In 2022, the following events occurred in science fiction.
Events
1 to 5 September – 80th World Science Fiction Convention was held in Chicago, United States. 25 October – 47th Saturn Awards was held in Los Angeles, United States.
Deaths
5 January – John J. Miller, American author (born 1954) 13 January – Rick Cook, American author (born 1944) 14 January – Ron Goulart, American historian and author (born 1933) 18 April – Valerio Evangelisti, Italian author (born 1952) 16 July – Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author (born 1927) 17 July – Eric Flint, American author (born 1947) 26 July – Felix Thijssen, Dutch author (born 1933) 21 August – Alexei Panshin, American author (born 1940) 24 September – Chandler Davis, American-Canadian mathematician and author (born 1926) 19 November – Greg Bear, American author (born 1951) 30 November – Ray Nelson, American author (born 1931)
Literary releases
Novels
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir RCE - Remote Code Execution by Sibylle Berg Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Films
Original
Alienoid Attack: Part 1 Bigbug Captain Chariot Corrective Measures Crimes of the Future Dual Everything Everywhere All at Once Expired Firestarter I'm Totally Fine Linoleum LOLA M3GAN MEAD Monolith Moonfall Moonshot Morbius Naai Sekar Nope Ordinary Failures Petrópolis Phi 1.618 Relax, I'm from the Future Samaritan Significant Other Slash/Back Something in the Dirt Spiderhead Strange World TeraStorm The Adam Project The Hunteress The In Between The Legend The Orbital Children The Ordinaries The Other Shape The Time Capsule Timescape Vesper Viking Warriors of Future We Are Not Alone
Sequels, spin-offs and remakes
2025 Armageddon Avatar: The Way of Water Black Adam Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Boonie Bears: Back to Earth Dobaaraa Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Jurassic World Dominion Kids vs. Aliens Koogle Kuttappa Lightyear Moon Man Prey Shin Ultraman Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Thor: Love and Thunder
Television
New series
Andor Baymax! Farzar From Halo I Am Groot Into the Deep Kindred Life After Life Moonhaven Night Sky Obi-Wan Kenobi Outer Range Pantheon Paper Girls Quantum Leap Raised by Wolves Salvage Marines Saving Me Severance She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Silverpoint Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Tales of the Jedi The Imperfects The Last Bus The Lazarus Project The Man Who Fell to Earth The Midwich Cuckoos The Peripheral The Time Traveler's Wife Transformers: BotBots Transformers: EarthSpark
Returning series
Avenue 5, season 2 Doctor Who, specials Doom Patrol, season 2 For All Mankind, season 3 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, season 5 and specials Kid Cosmic, season 3 La Brea, season 2 Love, Death & Robots, season 3 Made for Love, season 2 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Nova Jones, series 2 Paradise, season 2 Power Rangers Dino Fury, season 2 Raising Dion, season 2 Resident Alien, season 2 Rick and Morty, season 6 Roswell, New Mexico, season 4 See, season 3 Solar Opposites, season 3 Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 3 Star Trek: Picard, season 2 Stranger Things, season 4 The Orville, season 3 The Umbrella Academy, season 3 Titans, season 4 UFOs, season 2 Upload, season 2 Westworld, season 4
Video games
Anonymous;Code Citizen Sleeper Iron Lung Scorn The Callisto Protocol The Last of Us Part I
References