Timeline of science fiction

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The starting point of science fiction depends on the definition used. By the broadest definition it began with the Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2100 BCE), the oldest surviving work of fiction. Seen here is the so-called Flood tablet. British Museum Flood Tablet.jpg
The starting point of science fiction depends on the definition used. By the broadest definition it began with the Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2100 BCE), the oldest surviving work of fiction. Seen here is the so-called Flood tablet.

This is a timeline of science fiction. While the date of the start of science fiction is debated, this list includes events included in timelines published by expert sources. [a]

Contents

16th century

YearEventRef.
1516 Utopia by Thomas More is published. [C] : xx  [E] : 16  [G] : XXII 

17th century

YearEventRef.
1627 New Atlantis by Francis Bacon is published. [C] : xx  [G] : XXII 
1634 Somnium by Johannes Kepler is published. [C] : xx  [E] : 16  [G] : XXII 
1638 The Man in the Moone by Francis Godwin is published. [C] : xx  [E] : 16  [G] : XXII 
1686 Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle is published. [C] : xx  [G] : XXII 

18th century

Lemuel Gulliver encountering the flying island of Laputa in Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels Laputa - Grandville.jpg
Lemuel Gulliver encountering the flying island of Laputa in Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels
YearEventRef.
1726 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is published. [D] : xiii  [E] : 16  [F] : xix 
1741 Niels Klim's Underground Travels by Ludvig Holberg is published. [C] : xx  [G] : XXII 
1752 Micromégas by Voltaire is published. [C] : xx  [D] : xiii  [G] : XXII 
1771 The Year 2440 by Louis-Sébastien Mercier is published. [C] : xx  [D] : xiii  [F] : xix  [G] : XXII 

19th century

Mary Shelley, author of the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Rothwell.tif
Mary Shelley, author of the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
An alien invasion as featured in H. G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds. War-of-the-worlds-tripod.jpg
An alien invasion as featured in H. G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds .
YearEventRef.
1805 The Last Man by Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 36  [C] : xx  [G] : XXII 
1818 Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 36  [C] : xx  [D] : xiv  [E] : 16  [F] : xix  [G] : XXII  [H] : xv 
1826 The Last Man by Mary Shelley is published. [B] : 36  [C] : xx  [D] : xiv  [F] : xix  [G] : XXII 
1838 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 36  [G] : XXII 
1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne is published. [A] : 11  [D] : xv  [E] : 17  [F] : xix  [G] : XXII 
1865 From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [C] : xx  [E] : 17  [G] : XXII 
1868 The Steam Man of the Prairies by Edward S. Ellis, the first SF dime novel, is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [D] : xv  [G] : XXII 
1869–1870 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne is published in serial form. [A] : 11  [C] : xx  [E] : 17  [F] : xix  [G] : XXII 
1871 The Battle of Dorking by George Tomkyns Chesney is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [C] : xx 
The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [C] : xx  [G] : XXII 
1872 Erewhon by Samuel Butler is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [E] : 17 
Récits de l'infini by Camille Flammarion, a work of fiction expanding upon the concepts of extraterrestrial life previously covered in his 1864 non-fiction book Real and Imaginary Worlds, is published; these works are later compiled and published as Lumen in 1887. [C] : xx  [D] : xv  [F] : xix–xx  [G] : XXII  [2]
1876 onwardsThe Frank Reade dime novel series by Harry Enton, and later Luis Senarens, is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [G] : XXII 
1884 Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott is published. [A] : 11  [D] : xvi  [F] : xix 
1886 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [D] : xvi  [E] : 17  [F] : xix 
1887 A Crystal Age by W. H. Hudson is published. [A] : 11  [C] : xx  [D] : xvi  [G] : XXII 
1888 Looking Backward, 2000–1887 by Edward Bellamy is published. [A] : 11  [B] : 37  [C] : xx  [D] : xvi  [E] : 17  [F] : xx  [G] : XXII 
1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain is published. [A] : 11  [C] : xx  [D] : xvi  [F] : xx  [G] : XXII 
1890 News from Nowhere by William Morris is published. [C] : xx  [D] : xvi  [E] : 17  [F] : xx  [G] : XXII 
1895 The Time Machine by H. G. Wells is published. [A] : 12  [B] : 37  [C] : xx  [D] : xvii  [E] : 17  [F] : xx  [G] : XXIII  [H] : xv 
1896 The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells is published. [A] : 12  [C] : xx  [D] : xvii  [E] : 17  [F] : xx  [G] : XXIII 
1898 The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is published. [A] : 12  [C] : xx  [D] : xvii  [E] : 17  [F] : xx  [G] : XXIII  [H] : xv 

