Hungarian science fiction comprises books and films in the fiction genre produced all across

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Péter Zsoldos was a science fiction author who largely wrote about themes common in US/UK

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like space travel and robots. His best known work is probably ''Ellenpont'', which translates as ''Counterpoint''. The book explores the attempts of

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abandoned by Man to uncover their origins and, ultimately, to rediscover mankind.

Authors

Mihály Babits Mihály Babits (; 26 November 1883 – 4 August 1941) was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator. His poems are well known for their intense religious themes. His novels such as “The Children of Death” (1927) explore psychological pro ...

* Júlia Goldman * Ilona Hegedűs *

Péter Hédervári Péter Hédervári (1931-1984) was a geophysicist, scientific popularizer, amateur astronomer, and member of several national and international scientific societies. Career After receiving his doctorate at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest ...

Frigyes Karinthy Frigyes Karinthy (; 25 June 1887 – 29 August 1938) was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, ''Chains'' (''Láncszemek'') ...

Péter Kuczka Péter Kuczka (Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 1 March 1923 – Budapest, Hungary, 8 December 1999) was a Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor. He was also active as a comic writer. After finishing high school, Kuczka studied at the Uni ...

György Kulin György Kulin ( Nagyszalonta 28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989 Budapest) was a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He discovered 21 asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of a ...

* László L. Lőrincz * István Nemere *

Jenő Rejtő Jenő Rejtő (29 March 1905 – 1 January 1943) was a Hungarian journalist, pulp fiction writer and playwright who died as a forced labourer during World War II. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on 29 March 1905, and died in Evdakov ...

Sándor Szathmári Szathmári Sándor (; 19 June 1897 – 16 July 1974) was a Hungarian writer, mechanical engineer, Esperantist, and one of the leading figures in Esperanto literature. Biography Family background Szathmári was born in Gyula. Szathmári's gra ...

* Dezső Kemény * Péter Lengyel * Hernády Gyula * Mesterházi Lajos * Darázs Endre * Balázs Arpád * Bogati Péter * Bárány Tamás * Örkény István * Cserna József * Moldova György * Péter Zsoldos

Films

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Alraune ''Alraune'' (German for ) is a novel by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers published in 1911. It is also the name of the female lead character. The book originally featured illustrations by Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Legend The basis of the story of ...

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The Adventures of Pirx ''The Adventures of Pirx'' ( hu, Pirx kalandjai) was a television mini-series in Hungary in 1973 based on the 1968 science fiction short story collection ''Tales of Pirx the Pilot'' by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Released by Magyar Televízió ...

'' (1973) * ''A feladat'' (1975) * ''A halhatatlanság halála'' directed by

András Rajnai András Rajnai was a Hungarian TV director and screenwriter who worked for Hungarian Television (Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség: MTV) between 1958 and 1996. He was born on July 7, 1934, in Budapest, Hungary, and died on January ...

in 1976 based on ''

The End of Eternity ''The End of Eternity'' is a 1955 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov with mystery and thriller elements on the subjects of time travel and social engineering. Its premise is that of a causal loop, a type of temporal paradox in which event ...

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* '' The Fortress'' (1979 film) * '' 6:3 Play It Again Tutti'' (1999) * '' 1'' (2009 film) * '' Thelomeris'' (2011)

Animation

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Les Maîtres du temps ''Les Maîtres du temps'' (lit. ''The Masters of Time'', a.k.a. ''Time Masters''; ''Herrscher der Zeit'' in German; ''Az idő urai'' in Hungarian) is a 1982 Franco-West German- Swiss-British- Hungarian animated science fiction feature film direc ...

'' (lit. ''The Masters of Time'', a.k.a. ''Time Masters'', ''Az idő urai'' in Hungarian) is a 1982 Franco- Hungarian animated

feature film directed by

René Laloux René Laloux (; July 1929 – 14 March 2004) was a French animator, screenwriter and film director. Biography He was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting. After some time working in advertising, he got a job in a psychi ...

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Mœbius Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Bandes dessinées, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim under the pseu ...

. It is based on the 1958 science fiction novel ''

L'Orphelin de Perdide ''The Orphan of Perdide'' is a science fiction novel by French author Stefan Wul published in 1958 in literature, 1958. Presentation of the work ''The Orphan of Perdide'' is the seventh novel by the French writer Stefan Wul to be published by ...

'' (''The Orphan of Perdide'') by

Stefan Wul Stefan Wul was the ''nom de plume'' of the French science fiction writer Pierre Pairault (27 March 1922 – 26 November 2003), born in Paris. Biography He was a dental surgeon, but science fiction was his real passion. Most of his books reflect ...

. * '' The Tragedy of Man'' (2011 film)

Magazines

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Galaktika ''Galaktika'' was a science fiction magazine of Hungary, published between 1972 and 1995. At its peak 94,000 copies were printed in Hungary. For comparison, ''Analog (magazine), Analog'' magazine printed 120,000 copies in the United States. A ne ...

'' (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 op. 10 millionwhile ''

Analog Analog or analogue may refer to: Computing and electronics * Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable ** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals *** Analog electronics, circuits which use analo ...

'' magazine was printed in 120,000 copies in the United States op. 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.

Video games

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Crysis Warhead ''Crysis Warhead'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by the Hungarian studio Crytek Budapest and published by Electronic Arts. ''Crysis Warhead'' is a stand-alone expansion game and does not require the installation of the original ...

'' (2008)

Notes

External links

A short history of Hungarian science fiction from the beginning to the 1980s
sfmag.hu

(The situation of science-fiction literature in Hungary), epa.oszk.hu {{sf-stub