The year 1972 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:
Events 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 Births N. K. Jemisin China Miéville Adrian Tchaikovsky Andy Weir
Deaths Fredric Brown
Literary releases Novels
Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
Short stories Short story anthologies 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 Comics Kamandi #1, by Jack Kirby Mazinger Z begins serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine
Movies
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 Awards Hugos Best novel: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, by Philip José Farmer Best novella: The Queen of Air and Darkness, by Poul Anderson Best short story:"Inconstant Moon", by Larry Niven Best dramatic presentation: A Clockwork Orange, dir. by Stanley Kubrick; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by Anthony Burgess Best professional magazine: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. by Edward L. Ferman Best professional artist:Frank Kelly Freas Best fanzine: Locus, ed. by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown Best fan writer:Harry Warner Jr. Best fan artist:Tim Kirk
Nebulas Best novel: The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov Best novella: A Meeting with Medusa, by Arthur C. Clarke Best novelette: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson Best short story: "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ
Other awards Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: Slaughterhouse-Five
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