1900s

Hand-coloured still frame from Georges Melies's 1902 short film Le Voyage dans la Lune Melies color Voyage dans la lune.jpg
Hand-coloured still frame from Georges Méliès's 1902 short film Le Voyage dans la Lune
YearEventRef.
1901 The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells is published. [A] : 12  [B] : 42  [C] : xx  [D] : xvii  [F] : xx  [G] : XXIII 
The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel is published. [A] : 12  [C] : xx  [D] : xvii  [G] : XXIII 
1902 Georges Méliès shows the film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune). [A] : 12  [B] : 42  [E] : 17  [F] : xx  [H] : xv 
1904"The Country of the Blind" by H. G. Wells is published. [A] : 12  [B] : 42  [E] : 17 
1905 A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells is published. [A] : 12  [D] : xvii  [F] : xx 
1907 The Iron Heel by Jack London is published. [A] : 12  [B] : 43  [C] : xxi  [G] : XXIII 
1909 The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster is published. [A] : 12  [C] : xxi  [D] : xvii  [F] : xx  [G] : XXIII 

1910s

Modern Electrics, February 1912, featuring the serialization of Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+ ModernElectrics1912-02.jpg
Modern Electrics , February 1912, featuring the serialization of Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+
YearEventRef.
1910 Thomas Edison's film company produces Frankenstein . [A] : 12  [B] : 46  [F] : xx  [H] : xv 
1911 Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback is published in serial form in Modern Electrics ; it is published in book form in 1925. [A] : 12  [B] : 46, 51  [C] : xxi  [D] : xviii  [F] : xxi  [G] : XXIII 
The Hampdenshire Wonder by J. D. Beresford is published. [A] : 12  [B] : 46  [C] : xxi  [D] : xviii  [G] : XXIII 
1912 Under the Moons of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published. [A] : 12  [B] : 46  [C] : xxi  [D] : xviii  [G] : XXIII 
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, which gives the name to the lost world subgenre of science fiction, is published. [A] : 12  [B] : 46  [D] : xviii  [E] : 18  [G] : XXIII 
1912–1914 Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England is published in three separate serializations across 1912 and 1913, and in book form in 1914. [A] : 12  [C] : xxi  [D] : xviii  [G] : XXIII  [3]
1918 The Moon Pool by A. Merritt is published. [A] : 13  [C] : xxi  [D] : xviii  [G] : XXIII 

1920s

The Maschinenmensch from the 1927 film Metropolis Maria from the film Metropolis, on display at the Robot Hall of Fame.jpg
The Maschinenmensch from the 1927 film Metropolis
YearEventRef.
1920The play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek is published, introducing the word "robot". It is first performed in 1921. [A] : 13  [B] : 50  [C] : xxi  [D] : xviii  [E] : 18  [F] : xxi  [G] : XXIII 
1923 The Clockwork Man by E. V. Odle is published. [B] : 50  [C] : xxi  [G] : XXIII 
Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells is published. [A] : 13  [B] : 50  [D] : xviii 
Weird Tales is launched. [A] : 13  [D] : xviii  [E] : 18  [G] : XXIII 
Hugo Gernsback dedicates the August issue of Science and Invention to "scientifiction". [A] : 13  [B] : 50  [D] : xviii–xix  [F] : xxi 
1924 We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is published. [C] : xxi  [D] : xix  [E] : 18  [F] : xxi  [G] : XXIII 
The film Aelita , based on the 1922 novel Aelita by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, is released. [B] : 50  [F] : xxi  [H] : xv 
1926 Hugo Gernsback launches Amazing Stories , the first specialized science fiction magazine. [A] : 14  [B] : 51  [C] : xxi  [D] : xix  [E] : 18  [F] : xxi  [G] : XXIII 
1927 Fritz Lang releases the film Metropolis . [A] : 14  [B] : 51  [C] : xxi  [E] : 18  [F] : xxi  [G] : XXIII  [H] : xv 
1928 The Skylark of Space by E. E. Smith is published, launching the Skylark series. [A] : 15  [C] : xxi  [D] : xix  [E] : 19  [F] : xxi  [G] : XXIII 
1929 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century begins publication as a comic strip. [B] : 51  [D] : xix  [F] : xxi 
Fritz Lang releases the film Woman in the Moon . [A] : 15  [B] : 51  [H] : xvi 
Hugo Gernsback loses control of Amazing Stories alongside his other magazines as Experimenter Publishing goes bankrupt. He then launches the Wonder Stories family of magazines consisting of Science Wonder Stories, Air Wonder Stories, and Science Wonder Quarterly. [A] : 15  [D] : xix  [F] : xxi 

