The year 1973 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:
Events The first volume of the journal Science Fiction Studies is published. The 31st annual Worldcon, Torcon II, is held in Toronto, Canada Births and deaths Births Max Barry Deaths
Literary releases Novels
Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon Japan Sinks, by Sakyo Komatsu A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick Short stories "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", by Ursula K. Le Guin "The Women Men Don't See", by James Tiptree, Jr. Children's books A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L'Engle Comics
Movies
Fantastic Planet, dir. by René Laloux Sleeper, dir. by Woody Allen Soylent Green, dir. by Richard Fleischer Westworld, written and dir. by Michael Crichton
Television Moonbase 3 The Six Million Dollar Man The Starlost Video games Space Race Other Media Triplanetary - board game Awards Hugos Best novel: The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov Best novella: The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin Best novelette: "Goat Song", by Poul Anderson Best short story: "Eurema's Dam", by R. A. Lafferty and "The Meeting" by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth (tie) Best dramatic presentation: Slaughterhouse-Five, dir. by George Roy Hill; screenplay by Stephen Geller; based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut Best professional editor: Ben Bova Best professional artist: Frank Kelly Freas Best fanzine: Energumen, ed. by Michael Glicksohn and Susan Wood Glicksohn Best fan writer: Terry Carr Best fan artist: Tim Kirk
Nebulas Best novel: Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke Best novella: The Death of Doctor Island, by Gene Wolfe Best novelette: "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand", by Vonda N. McIntyre Best short story: "Love is the Plan the Plan is Death", by James Tiptree, Jr. Best Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green, script by Stanley R. Greenberg
Other awards BSFA Award for Best Novel: Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: Soylent Green
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