 1-6, Cross Cult
    Timo Kümmel for the cover for:
    Hilscher / Iwoleit (Hrsg.): Nova 20 (Nova 20), Eigenverlag
    Timo Kümmel für das Titelbild zu
    Oliver Henkel, Die Fahrt des Leviathan, Atlantis
    Max Meinzold für die Titelbilder zu
    Jay Lake, Die Räder der Welt + Die Räder des Lebens (The Wheels of Life) (Mainspring 1+2), Bastei Lübbe (20656+20664)
    Alexander Preuss für das Titelbild zu
    Matthias Falke, Ruinenwelt (World of Ruins), Begedia
    Dirk Schulz für das Titelbild zu
    Frank Borsch, Welt der Ewigkeit (World of Eternity)(PR Neo, Band 24), VPM
    Best Radioplay:Unerwartete Ereignisse (Unexpected Events) von Heinz von Cramer (director: Burkhard Schmid), HR (20.5.2012)Puppenstadt (City of Dolls) von Bodo Traber & Tilman Zens(director: Petra Feldhoff; composition: Raoul Haarmann)

     

     

     

    Bargain Price for an Acievement on SF in 2012:Ralf Boldt und Wolfgang Jeschke
    for being anthologists of Die Stille nach dem Ton (Silence After The Sound)
    Frank G. Gerigk & Petra Hartmann
    for being anthologists of Drachen! Drachen! (Dragons! Dragons!) Jürgen Schütz for publishing the complete works of James Tiptree Jr.

     

    Bargain Price for an Acievment on SF over years:Jürgen Doppler
    for his columna of the online issue of der Standard
    Der Freundeskreis Science Fiction Leipzig e.V. (Dirk Berger, Thomas Braatz, Mario Franke, Manfred Orlowski, Sabine Seyfarth) for 20 years of organization of the ElesterCon on a high level and for the best con-book
    Michael Haitel
    for his efforts in the German fandom as anthologist and Publisher of the Andromeda Nachrichten and other works and as blogger, discussion-board junkie and for his work in the SFCD (=Science Fiction Club Germany)
    René Moreau & Heinz Wipperfürth & Olaf Kemmler
    for publishing of Exodus, a magazine for SF-short stories
    Roger Murmann & Christian de Ahna & Birgit Fischer & Kurt Zelt
    for the organization of the BuchmesseConvent
    Markus Rohde
    for his struggle to keep the passion for Star Trek alive in Germany, for being edito in chief of the magazines Geek and Space View editor for Star Trek in the publishing house Cross Cult and for sf-radio.de
    Robert Vogel
    for his constant efforts in the German Fandom, e.g. by making speeches
    Ernst Wurdack
    for supporting German science-fiction and new talents as a publisher by publishing anthologies and story collections
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