2022 in science fiction

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. ^[1]
• 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 ^[2]
• 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 ^[3]
• Dual
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Expired
• Firestarter
• I'm Totally Fine
• Linoleum
• LOLA ^[4]
• M3GAN
• MEAD
• Monolith
• Moonfall
• Moonshot
• Morbius
• Naai Sekar
• Nope
• Ordinary Failures
• Petrópolis
• Phi 1.618
• Relax, I'm from the Future
• Samaritan
• Significant Other ^[5]
• Slash/Back
• Something in the Dirt
• Spiderhead
• Strange World
• TeraStorm
• The Adam Project ^[6]
• 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 ^[7]
• 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 ^[8]
• Lightyear
• Moon Man
• Prey
• Shin Ultraman
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Thor: Love and Thunder

Television

New series

• Andor
• Baymax!
• Farzar
• From
• Halo ^[9]
• I Am Groot
• Into the Deep
• Kindred
• Life After Life
• Moonhaven
• Night Sky
• Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Outer Range
• Pantheon
• Paper Girls
• Quantum Leap ^[10]
• Raised by Wolves
• Salvage Marines
• Saving Me
• Severance
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law ^[11]
• 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 ^[12]

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 ^[13]
• 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 ^[14]
• 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 ^[15]
• Iron Lung
• Scorn
• The Callisto Protocol
• The Last of Us Part I

References

1. Kevin (2 May 2022). "2022 Hugo Award and Lodestar Award Designers Announced". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
2. Brooks, Robin (14 March 2022). "'Stars and Bones' by Gareth L. Powell: A Book Review". GeekDad. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
3. Dargis, Manohla (2 June 2022). "'Crimes of the Future' Review: The Horror, the Horror". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 September 2023.
4. Slater-Williams, Josh (5 April 2023). "LOLA review: dark alt-history time-travel caper". BFI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
5. Bennett, Tara (7 October 2022). "Significant Other Review". IGN. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
6. "Walker Scobell, Who Played a Young Ryan Reynolds in The Adam Project, Joining Deadpool 3 after Hugh Jackman? Ryan Reynolds Fuels Major MCU Debut Speculation - FandomWire". FandomWire. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
7. Scott, A. O. (14 December 2022). "'Avatar: The Way of Water' Review: Big Blue Marvel". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 10 September 2023.
8. "Koogle Kuttappa Movie Review - A Faithful Remake?". India Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
9. Park, Gene (18 March 2022). "Review | The 'Halo' TV show is violent, gritty and starts on the right foot". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 10 September 2023.
10. Kimball, Trevor (7 September 2023). "2022-23 Season Ratings for New TV Shows (week 50)". canceled + renewed TV shows - TV Series Finale. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
11. Nash, Anthony (29 August 2023). "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Season 2 Reportedly Happening at Disney+". Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News - SuperHeroHype. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
12. "Transformers: EarthSpark: The guide to the astounding 2022 show!". The Illuminerdi. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
13. Kangas, Chaz (28 August 2023). "'Power Rangers' at 30: How a show with Japanese monsters and teen drama captured a generation". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
14. Shutler, Ali (16 February 2023). "What time is 'Star Trek: Picard' season 3 on Amazon Prime Video?". NME. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
15. Bonthuys, Darryn (24 August 2023). "Citizen Sleeper 2 Coming To Game Pass Day One, Xbox Series X|S Versions Confirmed". GameSpot. Retrieved 10 September 2023.

Preceded by 2021

2022

Succeeded by 2023