I'll say it again — Happy National Science Fiction Day. This holiday arrives on the 103 birthday of science fiction author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). Today fans celebrate all things science fiction and fantasy based. Let's take a look back at speculative fiction in the last year.
2022 In Review
Awards
Nebula Awards (May 21)
Best Novel: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
Best Novella And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed
Best Novelette: “O2 Arena” by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Best Short Story: “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather” by Sarah Pinsker
Best Game Writing: Thirsty Sword Lesbians by April Kit Walsh, Whitney Delagio, Dominique Dickey, Jonaya Kemper, Alexis Sara, Rae Nedjadi
Ray Bradbury Award (May 21)
WandaVision Season 1
Andre Norton Award (May 21)
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
Locus Awards (June 25)
Science Fiction Novel: A Desolation Called Peace by Marine Arkady
Fantasy Novel: Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
Horror Novel: My Heart is a Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones
Young Adult Novel: Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
First Novel: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
Novella: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
Novelette: “That Story Isn’t the Story” by John Wiswell
Short Story: “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather” by Sarah Pinsker
Anthology; We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 by C. L. Clark & Charles Payseur, eds.
Collection: Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders
Magazine: Tor.com
Publisher: Tor
Editor: Ellen Datlow
Artist: Charles Vess
Non-Fiction: Illustrated by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre, eds.
Illustarted and Art Book: The Art of Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess’s Stardust by Charles Vess
Special Award 2022: Community Building & Career Development: The Codex Writers’ Group
Dragon Awards (September 4)
Best Science Fiction Novel: Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal): Book of Night by Holly Black
Best Young Adult/Middle Grade Novel: A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell
Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel: A Call to Insurrection by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, & Thomas Pope
Best Alternate History Novel: The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley by Mercedes Lackey
Best Media Tie-In Novel: Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn
Best Horror Novel: The Book of Accidents Chuck Wendig
Best Comic Book: Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen and Mark Brooks
Best Graphic Novel: Dune: House Atreides Volume 2 by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Den Pramanik
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series: Stranger Things
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie: Dune
Julie Award (September 4)
Jim Starlin
Mike Resnick Award for Short Fiction (September 4)
“What Would You Do With a Second Chance?” by Chris Kulp
Hank Reinhardt Fandom Award (September 4)
John Carroll
Eugie Award (September 4)
“Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather” by Sarah Pinsker
Hugo Awards (September 4)
Best Novel: A Desolation Called Peace by Marine Arkady
Best Novella: A Pslam for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Best Novelette: “Bots of the Lost Ark” by Suzanne Palmer
Best Short Story: “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather” by Sarah Pinsker
Best Series: Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire
Best Graphic Story or Comic: Far Sector by N. K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell
Best Related Work: Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Dune
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: The Expanse “Nemesis Games”
Best Editor, Short Form: Neil Clarke
Best Editor, Long Form: Ruoxi Chen
Best Professional Artist: Rovina Cai
Best Semiprozine: Uncanny
Best Fanzine: Small Gods
Best Fancast: Our Opinions Are Correct
Best Fan Writer: Cora Buhlert
Best Fan Artist: Lee Moyer
Astounding Award for Best New Writer (September 4)
Shelley Parker-Chen
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (September 4)
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Rebel Award (October 23)
Phoenix Award (October 23)
Eric Flint and David B. Coe
Rubble Award (October 23)
COVID-19
Notable Deaths
Greg Bear
Nichelle Nichols
Peter Straub
Anniversaries
25th (1997)
Movies
The Fifth Element
Contact
Starship Troopers
Event Horizon
Gattaca
Alien Resurrection
Flubber
Mimic
MiB: Men in Black
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
The Relic
Batman & Robin
The Postman
Spawn
Mortal Combat: Annihilation
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
Television
Stargate SG-1 Season 1
Earth: Final Conflict Season 1
Team Knight Rider Season 1 (only season)
Timecop Season 1 (only season)
Books
3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Arcorna: The Unicorn Girl by Anne McCaffery
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza by Roland J. Green
Convergence by Charles Sheffield
Destiny’s Road by Larry Niven
Donnerjack by Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Final Diagnosis by James White
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Foundation’s Fear by Gregory Benford
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
The Howling Stones by Alan Dean Foster
Illegal Alien by Robert J. Sawyer
In Death Ground by David Weber and Steve White
Invasion by Robin Cook
Jingo by Terry Prachett
Mother of Demons by Eric Flint
Star Wars: Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly
Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings
Polymorph by Scott Westerfield
Rage of the Demon King by Raymond E. Feist
Red Unicorn by Tanith Lee
Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller jr.
Saturn Rukh by Robert L. Forward
Star Wars: Specter of the Past by Timothy Zahn
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
Titan by Stephen Baxter
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Charles Sheffield
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
50th (1972)
Movies
Solaris
Night of the Lepus
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Z.P.G.
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Slaughterhouse-Five
Silent Running
Television
Doomwatch Season 2 ends and season 3 begins
Books
Black Legion of Callisto by Lin Carter
Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
Breakfast in the Ruins by Michael Moorcock
Cyborg by Martin Caidin
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov
The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny
Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
Jandar of Callisto by Lin Carter
The Listners by James Gunn
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
The Second Trip by Robert Silverberg
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster
The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
A Tunnel Through the Deeps (also published as A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!) by Harry Harrison
Under the Green Star by Lin Carter
Watership Down by Richard Adams
We Can Build You by Philip K. Dick
When HARLIE Was One by David Gerrold
75th (1957)
Movies
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
The Land Unknown
The Amazing Colossal Man
Quartermass 2
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
The Giant Claw
The Monster That Challenged the World
Kronos
20 Million Miles to Earth
Television
Science Fiction Theater Season 3 ended
Books
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
The Return of Conan by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Big Planet by Jack Vance
Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
City on the Moon by Murray Leinster
The Cosmic Puppets by Philip K. Dick
Danny Dunn on a Desert Island by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams
The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Empire of the Atom by A. E. van Vogt
Get Out of My Sky by James Blish
The Green Odyssey by Philip José Farmer
Islands of Space by John W. Campbell, Jr.
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
The Mind Cage by A. E. van Vogt
On the Beach by Nevil Schute
A Planet for Texans (later title Lone Star Planet) by H. Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
Star Born by Andre Norton
100th (1922)
Movies
The Man from Beyond
Books
The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison