2016 in science fiction

The year 2016 is marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Events

• September 8: worldwide celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek franchise.

Deaths

• January 10 – David Bowie – English actor (The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Prestige) and rock singer who composed multiple science fiction-themed songs, including Space Oddity and the whole Ziggy Stardust album (born 1947)
• January 14 – Alan Rickman – British actor (Galaxy Quest, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (born 1946)
• June 19 – Anton Yelchin – Russian-American actor, played Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot film series (born 1989)
• July 26 – Jerry Doyle – American actor, known for his work as Michael Garibaldi in show Babylon 5 (born 1956)
• August 13 – Kenny Baker – English actor, known for playing R2-D2 in Star Wars (born 1934)
• September 25 – Robert Weinberg – Science fiction writer (born 1946)
• November 25 – Ron Glass – American actor (Firefly) (born 1945)
• December 24 – Richard Adams, British writer (born 1920)
• December 27 – Carrie Fisher – American actress, known for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars (born 1956)

Literary releases

Novels

• Version Control, by Dexter Palmer
• Sleeping Giants, by Sylvain Neuvel
• The Everything Box, by Richard Kadrey
• Join, by Steve Toutonghi
• The Swarm by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnson
• Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey
• Take Back the Sky by Greg Bear
• 71 by David Brin
• 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Raithe of the Boedecken by Matthew Stover
• Morning Star by Pierce Brown
• All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Stories collections

Short stories

by Elysia Crampton

Comics

Movies

Original/new franchise

• The 5th Wave, by J Blakeson
• 24, by Vikram Kumar
• Arrival, by Denis Villeneuve and Eric Heisserer
• Assassin's Creed, by Justin Kurzel
• Equals, by Drake Doremus
• The Girl with All the Gifts, by Colm McCarthy
• The Glass Fortress, by Alain Bourret
• Midnight Special, by Jeff Nichols
• Morgan, by Luke Scott
• Passengers, by Morten Tyldum

Sequels, spin-offs and remakes

• 10 Cloverfield Lane, by Dan Trachtenberg
• ', by Robert Schwentke
• ', by Roland Emmerich
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by Gareth Edwards
• Star Trek Beyond, by Justin Lin

Television

• 11.22.63, by Bridget Carpenter
• 12 Monkeys, season 2, by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett
• 3%, by Pedro Aguilera
• Adventure Time, season 8, by Pendleton Ward
• Colony, by Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal
• Daredevil, season 2, by Drew Goddard
• The Expanse by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
• Future-Worm!, by Ryan Quincy
• ', by Ryan Crego and Thurop Van Orman
• The Last Ship, season 3, by William Brinkley
• Macross Delta
• Miles from Tomorrowland, season 2, by Sascha Paladino
• The OA, by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij
• Sonic Boom, season 2
• Star Wars Rebels, season 2, by Simon Kinberg, Dave Filoni, Carrie Beck
• Steven Universe, seasons 3+4, by Rebecca Sugar
• Stranger Things, by The Duffer Brothers
• Timeless, by Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan
• Travelers, by Brad Wright
• ', by Antarès Bassis, Sophie Hiet and
• Westworld, by Jonathan Nolan
• The X-Files (season 10), by Chris Carter

Video games

• Stellaris, a 4X Strategy game by Paradox
• No Man's Sky, by Hello Games
• The Technomancer, by Spiders (company)
• ', by Bungie
• Overwatch, by Blizzard Entertainment
• ', by Eidos Montréal

Awards

Hugo Award

• Best novel: N. K. Jemisin The Fifth Season
• Best dramatic presentation (long form) – The Martian

Nebula Award

Locus Award

Best Science Fiction Novel: Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

Saturn Award

• Best science fiction film:
• Best Science Fiction Television Series: Continuum

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Award

Prix Rosny-Aîné Award

BSFA Award

Sidewise Award for Alternate History

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Edward E. Smith Memorial Award

Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis

Seiun Award

Academy Award

• : 6 Oscars for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
• Ex Machina for best visual effects

See also

• 2016 in science

References