1930s

First issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, dated January 1930. The cover art is by Hans Waldemar Wessolowski. ASTJAN1930.jpg
First issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, dated January 1930. The cover art is by Hans Waldemar Wessolowski.
Orson Welles interviewed by reporters after his 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds caused a panic. Orson Welles War of the Worlds 1938.jpg
Orson Welles interviewed by reporters after his 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds caused a panic.
YearEventRef.
1930 Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon is published. [A] : 16  [B] : 56  [C] : xxi  [D] : xix  [E] : 19  [F] : xxii  [G] : XXIV 
The Iron Star by John Taine is published. [C] : xxi  [D] : xix  [G] : XXIV 
Astounding Stories of Super-Science begins publication. [A] : 16  [B] : 56  [C] : xxi  [D] : xix  [F] : xxii  [G] : XXIV 
The film Just Imagine is released. [B] : 56  [E] : 19  [F] : xxii  [H] : xvi 
The Comet , the first science-fiction fanzine, is launched. [A] : 16  [D] : xix  [G] : XXIV 
1931 Abel Gance's film End of the World is released. [A] : 16  [G] : XXIV  [H] : xvi 
James Whale releases the film Frankenstein . [A] : 17  [B] : 56  [E] : 19  [G] : XXIV  [H] : xvi 
Astounding Stories of Super-Science changes its title to Astounding Stories . [A] : 17  [B] : 56  [F] : xxii 
1932 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is published. [A] : 17  [B] : 56  [C] : xxi  [D] : xix  [E] : 19  [F] : xxii  [G] : XXIV 
1933"Shambleau" by C. L. Moore is published. [A] : 18  [D] : xx  [F] : xxii 
The film The Invisible Man , directed by James Whale and based on the 1897 novel by H. G. Wells, is released. [A] : 18  [B] : 56  [E] : 19 
1934"Twilight" by John W. Campbell is published. [A] : 19  [D] : xx  [G] : XXIV 
"Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster is published. [A] : 18  [C] : xxi  [D] : xx  [F] : xxii  [G] : XXIV 
"A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum is published. [A] : 19  [C] : xxi  [D] : xx  [F] : xxii  [G] : XXIV 
"Triplanetary" by E. E. Smith is published, launching the Lensman series. [A] : 18  [B] : 56  [G] : XXIV 
The Legion of Space by Jack Williamson is published, launching the Legion of Space series. [A] : 18  [B] : 56  [F] : xxii 
The Flash Gordon comic strip begins publication. [B] : 56  [F] : xxii  [G] : XXIV 
1935 Odd John by Olaf Stapledon is published. [C] : xxi  [G] : XXIV  [E] : 19 
1936 Things to Come , directed by William Cameron Menzies, is released. [A] : 20  [C] : xxi  [E] : 19  [F] : xxii  [G] : XXIV  [H] : xvi 
War with the Newts by Karel Čapek is published. [A] : 24  [B] : 57  [F] : xxiii 
The first Flash Gordon film serial is released. [A] : 20  [B] : 57  [F] : xxii  [H] : xvii 
At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft is published. [A] : 20  [D] : xx  [F] : xxii 
Hugo Gernsback sells Wonder Stories , which is retitled Thrilling Wonder Stories . [A] : 20  [B] : 57  [F] : xxii–xxiii 
1937 John W. Campbell becomes editor of Astounding Stories , launching the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction. [A] : 21  [B] : 57  [D] : xx  [F] : xxiii  [G] : XXIV 
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon is published. [A] : 21  [D] : xx  [E] : 19  [F] : xxiii 
1938"Helen O'Loy" by Lester del Rey is published. [A] : 23  [C] : xxi  [G] : XXIV  [E] : 19 
Orson Welles produces a radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, resulting in panic when it is mistaken for a news broadcast. [A] : 23  [B] : 57  [G] : XXIV 
Superman first appears in the first issue of Action Comics . [D] : xx  [E] : 19  [F] : xxiii  [G] : XXIV 
"The Legion of Time" by Jack Williamson is published. [A] : 22  [D] : xx  [F] : xxiii 
1939"Lest Darkness Fall" by L. Sprague de Camp is published in Unknown . It is published in an expanded novel form in 1941. [A] : 25  [C] : xxi  [D] : xx  [F] : xxiii  [G] : XXIV  [4]
The first annual World Science Fiction Convention is held in conjunction with the 1939 New York World's Fair. [A] : 25  [D] : xx  [E] : 19  [F] : xxiii  [G] : XXIV 

1940s

A depiction of Big Brother from a comic adaptation of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984-Big-Brother.jpg
A depiction of Big Brother from a comic adaptation of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
YearEventRef.
1940The Future History stories "If This Goes On—" and "The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein are published in Astounding Science Fiction . [A] : 26–27  [C] : xxi  [D] : xx  [F] : xxiii  [G] : XXIV  [5]
Slan by A. E. van Vogt is published as a serial; it is later published in book form in 1946. [A] : 27, 32  [B] : 65  [C] : xxi  [D] : xx  [F] : xxiii  [G] : XXIV 
1941"Nightfall" by Isaac Asimov is published. [A] : 28  [C] : xxi  [F] : xxiii  [G] : XXV 
1942"Foundation" by Isaac Asimov, the first story in what would become the 1951 fix-up novel Foundation and later the broader Foundation series, is published. [A] : 29  [C] : xxi  [D] : xxi  [E] : 20  [F] : xxiv  [G] : XXV 
Beyond This Horizon by Robert A. Heinlein is published. [B] : 64  [C] : xxi  [G] : XXV 
1944"City" by Clifford D. Simak, the first story in what would become the 1952 fix-up novel City , is published. [A] : 31  [B] : 64  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxi  [F] : xxiv  [G] : XXV 
Sirius by Olaf Stapledon is published. [A] : 31  [B] : 64  [E] : 19 
1945"First Contact" by Murray Leinster is published. [A] : 31  [C] : xxii  [F] : xxiv  [G] : XXV 
The World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt is published as a serial; it is later published in book form in 1948. [A] : 31  [B] : 65  [F] : xxiv 
1946 The Best of Science Fiction anthology, edited by Groff Conklin, is published. [A] : 32  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxi  [G] : XXV 
Adventures in Time and Space , an anthology edited by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, is published. [A] : 32  [B] : 65  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxi  [G] : XXV 
1947 Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein, the first of his juvenile novels, is published. [C] : xxii  [F] : xxiv  [G] : XXV 
1949 The Best Science Fiction Stories , an anthology edited by E. F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty, is published. [A] : 35  [C] : xxii  [G] : XXV 
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is published. [A] : 35  [B] : 65  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxi  [E] : 20  [F] : xxiv  [G] : XXV 
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart is published. [B] : 65  [C] : xxii  [G] : XXV 
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction begins publication. [A] : 35  [B] : 65  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxi  [F] : xxiv  [G] : XXV 

1950s

YearEventRef.
1950 I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, a fix-up of stories in his Robot series, is published. [C] : xxii  [E] : 20  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXV 
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury is published. [A] : 36  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxi  [E] : 20  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXV 
Galaxy Science Fiction begins publication. [A] : 37  [B] : 68  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxi  [G] : XXV 
The film Destination Moon , directed by Irving Pichel, is released. [A] : 36  [B] : 68  [C] : xxii  [E] : 20  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXV  [H] : xvii 
1951 The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham is published. [A] : 39  [C] : xxii  [E] : 20  [G] : XXV 
The film The Day the Earth Stood Still is released. [A] : 38  [E] : 20  [G] : XXV  [H] : xvii 
The film When Worlds Collide is released. [A] : 38  [E] : 20  [H] : xvii 
1952 The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth is published in serial form as Gravy Planet; it is published in book form in 1953. [A] : 40  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxii  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXVI 
1953 The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester is published and wins the first Hugo Award for Best Novel. [D] : xxii  [E] : 20  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXV 
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is published. [A] : 42  [C] : xxii  [E] : 20  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXV 
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke is published. [A] : 42  [C] : xxii  [E] : 20  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXV 
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement is published in serial form; it is published in book form in 1954. [A] : 42  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxii  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXV–XXVI 
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore is published. [A] : 42  [C] : xxii  [F] : xxv  [G] : XXV 
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon is published. [A] : 42  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxii  [G] : XXVI 
The 11th World Science Fiction Convention awards the first Hugo Awards (named after Hugo Gernsback). [A] : 43  [B] : 68  [F] : xxv 
The film The War of the Worlds is released. [A] : 43  [E] : 20  [G] : XXVI  [H] : xvii 
1954 The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov is published. [C] : xxii  [F] : xxv–xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson is published. [A] : 44  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
"The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin is published. [A] : 45  [C] : xxii  [D] : xxii  [G] : XXVI 
The film Them! is released. [A] : 45  [B] : 68  [H] : xviii 
1955 Earthman, Come Home by James Blish is published. [A] : 46  [C] : xxii  [E] : 20  [G] : XXVI 
"A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr., the first story in what would become the 1959 fix-up novel A Canticle for Leibowitz , is published. [A] : 46, 51  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII  [6]
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov is published. [A] : 46  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
The film This Island Earth is released. [A] : 46  [B] : 69  [E] : 20  [G] : XXVI  [H] : xviii 
1956 The Stars My Destination (a.k.a.Tiger! Tiger!) by Alfred Bester is published. [A] : 47  [B] : 69  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxii  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein is published. [A] : 47  [C] : xxiii  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
The film Invasion of the Body Snatchers is released. [A] : 47  [C] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [G] : XXVI  [H] : xviii 
The film Forbidden Planet is released. [A] : 46  [B] : 69  [C] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [G] : XXVI  [H] : xviii 
The first annual Milford Science Fiction Writers' Conference is organized by Damon Knight, James Blish, and Judith Merril. [A] : 47  [D] : xxii  [F] : xxvi 
1957 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is published. [A] : 48  [D] : xxii  [G] : XXVI 
1958 Non-Stop (a.k.a.Starship) by Brian Aldiss is published. [C] : xxiii  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale by Ivan Yefremov is published. [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxii  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
1959 Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick is published. [C] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein is published. [A] : 50  [B] : 69  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes is published as a novella; it is published in expanded novel form in 1966. [A] : 50  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiii  [G] : XXVI 
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut is published. [A] : 50  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiii  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson is published. [A] : 50  [D] : xxiii  [F] : xxvi  [G] : XXVI 
The journal Extrapolation begins publication. [A] : 50  [E] : 21  [G] : XXVI 

