In 2018, the following events occurred in science fiction.

Deaths

Writer Ursula Le Guin died in 2018

• March 8 – Kate Wilhelm, American writer (born 1928)^[1]
• Ursula K. Le Guin, a writer of science fiction and fantasy (Hainish Cycle in particular).
• Stephen Hawking, an astrophysicist and writer who greatly influenced science fiction; co-author of children's sci-fi book series George.
• Gardner Dozois, a writer and editor
• Harlan Ellison, a writer.
• Stan Lee, a comic book writer.
• Dave Duncan, writer
• Bertil Mårtensson, writer and philosopher
• Mary Rosenblum, writer
• Helen Mary Hoover, writer
• Michael Anderson, director
• Christopher Stasheff, writer
• David F. Bischoff, writer
• Eddy C. Bertin, writer
• Eric Koch, writer and academic
• Gerald M. Weinberg, writer and computer scientist

Literary releases

• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
• Ball Lightning by Liu Cixin
• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
• The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
• The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
• Head On by John Scalzi
• Luna: Moon Rising by Ian McDonald
• Mutiny at Vesta by R.E. Stearns
• Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
• Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
• Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn
• The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

Films

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Solo cast and crew

Television

Jodie Whittaker plays the first ever female Doctor Who, the Thirteenth

Video games

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• BattleTech
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Detroit: Become Human
• Fallout 76
• Fallout: New California
• Far Cry 5
• Frostpunk
• Iconoclasts
• Into the Breach
• Quake Champions
• Spider-Man
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas
• We Happy Few
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country

Awards

• The Handmaid's Tale received
  • an American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television,
  • an Art Directors Guild Award for One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series,
  • an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America for Television Pilot First Season Drama,
  • a Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Television Series,
  • three Critics' Choice Television Awards,
  • a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series,
  • two Golden Globe Awards,
  • a Peabody Award as Entertainment, children's and youth honoree,
  • the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama,
  • two Satellite Awards,
  • the USC Scripter Award for Best Adapted TV Screenplay,
  • two Writers Guild of America Awards, and
  • the British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme

References

See also