In 2019 the following events occurred in science fiction.
Deaths April 1 – Vonda N. McIntyre, American writer (born 1948) Erik Olin Wright, sociologist and futurologist Yuri Artsutanov, pioneer of the space elevator idea Carol Emshwiller, writer
Literary releases
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
3022 9 Ad Astra Alita: Battle Angel The Blackout Boss Level Brightburn Captive State Chaos Walking Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration Escape Room Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Fast Color 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 Paradise Hills Proxima Ultraman R/B the Movie The Vast of Night The Wandering Earth Warriors of Future
Sequels, spin-offs and remakes
Avengers: Endgame Captain Marvel Code 8 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection Glass Godzilla: King of the Monsters Hellboy Iron Sky: The Coming Race 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
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 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
Anthem Apex Legends Control Crackdown 3 Gears 5 Halo Infinite Marvel's Spider-Man The Outer Worlds Rebel Galaxy Outlaw Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order The Surge 2
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.
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