1960s

YearEventRef.
1960The film The Time Machine is released. [A] : 50  [B] : 72  [G] : XXVII  [H] : xix 
Astounding Science Fiction is retitled Analog Science Fact and Fiction . [A] : 50–51  [B] : 72  [D] : xxiii  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII 
1961 The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison is published. [C] : xxiii  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII 
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein is published. [A] : 51  [B] : 72  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII 
Solaris by Stanisław Lem is published. [A] : 51  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiv  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII 
The film The Day the Earth Caught Fire is released. [A] : 51  [B] : 72  [H] : xix 
1962 The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard is published. [C] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [G] : XXVII 
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick is published. [A] : 52  [B] : 72  [C] : xxiii  [E] : 21  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII 
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle is published. [D] : xxiii  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII 
1963 Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle is published. [A] : 53  [B] : 72  [F] : xxvii 
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut is published. [A] : 53  [F] : xxvii  [G] : XXVII 
Doctor Who begins airing. [A] : 53  [B] : 72  [C] : xxiii  [E] : 22  [G] : XXVII 
1964 Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick is published. [C] : xxiii  [E] : 22  [G] : XXVII 
Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein is published. [A] : 54  [C] : xxiii  [E] : 22  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVII 
Michael Moorcock becomes editor of New Worlds . [A] : 54  [B] : 72  [D] : xxiii  [E] : 22  [F] : xxviii 
The film Dr. Strangelove is released. [A] : 53  [G] : XXVII  [H] : xx 
1965 Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb by Philip K. Dick is published. [C] : xxiii  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVII 
Dune by Frank Herbert is published and wins the first Nebula Award for Best Novel. [A] : 53, 55  [B] : 73  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiii  [E] : 22  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVII 
""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison is published. [A] : 55  [B] : 73  [G] : XXVII 
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein is published. [A] : 55  [B] : 73  [C] : xxiv  [E] : 22  [G] : XXVII 
The Science Fiction Writers of America is founded. [A] : 55  [D] : xxiii  [F] : xxviii 
1966 Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany is published. [A] : 56  [C] : xxiii  [D] : xxiv  [E] : 22  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVII 
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison is published. [A] : 56  [C] : xxiii  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVII 
Orbit 1 , the first in a series of anthologies edited by Damon Knight, is published. [B] : 73  [C] : xxiv  [G] : XXVII 
The film Fahrenheit 451 is released. [A] : 56  [E] : 22  [H] : xx 
Star Trek begins airing. [A] : 55  [B] : 73  [C] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [G] : XXVII 
1967 Dangerous Visions , a New Wave anthology edited by Harlan Ellison, is published. [A] : 57  [B] : 73  [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxiv  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVIII 
1968 Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner is published. [A] : 58  [C] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVIII 
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick is published. [A] : 58  [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxiv  [E] : 22  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVIII 
Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch is published. [A] : 57  [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxiv  [G] : XXVIII 
The film 2001: A Space Odyssey , directed by Stanley Kubrick, is released. [A] : 58  [B] : 73  [C] : xxiv  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVIII  [H] : xxi 
The film Planet of the Apes is released. [E] : 22  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVIII  [H] : xxi 
Locus begins publication. [A] : 58  [B] : 73  [D] : xxiv  [F] : xxviii 
1969 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin is published. [A] : 59  [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [F] : xxviii–xxix  [G] : XXVIII 
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is published. [C] : xxv  [F] : xxviii  [G] : XXVIII 

