Hungarian science fiction comprises books and films in the fiction genre produced all across Hungary.[1]
Péter Zsoldos was a science fiction author who largely wrote about themes common in US/UK science fiction like space travel and robots. His best known work is probably Ellenpont, which translates as Counterpoint. The book explores the attempts of artificial intelligences abandoned by Man to uncover their origins and, ultimately, to rediscover mankind.[2]
Authors
[edit]- Mihály Babits[1]
- Júlia Goldman[1]
- Ilona Hegedűs[1]
- Péter Hédervári[1]
- Frigyes Karinthy[1]
- Péter Kuczka[1]
- György Kulin[1]
- László L. Lőrincz[1]
- István Nemere[1]
- Jenő Rejtő[1]
- Sándor Szathmári[1]
- Dezső Kemény[1]
- Péter Lengyel[1]
- Hernády Gyula[1]
- Mesterházi Lajos[1]
- Darázs Endre[1]
- Balázs Arpád[1]
- Bogati Péter[1]
- Bárány Tamás[1]
- Örkény István[1]
- Cserna József[1]
- Moldova György[1]
- Péter Zsoldos[1]
Films
[edit]- Alraune (1918 film)[3][4]
- The Adventures of Pirx (1973)[5][6]
- A feladat (1975)[7][8]
- A halhatatlanság halála directed by András Rajnai in 1976 based on The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
- The Fortress (1979 film)[9][10]
- 6:3 Play It Again Tutti (1999)[11][12]
- 1 (2009 film)[13]
- Thelomeris (2011)[14][15]
Animation
[edit]- Les Maîtres du temps (lit. The Masters of Time, a.k.a. Time Masters, Az idő urai in Hungarian) is a 1982 Franco-Hungarian animated science fiction feature film directed by René Laloux and designed by Mœbius. It is based on the 1958 science fiction novel L'Orphelin de Perdide (The Orphan of Perdide) by Stefan Wul.[16]
- The Tragedy of Man (2011 film)[17][18]
Magazines
[edit]- Galaktika (1972-1995)
Galaktika was a science fiction magazine of Hungary, published between 1972 and 1995. The peak of 94,000 copies was very high (compared to the population of Hungary [pop. 10 million] while Analog magazine was printed in 120,000 copies in the United States [pop. well over 200 million]), when reached its peak period, it was one of the largest science-fiction magazines of the world, and the quality of individual volumes was high.
A newer publication with the same name has been published since 2004 that is known for its practice of translating and publishing works without obtaining the permission of the authors and without paying them.[19]
Video games
[edit]- Crysis Warhead (2008)
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Hungary at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- ^ Péter Zsoldos
- ^ "Alraune (1918) la SilentEra". Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
- ^ The Adventures of Pirx
- ^ The Adventures of Pirx, origo.hu
- ^ A feladat
- ^ Zsoldos Péter: A feladat (Móra Ferenc Könyvkiadó, 1976) ISBN 9632111354
- ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Hernádi Gyula (1971). Réz Pál (ed.). Az erőd. Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó. pp. 5–254.
- ^ "Football of the good old days (Régi idők focija) (dir. Pál Sándor, 1973)". Hungarian Culture Centre. Archived from the original on 21 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ Review of Pater Sparrow's Stanislaw Lem adaptation "1" Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, quietearth.us
- ^ Billington, Alex (21 August 2011). "Indie Trailer Sunday: Steampunk Sci-Fi 'Thelomeris' Stunning Teaser". firstshowing.net. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Hart, Hugh (22 August 2011). "Thelomeris Trailer: Mark Hamill's Hungarian Steampunk Sci-Fi". WIRED. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Scott, Jordan (7 June 2008). "Les Maîtres du temps". Le Palais des dessins animés. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ Ito, Robert (2012-11-09). "Living Through Animated Millenniums". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ Varga, Ferenc (2011-10-12). "Végre bemutatják Jankovics Marcell 23 éve készülő filmjét". Origo (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ Rambo, Cat (26 September 2016). "The Galaktika Situation". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- (in English) A short history of Hungarian science fiction from the beginning to the 1980s, sfmag.hu
- (in Hungarian) Rinyu Zsolt - A tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom helyzete Magyarországon (The situation of science-fiction literature in Hungary), epa.oszk.hu