1985 in science fiction
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The year 1985 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:
- The 43rd annual Worldcon, Aussiecon Two, was held in Melbourne, Australia
- The first Deutscher Science Fiction Preis are awarded
Births and deaths
Literary releases
Novels
- Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert
- Contact by Carl Sagan
- Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
- Galápagos, by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, by Haruki Murakami
Short stories
Children's books
Comics
- Appleseed, by Masamune Shirow, begins serialization in Comic Gaia
- Shatter, by Peter B. Gillis and Mike Saenz
Movies
- Back to the Future, dir. by Robert Zemeckis
- Brazil, dir. by Terry Gilliam
- The Quiet Earth, dir. by Geoff Murphy
Television
- The Twilight Zone (1985 revival)