1985 in science fiction

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

• Arkady Martine

• Theodore Sturgeon

• 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

• Appleseed, by Masamune Shirow, begins serialization in Comic Gaia
• Shatter, by Peter B. Gillis and Mike Saenz

• Back to the Future, dir. by Robert Zemeckis
• Brazil, dir. by Terry Gilliam
• The Quiet Earth, dir. by Geoff Murphy

• The Twilight Zone (1985 revival)

• A Mind Forever Voyaging

• Best novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson^[1]
• Best novella: Press Enter by John Varley^[1]
• Best novelette: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler^[1]
• Best short story: "The Crystal Spheres" by David Brin^[1]
• Best related work: Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction by Jack Williamson^[1]
• Best dramatic presentation: 2010: The Year We Make Contact, dir. by Peter Hyams; screenplay by Peter Hyams; based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke^[1]
• Best professional editor: Terry Carr^[1]
• Best professional artist: Michael Whelan^[1]
• Best Semiprozine: Locus, ed. by Charles N. Brown
• Best fanzine: File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer^[1]
• Best fan writer: David Langford^[1]
• Best fan artist: Alexis A. Gilliland^[1]

• Best novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card^[2]
• Best novella: Sailing to Byzantium, by Robert Silverberg^[2]
• Best novelette: "Portraits of His Children" by George R. R. Martin^[2]
• Best short story: "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress^[2]

• BSFA Award for Best Novel: Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: The Integral Trees, by Larry Niven
• Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: Back to the Future