In 2019 the following events occurred in science fiction.
Deaths
edit- April 1 – Vonda N. McIntyre, American writer (born 1948)[1]
- Erik Olin Wright, sociologist and futurologist
- Yuri Artsutanov, pioneer of the space elevator idea
- Carol Emshwiller, writer
Literary releases
editNovels
edit- The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
- Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
- The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
- Luna: Moon Rising by Ian McDonald
- Tiamat's Wrath by James S. A. Corey
- Motherland by Lauren Beukes
- English translation of The Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan
- Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang
- Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
- Dark Age by Pierce Brown
- English translation of The Redemption of Time by Baoshu
- Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Hierophant by Robert Jackson Bennett
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
- Famous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess
- The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- Alliance Rising by C. J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher
- Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan
- Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
- Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
- The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
- A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
- Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
Stories collections
edit- American Science Fiction: Eight Classic Novels of the 1960s by Gary K. Wolfe (ed.)
- Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu (ed.)
Films
editOriginal
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- 3022
- 9
- Ad Astra
- Alita: Battle Angel[5]
- The Blackout
- Boss Level
- Brightburn[6]
- Captive State
- Chaos Walking
- Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
- Escape Room[7]
- Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
- Fast Color[8]
- Gemini Man
- Goalkeeper of the Galaxy
- Happy Death Day 2U
- I Am Mother
- Io
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
- Kizhakku Africavil Raju
- Lucy in the Sky
- Princess Principal
- Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System
- Relive
- Serenity
- Short Circuit
- Spies in Disguise
- The Last Boy[9]
- Paradise Hills
- Proxima
- Ultraman R/B the Movie
- The Vast of Night
- The Wandering Earth
- Warriors of Future
Sequels, spin-offs and remakes
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- Avengers: Endgame
- Captain Marvel
- Code 8
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
- Glass[10]
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- Hellboy
- Iron Sky: The Coming Race[11]
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
- Men in Black: International
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Reign of the Supermen
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Terminator: Dark Fate
- Shazam!
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Television
editNew series
edit- My Absolute Boyfriend
- The Boys
- Doom Patrol
- Gen:Lock
- Good Omens
- His Dark Materials
- The I-Land
- Memories of the Alhambra
- October Faction
- The Passage
- Project Blue Book
- Roswell, New Mexico
- See
- Snowpiercer
- Star Trek: Picard
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian
- Swamp Thing
- The War of the Worlds (British TV series)
- The War of the Worlds (American TV series)
- Warrior Nun
- Watchmen
- Weird City
Returning series
edit- The 100, season 6
- 3%, season 3
- Black Mirror, season 5
- Cloak & Dagger, season 2
- Cosmos: Possible Worlds
- Dark, season 2
- The Expanse, season 4
- The Handmaid's Tale, season 3[14]
- Jessica Jones, season 3
- Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger
- Krypton, season 2
- Legion, season 3
- Nightflyers, season 2
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- The Orville, season 2
- The Punisher, season 2
- Runaways, season 2
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, season 2
- Star Trek: Discovery, season 2
- Stranger Things, season 3
- Super Sentai Strongest Battle
- The Twilight Zone
- Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
- Ultraman
- Ultraman New Generation Chronicle
- Van Helsing, season 4
- Young Justice, season 3
Video games
editAwards
edit- Sorry to Bother You made it onto the list of Top Ten Independent Films of 2018 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
Other events
edit- Mir Fantastiki magazine was relaunched by the new publisher, Hobby World.
References
edit- ^ Holland, Steve (4 April 2019). "Vonda N McIntyre obituary | Steve Holland". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Liptak, Andrew (2018-12-30). "All the science fiction and fantasy books we're looking forward to in 2019". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "21 of the Most Anticipated Sci Fi Books of 2019". BookBub. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ Orf, Darren (2019-01-14). "Best Sci-Fi Movies 2019 – New Sci-Fi Movies". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ Alita: Battle Angel, retrieved 2019-02-01
- ^ Brightburn, retrieved 2019-02-02
- ^ Escape Room, retrieved 2019-02-01
- ^ Fast Color, retrieved 2019-02-01
- ^ The Last Boy, retrieved 2019-02-01
- ^ Glass, retrieved 2019-02-01
- ^ Iron Sky The Coming Race, retrieved 2019-02-01
- ^ Campbell, Maude (2019-01-16). "Best Sci-Fi TV Shows 2019 – New Sci-Fi TV Shows". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ Lawrence, Britt. "Netflix Is Going Hard On Sci-Fi With Three Awesome New Shows". Cinemablend. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ Sandwell, Ian (2019-01-11). "The Handmaid's Tale season 3: Release date, cast, spoilers". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ Patrick, Dennis (2019-02-03). "Top Upcoming Sci-Fi Video Games Of 2019". Gameranx. Retrieved 2019-02-06.