2012 in science fiction

The year 2012 is marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Events

• George Lucas sold Lucasfilm, with all its property, including Star Wars franchise, to Disney for $4 billion.
• Esli magazine closed down.

Deaths

Ray Bradbury, a famous science fiction writer, died in 2012

• February 3 – John Christopher, British writer (born 1922) ^[1]
• May 8 – Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, French artist and writer (born 1938)
• June 5 – Ray Bradbury, American writer (b. 1920) ^[2]
• August 15 – Harry Harrison, American writer (b. 1925) ^[3]
• November 19 – Boris Strugatsky, Russian writer (b. 1933) ^[4]

Films

• Antiviral
• Battleship
• Chronicle
• Cloud Atlas
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• Dredd
• The Hunger Games
• Iron Sky
• John Carter
• John Dies at the End
• Lockout
• Looper
• Men in Black 3
• Prometheus
• Resident Evil: Retribution
• Robot & Frank
• Total Recall
• Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
• Upside Down
• The Watch

Literature

• Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnson
• Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card
• Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

Awards

Saturn Award

Main article: 38th Saturn Awards

• Best science fiction film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Best Network Television Series: Fringe

Locus Award

• Best Science Fiction Novel - Embassytown by China Miéville

References

1. "John Christopher - British author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
2. Pringle, David (6 June 2012). "Ray Bradbury obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "Sci-fi author Harry Harrison dies". BBC News. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. Roth, Andrew (24 November 2012). "Boris Strugatsky, 79, Who Critiqued Soviets in Fiction, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

Preceded by 2011

Science fiction by year 2012

Succeeded by 2013