2019 in science fiction
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{{Years in Science Fiction}}
In 2019 the following events occurred in science fiction.
Deaths
- April 1 – Vonda N. McIntyre, American writer (born 1948){{cite web |last1=Holland |first1=Steve |title=Vonda N McIntyre obituary {{!}} Steve Holland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/04/vonda-mcintyre-obituary |website=The Guardian |accessdate=4 April 2019 |date=4 April 2019}}
- Erik Olin Wright, sociologist and futurologist
- Yuri Artsutanov, pioneer of the space elevator idea
- Carol Emshwiller, writer
Literary releases
{{cite web | last=Liptak | first=Andrew | title=All the science fiction and fantasy books we’re looking forward to in 2019 | website=The Verge | date=2018-12-30 | url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/30/18127072/ | access-date=2019-02-02}}{{cite web | title=21 of the Most Anticipated Sci Fi Books of 2019 | website=BookBub | date=2018-12-31 | url=https://bookbub.com/blog/2018/12/31/best-sci-fi-books-2019-publishers-blurbs | access-date=2019-02-05}}
=Novels=
- 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=
- 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
=Original=
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- 3022
- 9
- Ad Astra
- Alita: Battle Angel{{Citation|title=Alita: Battle Angel|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alita-battle-angel|access-date=2019-02-01}}
- The Blackout
- Boss Level
- Brightburn{{Citation|title=Brightburn|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/brightburn|access-date=2019-02-02}}
- Captive State
- Chaos Walking
- Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
- Escape Room{{Citation|title=Escape Room|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/escape-room|access-date=2019-02-01}}
- Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
- Fast Color{{Citation|title=Fast Color|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/fast-color|access-date=2019-02-01}}
- 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{{Citation|title=The Last Boy|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4157728/|access-date=2019-02-01}}
- 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{{Citation|title=Glass|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/glass|access-date=2019-02-01}}
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- Hellboy
- Iron Sky: The Coming Race{{Citation|title=Iron Sky The Coming Race|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3038708/|access-date=2019-02-01}}
- 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
{{cite web | last=Campbell | first=Maude | title=Best Sci-Fi TV Shows 2019 – New Sci-Fi TV Shows | website=Popular Mechanics | date=2019-01-16 | url=https://popularmechanics.com/a25908611/ | access-date=2019-02-01}}{{cite web | last=Lawrence | first=Britt | title=Netflix Is Going Hard On Sci-Fi With Three Awesome New Shows | website=Cinemablend | url=https://cinemablend.com/television/2458557/netflix-is-going-hard-on-sci-fi-with-three-awesome-new-shows | access-date=2019-02-01}}
=New series=
- 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=
- 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{{cite web | last=Sandwell | first=Ian | title=The Handmaid's Tale season 3: Release date, cast, spoilers | website=Digital Spy | date=2019-01-11 | url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a856797/ | access-date=2019-02-02}}
- 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
Awards
- 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
- Mir Fantastiki magazine was relaunched by the new publisher, Hobby World.
References
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See also
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