Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 12
Book releases
- 1972 - The Terminal Man, a novel by Michael Crichton about the dangers of mind control
- 2010 - A Wizard of Mars, twelfth book in the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane
Film releases
- 1996 - James and the Giant Peach, a musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick
- 2008 - A Fox's Tale, a Hungarian animated fantasy film
Television series
- 1969 - The Space Pirates, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on the BBC
Births
- 1952 - Pierre Stolze, a French writer whose doctoral thesis was on science fiction
Deaths
- 1999 - Ricardo Barreiro (b. 1949), an Argentine comic book writer