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, and several anniversary collectibles were released.
 * 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 19 – Hilary Bailey, writer, critic and editor (The Fall of Frenchy Steiner, Frankenstein's Bride, Mrs Rochester, Fifty-First State)
 * January 25 – John Hurt, English actor (Alien, Contact, Snowpiercer, Nineteen Eighty-Four, V for Vendetta)
 * February 7 – Richard Hatch, American actor (Battlestar Galactica)
 * February 10 – Edward Bryant, writer
 * February 25 – Bill Paxton, American actor (The Terminator, Weird Science, Aliens, Predator 2, Edge of Tomorrow)
 * March 22 – Daisuke Satō, writer (Highschool of the Dead, Imperial Guards, Seito, Red Sun Black Cross)
 * March 26 – Marie Jakober, writer (The Mind Gods, The Black Chalice)
 * April 5 – Huang Yi, writer (A Step into the Past)
 * April 22 – William Hjortsberg, writer (Gray Matters, Legend)
 * April 28 – Grania Davis, writer and editor (The Boss in the Wall, a.o.)
 * June 9 – Adam West, American actor (Batman, Robinson Crusoe on Mars)
 * July 15 – Martin Landau, American actor (Space: 1999)
 * July 27 – H. A. Hargreaves, writer, professor
 * August 3 – Jack Wodhams, writer (Ryn, Mostly Meantime)
 * August 13 – Victor Pemberton, scriptwriter, television producer (Doctor Who)
 * 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 8 – Jerry Pournelle, writer, scientist, journalist
 * 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)
 * September 24 – Kit Reed, writer (The Attack of the Giant Baby, Thinner Than Thou, The Night Children, The Baby Merchant)
 * October 9 – ElizaBeth Gilligan, author, former secretary for the Science Fiction Writers of America board of directors
 * October 9 – Yoji Kondo aka. Eric Kotani, writer, editor and astrophysicist (Star Trek: Death of a Neutron Star, Requiem)
 * October 17 – Julian May, writer (Saga of Pliocene Exile, Galactic Milieu Series)
 * 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

Original

 * Attraction, by Fyodor Bondarchuk
 * Battle of Memories, by Leste Chen
 * Before We Vanish, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
 * 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

 * 12 Monkeys (season 3)
 * Adventure Time (seasons 9+10)
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5
 * Big Hero 6: The Series
 * Colony (TV series) (season 2)
 * The Defenders
 * Dimension 404
 * The Expanse (season 2)
 * Extinct
 * The Flash (season 4)
 * The Gifted
 * Gotham (season 4)
 * The Handmaid's Tale
 * Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (season 2)
 * I'm Not a Robot
 * Infini-T Force
 * Inhumans
 * Iron Fist
 * Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2
 * Kamen Rider Build
 * The Last Ship (season 4)
 * Legends of Tomorrow (season 3)
 * Legion
 * Marvel Super Hero Adventures
 * Miles from Tomorrowland (season 3)
 * The Orville
 * Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
 * Power Rangers Ninja Steel
 * The Punisher
 * Rick and Morty (season 3)
 * Runaways
 * Salvation
 * See You in Time
 * Sense8 (season 2)
 * Star Trek: Discovery
 * Star Wars Rebels (season 3)
 * Steven Universe (season 5)
 * Stitch & Ai
 * Supergirl (season 3)
 * Time After Time
 * Timeless
 * Travelers (season 2)
 * Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
 * Voltron: Legendary Defender (seasons 2–4)

Video games

 * Destiny 2
 * Endless Space 2
 * Horizon Zero Dawn
 * Mass Effect: Andromeda
 * Nier Automata
 * Prey
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II

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.