Hungarian science fiction


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

Early examples

Kuczka and Pohl date the beginnings of Hungarian science fiction to the late eighteenth century, following Enlightened examples from NorthWestern Europe. Two early examples they note are György Bessenyei's Tarimenes utazdsa and Sandor Barotzi's A mostani adeptus , Ferenc Ney's Utazds a Holdba , Miklós Josika's Yegnapok , and prominently Mór Jókai's Jövő század regénye .
Some of Jókai's pupils continued this tradition: Titusz Tovolgyi's Az uj vilag , and Istvan Makay's novel Repidogeppel a Holdba .
Translation of foreign authors was important, such as works by Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Albert Robida, Edward Bellamy, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Jerzy Żuławski, and Jack London.

Early twentieth century

During this period the literary magazine Nyugat was a key promoter of the genre. Prominently, some of the works by Frigyes Karinthy, Sándor Szathmári, and Mihaly Babits gained popularity.

Kádar era

During the Kádár era, the work of Péter Kuczka, particularly his translation of Anglo-American science fiction was key in promoting the genre. According to Sohár, up to 1965, translation occurred indirectly vía publications in Russian, including works by Isaac Asimov. A Science Fiction Work Committee was formed in the Hungarian Writers' Union that run the quarterly journal, SF Tajekoztato.

Authors

Films

Alraune The Adventures of Pirx A feladat A halhatatlanság halála directed by András Rajnai in 1976 based on The End of Eternity by Isaac AsimovThe Fortress 6:3 Play It Again Tutti 1
  • ''Thelomeris''

Animation

Les Maîtres du temps 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 by Stefan Wul.

Magazines

Galaktika
Galaktika was a science fiction magazine of Hungary, published between 1972 and 1995. The peak of 94,000 copies was very high, 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