2017 in science fiction
The year 2017 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Events
- May 25 - 40th anniversary of Star Wars was celebrated by fans worldwide. The 2017 Star Wars Celebration convention in Orlando was dedicated to this date,[1] and several anniversary collectibles were released.[2]
- December 14 - Disney announced it would acquire 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. The deal includes rights for many science fiction franchises, such as Avatar, Alien, Futurama, Firefly, among others.
Deaths
- January 25 - John Hurt, English actor (Alien, Contact, Snowpiercer, Nineteen Eighty-Four, V for Vendetta)
- February 7 - Richard Hatch, American actor (Battlestar Galactica)
- February 25 - Bill Paxton, American actor (The Terminator, Weird Science, Aliens, Predator 2, Edge of Tomorrow)
- June 9 - Adam West, American actor (Batman, Robinson Crusoe on Mars)
- July 15 - Martin Landau, American actor (Space: 1999)
- August 19 - Brian Aldiss, English writer (Super-Toys Last All Summer Long)
- August 31 - Richard Anderson, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Forbidden Planet)
- September 10 - Len Wein, American comic book writer (Swamp Thing, Wolverine)
- September 15 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (Alien, Escape from New York, Repo Man, The Avengers)
- November 25 - Rance Howard, American actor (Independence Day, Cocoon, Mars Attacks!)
Literary releases
- The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
- The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
- Empire Games by Charles Stross
- Forgotten Worlds, The Silence #2 by D. Nolan Clark
- Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn
- New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey
- Seek and Destroy, America Rising #2 by William C. Dietz
- The Stone Sky, The Broken Earth #3 by N. K. Jemisin
- Vanguard: The Genesis Fleet by Jack Campbell
- Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card
Films
Original
- Attraction, by Fyodor Bondarchuk
- Battle of Memories, by Leste Chen
- Dance to Death, by Andrei Volgin
- Life, by Daniel Espinosa
- Orbita 9 by Hatem Khraiche
- OtherLife, by Ben C. Lucas
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, by Luc Besson
Sequels, spin-offs and remakes
- Alien Covenant, by Ridley Scott
- Blade Runner 2049, by Denis Villeneuve
- Ghost in the Shell, by Rupert Sanders
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi, by Rian Johnson
- War for the Planet of the Apes, by Matt Reeves
Television
- Dimension 404
- The Expanse (season 2)
- Extinct
- The Orville
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
- Star Trek: Discovery
- Time After Time
- Timeless
Video games[3]
- Destiny 2
- Endless Space 2
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Nier Automata
- Prey
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
Awards
Hugo Award
- Best dramatic presentation (long form) - Arrival
- Best dramatic presentation (short form) - The Expanse
Locus Award
Best Science Fiction Novel - Death's End by Liu Cixin
Saturn Award
- Best science fiction film: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Best Science Fiction Television Series: Westworld
Academy Award
- Arrival for Best Sound Editing.
Nobel Award for literature
- Kazuo Ishiguro, author of 2005 science fiction novel Never Let Me Go.