2016 in science fiction

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

Births and deaths

Births

None

Deaths

• Anton Yelchin - Russian-American Actor (born 1989)
• Robert Weinberg - Science Fiction Writer (born 1946)
• Kenny Baker - English Actor (born 1934)
• Jerry Doyle - American Actor. Known for his work as Michael Garibaldi in Sci Fi show Babylon 5

Literary releases

Novels

• Version Control, by Dexter Palmer
• Sleeping Giants, by Sylvain Neuvel
• The Everything Box, by Richard Kadrey
• Join, by Steve Toutonghi

Audiovisual outputs

Movies

• 10 Cloverfield Lane, by Dan Trachtenberg
• Arrival, by Denis Villeneuve and Eric Heisserer
• The Divergent Series: Allegiant, by Robert Schwentke
• Equals, by Drake Doremus
• The 5th Wave, by J Blakeson
• The Glass Fortress, by Alain Bourret
• Independence Day: Resurgence, by Roland Emmerich^[1]
• Midnight Special, by Jeff Nichols
• Morgan, by Luke Scott
• Passengers, by Morten Tyldum
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by Gareth Edwards
• Shin Godzilla, by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi
• The Space Between Us, by Peter Chelsom
• Star Trek: Beyond, by Justin Lin^[2]
• X-Men: Apocalypse, by Bryan Singer
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, by Dave Green.^[3]

Television series

• 11.22.63, by Bridget Carpenter
• Star Wars Rebels (season 3), by Dave Filoni
• Stranger Things, by the Duffer Brothers
• (French) Trepalium, by Antarès Bassis, Sophie Hiet and (French) Vincent Lannoo
• The Expanse by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
• The X-Files (season 10), by Chris Carter
• Westworld (TV series), by Jonathan Nolan

Video games

• Star Citizen, by Cloud Imperium Games
• Stellaris, a 4X Strategy game by Paradox
• No Man's Sky, by Hello Games
• The Technomancer, by Spiders (company)
• Destiny: Rise of Iron, by Bungie

Awards

Hugo Award

Nebula Award

Locus Award

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

See also

• 2016 in science
• 2015 in science fiction
• 2017 in science fiction

References

1. "Independence Day: Resurgence". Box Office Mojo. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
2. "Star Trek Beyond". Box Office Mojo. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
3. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows". Box Office Mojo. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.