1970s

Star Wars was released in 1977. Its success, and that of the works that followed in its wake, shifted the dominant medium of science fiction away from literature and towards visual media. Star Wars Logo.svg
Star Wars was released in 1977. Its success, and that of the works that followed in its wake, shifted the dominant medium of science fiction away from literature and towards visual media.
YearEventRef.
1970 Ringworld by Larry Niven is published. [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXVIII 
The Science Fiction Research Association is founded. [A] : 60  [D] : xxiv  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXVIII 
1971 The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin is published. [A] : 61  [E] : 23  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXVIII 
Donald A. Wollheim founds DAW Books. [A] : 61  [B] : 78  [D] : xxiv 
The film THX 1138 , directed by George Lucas, is released. [A] : 60  [B] : 78  [E] : 23  [H] : xxi 
The film A Clockwork Orange , directed by Stanley Kubrick, is released. [A] : 61  [B] : 78  [E] : 23  [G] : XXVIII  [H] : xxi 
1972 The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin is published. [C] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [G] : XXVIII 
"When It Changed" by Joanna Russ is published. [C] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [G] : XXVIII 
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg is published. [A] : 62  [D] : xxiv  [F] : xxix 
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is published. [C] : xxiv  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXVIII 
The Science Fiction Foundation begins publishing the journal Foundation . [A] : 62  [C] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [G] : XXVIII 
The film Solaris is released. [A] : 62  [B] : 78  [E] : 23  [H] : xxi 
1973 Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke is published. [A] : 63  [C] : xxiv  [E] : 23  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXVIII 
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin is published. [A] : 64  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXIX 
"The Girl Who Was Plugged In" by James Tiptree Jr. is published. [A] : 64  [E] : 24  [F] : xxix 
The journal Science Fiction Studies begins publication. [A] : 63  [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxiv  [E] : 24  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXIX 
The film Soylent Green is released. [A] : 63  [G] : XXIX  [H] : xxi–xxii 
1974 The Forever War by Joe Haldeman is published. [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxv  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXIX 
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin is published. [A] : 64  [B] : 78  [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxv  [E] : 24  [F] : xxix  [G] : XXIX 
1975 Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany is published. [C] : xxiv  [E] : 24  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXIX 
The Female Man by Joanna Russ is published. [C] : xxiv  [D] : xxv  [E] : 24  [F] : xxix–xxx  [G] : XXIX 
1976 Triton by Samuel R. Delany is published. [C] : xxv  [D] : xxv  [E] : 24  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXIX 
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy is published. [C] : xxv  [D] : xxv  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXIX 
The film Logan's Run is published. [A] : 66  [G] : XXIX  [H] : xxii 
1977The film Close Encounters of the Third Kind , directed by Steven Spielberg, is released. [C] : xxv  [G] : XXIX  [H] : xxii 
The film Star Wars , directed by George Lucas, is released. [A] : 66  [B] : 79  [C] : xxv  [G] : XXIX  [H] : xxii 
Gateway by Frederik Pohl is published. [C] : xxv  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXX 
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine begins publication. [B] : 79  [D] : xxv  [F] : xxx 
1979 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, adapted from the 1978 radio series, is published. [B] : 79  [C] : xxv  [E] : 24  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXIX 
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler is published. [C] : xxv  [E] : 24  [G] : XXIX 
The film Alien , directed by Ridley Scott, is released. [B] : 79  [C] : xxv  [E] : 24  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiii 
The film Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released. [E] : 24  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiii 
Metamorphoses of Science Fiction by Darko Suvin, translated from the original 1977 French version, is published. [B] : 79  [D] : xxv  [E] : 24  [F] : xxx 

1980s

YearEventRef.
1980 Timescape by Gregory Benford is published. [C] : xxv  [D] : xxv  [G] : XXX 
The film The Empire Strikes Back is released. [B] : 86  [G] : XXIX  [H] : xxiii 
1981 Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh is published. [C] : xxv  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXX 
VALIS by Philip K. Dick is published. [E] : 25  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXX 
"True Names" by Vernor Vinge is published. [C] : xxv  [D] : xxv  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXX 
The film Mad Max 2 is released. [B] : 86  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiii 
1982 Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss is published. [C] : xxv  [F] : xxx  [G] : XXX 
The film Blade Runner , directed by Ridley Scott, is released. [B] : 86  [C] : xxv  [E] : 25  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiii 
The film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , directed by Steven Spielberg, is released. [B] : 86  [E] : 25  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiii 
The film The Thing , directed by John Carpenter, is released. [B] : 86  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiii 
1983 Startide Rising by David Brin is published. [C] : xxv  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXX 
The film Return of the Jedi is released. [B] : 86  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiv 
1984"Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler is published. [C] : xxv  [E] : 25  [G] : XXX 
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany is published. [C] : xxv  [E] : 25  [G] : XXX 
Neuromancer by William Gibson, one of the earliest works of the cyberpunk subgenre, is published. [B] : 86  [C] : xxv  [D] : xxvi  [E] : 25  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXX 
Divine Endurance by Gwyneth Jones is published. [C] : xxv  [E] : 25  [G] : XXX 
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson is published. [C] : xxv  [E] : 25  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXX 
The film Dune , directed by David Lynch, is released. [B] : 86  [E] : 24  [H] : xxiv 
The film The Terminator , directed by James Cameron, is released. [B] : 86  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiv 
1985 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is published; it wins the inaugural Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. [B] : 87  [C] : xxv  [E] : 25  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXX 
Blood Music by Greg Bear is published. [B] : 87  [C] : xxv  [D] : xxvi  [G] : XXX 
Eon by Greg Bear is published. [B] : 87  [C] : xxv  [G] : XXX 
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is published. [B] : 87  [C] : xxv  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXX 
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling is published. [C] : xxv  [D] : xxvi  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXXI 
The film Back to the Future is released. Two sequels— Back to the Future Part II and Part III —are released in 1989 and 1990, respectively. [B] : 87  [E] : 25  [G] : XXXI  [H] : xxiv–xxv 
1986 A Door into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski is published. [C] : xxvi  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXXI 
Mirrorshades , an anthology edited by Bruce Sterling, is published. [D] : xxvi  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXXI 
The film Aliens , directed by James Cameron, is released. [B] : 87  [E] : 25  [G] : XXX  [H] : xxiv 
1987 Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks is published. [C] : xxvi  [D] : xxvi  [E] : 26  [F] : xxxi  [G] : XXXI 
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler, the first novel in the Lilith's Brood or Xenogenesis trilogy, is published. The sequels Adulthood Rites and Imago are published in 1988 and 1989, respectively. [C] : xxvi  [F] : xxxi–xxxii  [G] : XXXI 
The film RoboCop , directed by Paul Verhoeven, is released. [E] : 26  [G] : XXXI  [H] : xxv 
1989 The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman is published. [C] : xxvi  [E] : 26  [G] : XXXI 
Hyperion by Dan Simmons is published. [C] : xxvi  [D] : xxvi  [E] : 26  [F] : xxxii  [G] : XXXI 

