# 2017 in science fiction

The year 2017 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

## Events

* May 25 – 40th anniversary of Star Wars was celebrated by fans worldwide. The 2017 Star Wars Celebration convention in Orlando was dedicated to this date, and several anniversary collectibles were released.
* December 14 – Disney announced it would acquire 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. The deal includes rights for many science fiction franchises, such as Avatar, Alien, Futurama, Firefly, among others.

### Deaths

* January 19 – Hilary Bailey, writer, critic and editor (The Fall of Frenchy Steiner, Frankenstein's Bride, Mrs Rochester, Fifty-First State)
* January 25 – John Hurt, English actor (Alien, Contact, Snowpiercer, Nineteen Eighty-Four, V for Vendetta)
* February 7 – Richard Hatch, American actor (Battlestar Galactica)
* February 10 – Edward Bryant, writer
* February 25 – Bill Paxton, American actor (The Terminator, Weird Science, Aliens, Predator 2, Edge of Tomorrow)
* March 22 – Daisuke Satō, writer (Highschool of the Dead, Imperial Guards, Seito, Red Sun Black Cross)
* March 26 – Marie Jakober, writer (The Mind Gods, The Black Chalice)
* April 5 – Huang Yi, writer (A Step into the Past)
* April 22 – William Hjortsberg, writer (Gray Matters, Legend)
* April 28 – Grania Davis, writer and editor (The Boss in the Wall, a.o.)
* June 9 – Adam West, American actor (Batman, Robinson Crusoe on Mars)
* July 15 – Martin Landau, American actor (Space: 1999)
* July 27 – H. A. Hargreaves, writer, professor
* August 3 – Jack Wodhams, writer (Ryn, Mostly Meantime)
* August 13 – Victor Pemberton, scriptwriter, television producer (Doctor Who)
* August 19 – Brian Aldiss, English writer (Super-Toys Last All Summer Long)
* August 31 – Richard Anderson, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Forbidden Planet)
* September 8 – Jerry Pournelle, writer, scientist, journalist
* September 10 – Len Wein, American comic book writer (Swamp Thing, Wolverine)
* September 15 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (Alien, Escape from New York, Repo Man, The Avengers)
* September 24 – Kit Reed, writer (The Attack of the Giant Baby, Thinner Than Thou, The Night Children, The Baby Merchant)
* October 9 – ElizaBeth Gilligan, author, former secretary for the Science Fiction Writers of America board of directors
* October 9 – Yoji Kondo aka. Eric Kotani, writer, editor and astrophysicist (Star Trek: Death of a Neutron Star, Requiem)
* October 17 – Julian May, writer (Saga of Pliocene Exile, Galactic Milieu Series)
* November 25 – Rance Howard, American actor (Independence Day, Cocoon, Mars Attacks!)

## Literary releases

* The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
* The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
* Empire Games by Charles Stross
* Forgotten Worlds, The Silence #2 by D. Nolan Clark
* Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn
* New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
* Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey
* Seek and Destroy, America Rising #2 by William C. Dietz
* The Stone Sky, The Broken Earth #3 by N. K. Jemisin
* Vanguard: The Genesis Fleet by Jack Campbell
* Children of the Fleet by Orson Scott Card

## Films
### Original

* Attraction, by Fyodor Bondarchuk
* Battle of Memories, by Leste Chen
* Before We Vanish, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
* Dance to Death, by Andrei Volgin
* Life, by Daniel Espinosa
* Orbita 9 by Hatem Khraiche
* OtherLife, by Ben C. Lucas
* Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, by Luc Besson

### Sequels, spin-offs and remakes

* Alien Covenant, by Ridley Scott
* Blade Runner 2049, by Denis Villeneuve
* Ghost in the Shell, by Rupert Sanders
* Star Wars: The Last Jedi, by Rian Johnson
* War for the Planet of the Apes, by Matt Reeves

## Television

* 12 Monkeys (season 3)
* Adventure Time (seasons 9+10)
* Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5
* Big Hero 6: The Series
* Colony (TV series) (season 2)
* The Defenders
* Dimension 404
* The Expanse (season 2)
* Extinct
* The Flash season 4
* The Gifted
* Gotham (season 4)
* The Handmaid's Tale
* Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (season 2)
* I'm Not a Robot
* Infini-T Force
* Inhumans
* Iron Fist
* Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2
* Kamen Rider Build
* The Last Ship (season 4)
* Legends of Tomorrow season 3
* Legion
* Marvel Super Hero Adventures
* Miles from Tomorrowland (season 3)
* The Orville
* Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
* Power Rangers Ninja Steel
* The Punisher
* Rick and Morty (season 3)
* Runaways
* Salvation
* See You in Time
* Sense8 (season 2)
* Star Trek: Discovery
* Star Wars Rebels (season 3)
* Steven Universe (season 5)
* Stitch & Ai
* Supergirl season 3
* Time After Time
* Timeless
* Travelers (season 2)
* Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
* Voltron: Legendary Defender (seasons 2–4)

## Video games

* Destiny 2
* Endless Space 2
* Horizon Zero Dawn
* Mass Effect: Andromeda
* Nier Automata
* Prey
* Star Wars: Battlefront II

## Awards
### Hugo Award

* Best dramatic presentation (long form) – Arrival
* Best dramatic presentation (short form) – The Expanse

### Locus Award

Best Science Fiction Novel – Death's End by Liu Cixin

### Saturn Award

* Best science fiction film: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
* Best Science Fiction Television Series: Westworld

### Academy Award

* Arrival for Best Sound Editing.

### Nobel Award for literature

* Kazuo Ishiguro, author of 2005 science fiction novel Never Let Me Go.