2017 Kurd Laßwitz Preis Winners

Winners of the 2017 Kurd Laßwitz Preis for best German science fiction works and translations have been announced:

Best German SF Novel

• Omni, Andreas Brandhorst (Piper)

• Moonatics, Arne Ahlert (Heyne)
• Der Bahnhof von Plön, Christopher Ecker (Mitteldeutscher Verlag)
• Helix, Marc Elsberg (Blanvalet)
• Alles außer irdisch, Horst Evers (Rowohlt)
• Sternentor, Matthias Falke (Begedia)
• Im Nebel kein Wort, Frank Hebben (Begedia)
• Vektor, Jo Koren (Atlantis)
• Das Universum nach Landau, Karsten Kruschel (Wurdack)
• Unsterblich, Jens Lubbadeh (Heyne)
• Blumen vom Mars, Gabriele Nolte (self-published)
• Ein neuer Himmel für Kana, Karla Schmidt (Wurdack)
• Babylon, Thomas Thiemeyer (Knaur)

Best German SF Short Story

• “Suicide Rooms”, Gabriele Behrend (Exodus 10/16)

• “Die Stadt der XY”, Dirk Alt (Exodus 4/16)
• “Acapulco! Acapulco!”, Andreas Eschbach (Exodus 4/16)
• “Vor dem Fest oder Brief an Mathilde”, Marcus Hammerschmitt (Nova 6/16)
• “Das Netz der Geächteten”, Michael K. Iwoleit (Gamer)
• “Thuban”, Hubert Katzmarz (Zwielicht Classic 3/16)
• “Emukalypse”, Niklas Peinecke (Gamer)

Best Foreign SF Work Published in German

• Die drei Sonnen [The Three-Body Problem], Cixin Liu (Heyne)

• Meer der Dunkelheit [A Darkling Sea], James L. Cambias (Cross Cult)
• Der lange Weg zu einem kleinen zornigen Planeten [The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet], Becky Chambers (Fischer Tor)
• Spalt [The Fold], Peter Clines (Heyne)
• Giants [Sleeping Giants], Sylvain Neuvel (Heyne)
• Lagune [Lagoon], Nnedi Okorafor (Cross Cult)
• Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson (Heyne)
• Am Ende aller Zeiten [The End of the World Running Club], Adrian J. Walker (Fischer Tor)
• Das Jahr des Falken [Half a Crown], Jo Walton (Golkonda)

Best SF Translation Into German

• Die drei Sonnen [The Three-Body Problem], Cixin Liu, translated by Martina Hasse (Heyne)

• Galaktische Mission [The End of All Things], John Scalzi, translated by Bernhard Kempen (Heyne)
• Morgengrauen [First Light], Linda Nagata, translated by Helga Parmiter (Cross Cult)
• Mr. Sapien träumt vom Menschsein [Barren Cove], Ariel S. Winter, translated by Oliver Plaschka (Knaur)
• Der lange Weg zu einem kleinen zornigen Planeten [The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet], Becky Chambers, translated by Karin Will (Fischer Tor)

Best German SF Graphical Art

• Greg Ruth for the cover of Lagune, Nnedi Okorafor (Cross Cult)

• Lothar Bauer for the cover of Die Bibliothek der Tränen, Christian Kathan (Beyond Affinity)
• Lothar Bauer for the cover of Hauptsache gesund!, Ralf Boldt (p. machinery)
• Lothar Bauer for the cover of Nova 6/16
• Dirk Berger for the cover of Phantastisch! 7/16
• Matin Frei for the cover of Das Ende des Regenbogens, Vernor Vinge (Cross Cult)
• Mark Freier for the cover of Vektor, Jo Koren (Atlantis)
• Das Illustrat for the cover of Unsterblich, Jens Lubbadeh (Heyne)
• Stas Rosin for the cover and illustrations of Exodus 10/16
• Markus Vogt for the cover of Exodus 4/16

Special Award For Outstanding Achievement

• Ralf Boldt, Sylvana Fryberg, and the team of MediKonOne

Special Achievement Award For Longtime Activities

• Herbert W. Franke

No award was given in the Best German Audio Work category.

The award ceremony will take place during PentaCons, a symposium on science fiction literature to be held at the Palitzschhof in Dresden, Germany on November 4, 2017.