1990s

YearEventRef.
1990 The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling is published. [E] : 26  [F] : xxxii 
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson is published. [C] : xxvi  [E] : 26  [G] : XXXI 
The film Total Recall , directed by Paul Verhoeven, is released. [B] : 92  [H] : xxv 
1991 White Queen by Gwyneth Jones is published. [C] : xxvi  [E] : 26  [G] : XXXII 
The film Terminator 2: Judgment Day , directed by James Cameron, is released. [B] : 92  [E] : 26  [H] : xxv 
1992 Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, the first book in the Mars trilogy, is published. [C] : xxvi  [D] : xxvi  [E] : 26  [F] : xxxii  [G] : XXXII 
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is published. [C] : xxvi  [E] : 26  [F] : xxxii  [G] : XXXII 
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge is published. [C] : xxvi  [F] : xxxii  [G] : XXXII 
1993 Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler is published. [E] : 26  [F] : xxxii  [G] : XXXII 
The Giver by Lois Lowry is published. [F] : xxxii  [G] : XXXII 
Vurt by Jeff Noon is published. [D] : xxvi  [F] : xxxii 
The film Demolition Man is released. [B] : 93  [H] : xxvi 
The film Jurassic Park , directed by Steven Spielberg, is released. [E] : 26  [G] : XXXII  [H] : xxvi 
The X-Files begins airing. [E] : 26  [G] : XXXII 
The second edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction , edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, is published. [B] : 93  [E] : 26 
1994The film Stargate , directed by Roland Emmerich, is released. [B] : 93  [H] : xxvi 
1995 The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod is published. [C] : xxvii  [D] : xxvii  [F] : xxxii  [G] : XXXII 
Chaga by Ian McDonald is published. [D] : xxvii  [F] : xxxii 
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman is published. [E] : 27  [F] : xxxii 
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson is published. [C] : xxvii  [E] : 27  [G] : XXXII 
The film 12 Monkeys , directed by Terry Gilliam, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvi 
The anime film Ghost in the Shell is released. [G] : XXXI  [H] : xxvi 
1996 The Reality Dysfunction , the first entry in The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, is published. [D] : xxvii  [F] : xxxii 
The film Independence Day , directed by Roland Emmerich, is released. [E] : 27  [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvi 
1997 Diaspora by Greg Egan is published. [D] : xxvii  [F] : xxxiii 
The film Contact , directed by Robert Zemeckis, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
The film Gattaca , directed by Andrew Niccol, is released. [E] : 27  [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
The film Men in Black , directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
The film Starship Troopers , directed by Paul Verhoeven, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
1998 Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson is published. [C] : xxvii  [E] : 27  [G] : XXXIII 
Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick is published. [D] : xxvii  [F] : xxxiii 
The film Dark City is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
The film The Truman Show is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
1999 Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear is published. [C] : xxvii  [F] : xxxiii  [G] : XXXIII 
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is published. [C] : xxvii  [E] : 27  [G] : XXXIII 
The film The Matrix , directed by The Wachowskis, is released. [E] : 27  [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
The film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace , directed by George Lucas, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 
The film Galaxy Quest , directed by Dean Parisot, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxvii 

2000s

YearEventRef.
2000 Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle is published. [C] : xxvii  [E] : 27  [G] : XXXIV 
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin is published. [C] : xxvii  [E] : 27  [G] : XXXIII 
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson is published. [C] : xxvii  [F] : xxxiii  [G] : XXXIII 
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville is published. [C] : xxvii  [E] : 27  [F] : xxxiii  [G] : XXXIV 
2001The film Donnie Darko is released. [G] : XXXIV  [H] : xxviii 
2002 The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson is published. [C] : xxvii  [D] : xxviii  [E] : 28  [F] : xxxiii  [G] : XXXIV 
The film Minority Report , directed by Steven Spielberg, is published. [G] : XXXIV  [H] : xxviii 
The film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones , directed by George Lucas, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxviii 
2003 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is published. [F] : xxxiv  [G] : XXXIV 
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson is published. [E] : 28  [G] : XXXIV 
The films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions , directed by The Wachowskis, are released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxviii 
2004 Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson is published. [E] : 28  [G] : XXXIV 
2005 Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler is published. [E] : 28  [F] : xxxiv 
Accelerando by Charles Stross is published. [D] : xxviii  [E] : 28  [F] : xxxiv 
The film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , directed by Garth Jennings, is released. [E] : 28  [G] : XXIX  [H] : xxix 
The film Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith , directed by George Lucas, is released. [G] : XXXIII  [H] : xxix 
The film Serenity , directed by Joss Whedon and based on the television series Firefly , is released. [G] : XXXIV  [H] : xxix 
Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions by Fredric Jameson is published. [E] : 28  [F] : xxxiv 
2006 The Road by Cormac McCarthy is published. [E] : 28  [G] : XXXIV 
The film A Scanner Darkly , directed by Richard Linklater, is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxix 
The film V for Vendetta , directed by James McTeigue, is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxx 
2007 The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon is published. [F] : xxxiv  [G] : XXXV 
The film I Am Legend , directed by Francis Lawrence, is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxx 
The film Sunshine , directed by Danny Boyle, is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxx 
2008 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is published. [F] : xxxiv  [G] : XXXV 
The film Cloverfield is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxx 
The film Sleep Dealer is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxx 
The film WALL-E is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxx 
2009 The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi is published. [F] : xxxiv  [G] : XXXV 
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is published. [E] : 29  [F] : xxxiv 
The City & the City by China Miéville is published. [E] : 29  [F] : xxxiv 
The film Avatar , directed by James Cameron, is released. [E] : 29  [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxi 
The film District 9 , directed by Neill Blomkamp, is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxx–xxxi 
The film Moon , directed by Duncan Jones, is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxxi 
The film Star Trek , directed by J. J. Abrams, is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxi 

2010s

YearEventRef.
2010The film The Book of Eli , directed by the Hughes brothers, is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxxi 
The film Inception , directed by Christopher Nolan, is released. [E] : 29  [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxi 
The film Tron: Legacy , directed by Joseph Kosinski, is released. [E] : 29  [H] : xxxi 
2011 Embassytown by China Miéville is published. [E] : 29  [F] : xxxv 
The film Rise of the Planet of the Apes , directed by Rupert Wyatt, is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxi 
2012 Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders by Samuel R. Delany is released. [E] : 30  [G] : XXXV 
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson is published. [E] : 30  [F] : xxxv  [G] : XXXV 
The film The Hunger Games , directed by Gary Ross, is released. [E] : 30  [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxii 
The film Prometheus , directed by Ridley Scott, is released. [E] : 30  [H] : xxxii 
2013 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler is published. [F] : xxxv  [G] : XXXVI 
The film Elysium , directed by Neill Blomkamp, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxii 
The film Gravity , directed by Alfonso Cuarón, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxii 
The film Pacific Rim , directed by Guillermo del Toro, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxii 
The film Star Trek Into Darkness , directed by J. J. Abrams, is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxii 
2014 Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor is published. [F] : xxxv  [G] : XXXVI 
The film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , directed by Matt Reeves, is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxiii 
The film Ex Machina , directed by Alex Garland, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiii 
The film Guardians of the Galaxy , directed by James Gunn, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiii 
The film Interstellar , directed by Christopher Nolan, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiii 
2015 The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi is published. [F] : xxxv  [G] : XXXVI 
The film Jurassic World , directed by Colin Trevorrow, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiii 
The film Mad Max: Fury Road , directed by George Miller, is released. [G] : XXX  [H] : xxxiii 
The film The Martian , directed by Ridley Scott, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiii 
The film Star Wars: The Force Awakens , directed by J. J. Abrams, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiii 
2016The film Arrival , directed by Denis Villeneuve, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiv 
The film Independence Day: Resurgence , directed by Roland Emmerich, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiv 
The film Rogue One , directed by Gareth Edwards, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxiv 
The film Star Trek Beyond , directed by Justin Lin, is released. [G] : XXXV  [H] : xxxiv 
2017The film Blade Runner 2049 , directed by Denis Villeneuve, is released. [G] : XXXVII  [H] : xxxiv 
The film Get Out , directed by Jordan Peele, is released. [G] : XXXVII  [H] : xxxiv–xxxv 
The film Star Wars: The Last Jedi , directed by Rian Johnson, is released. [G] : XXXVII  [H] : xxxiv 
2018The film Annihilation , directed by Alex Garland, is released. [G] : XXXVI  [H] : xxxv 

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Timelines

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