2015 in science fiction

The year 2015 is marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Deaths

• January 9 : Michel Jeury, French writer (born in 1934).
• January 27 : Suzette Haden Elgin, American writer (born in 1936).
• February 27 : Leonard Nimoy American actor, director, writer and playwright. (born in 1931)
• March 12 : Terry Pratchett, British writer (born in 1948).
• May 24 : Tanith Lee, British writer (born in 1947).
• May 30 : Joël Champetier, Canadian writer (born in 1957).
• June 10 : Wolfgang Jeschke, German writer (born in 1936).
• October 27 : Ayerdhal, French writer (born in 1959).
• December 22 : George Clayton Johnson, American writer (born in 1929).

Events

• April 2015 : last publication of the French magazine (French) Fiction, founded in 1953.

Literary releases

Novels

• (French) Léviathan, by Jack Campbell.
• Metro 2035, by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
• (French) The Produceurs, by Antoine Bello.
• Aftermath (Star Wars ) by Chuck Wendig.

Stories collections

• (French) La Ménagerie de papier, by Ken Liu.

Audiovisual outputs

Films

• Tomorrowland, by Brad Bird.
• Ant-Man, by Peyton Reed.
• Area 51, by Oren Peli.
• Avengers: Age of Ultron, by Joss Whedon.
• Avril et le Monde truqué, by Franck Ekinci and Christian Desmares.
• Chappie, by Neill Blomkamp.
• The Divergent Series: Insurgent, by Robert Schwentke.
• Ex Machina, by Alex Garland.
• Jupiter Ascending, by The Wachowskis.
• Jurassic World, by Colin Trevorrow.
• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, by Wes Ball.
• Mad Max: Fury Road, by George Miller.
• Project Almanac, by Dean Israelite.
• Fantastic Four, by Josh Trank.
• Self/less, by Tarsem Singh.
• The Martian (film), by Ridley Scott.
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens, by J. J. Abrams.
• Terminator Genisys, by Alan Taylor.
• (French) Subconscious, by Georgia Hilton.
• Z for Zachariah, by Craig Zobel.

Television series

• Childhood's End, by Matthew Graham.
• Doctor Who (series 9).
• The Husbands of River Song, special episode of Doctor Who, broadcast on Christmas 2015.
• Minority Report, by Max Borenstein.
• Star Wars Rebels (season #2).

Awards

Hugo Award

Nebula Award

Locus Award

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Award

Prix Rosny-Aîné Award

BSFA Award

Sidewise Award for Alternate History

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Edward E. Smith Memorial Award

Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis

Seiun Award

See also

• 2015 in science
• 2014 in science fiction
• 2016 in science fiction