Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/August

These are the selected anniversaries for August that appear on the Speculative fiction portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

August 1

August 1:

Book releases

2007 - Happiness Is a Squishy Cephalopod, the first Liō collection, by Mark Tatulli
2008 - Silent But Deadly, the second Liō collection, by Mark Tatulli
2010 - I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Film releases

1970 - Space Amoeba, a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho

Television series

1964 The Sensorites, a serial in the Doctor Who series, finishes airing on the BBC

Births

1904 - Russell R. Winterbotham (d. 1971), an American writer of westerns, crime fiction, and science fiction

Anniversaries and events

1868 - The Steam Man of the Prairies, the first U.S. science fiction dime novel is published in August (exact date unknown)
1928 - Buck Rogers (then named "Anthony Rogers") makes his first appearance in the novella "Armageddon 2419 A.D." by Philip Francis Nowlan

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August 2

August 2:

Book releases

2003 - Blind Lake, a science fiction novel by author Robert Charles Wilson
2007 - Spook Country, novel by speculative fiction author William Gibson

Film releases

1946 - Boom in the Moon, a Mexican science fiction comedy film directed by Jaime Salvador
1980 - Contamination, a science fiction horror film directed by Luigi Cozzi
1985 - Weird Science, an American teen comedy science fiction film written and directed by John Hughes
2002 - Signs, a science fiction thriller film written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan
2005 - Cypher, a Canadian sci-fi thriller

Births

1939 - Wes Craven, an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films
1951 - John Wilson, a Canadian historical fiction and science fiction author
1970 - Kevin Smith, an American screenwriter, film producer, and director, as well as a comic book writer, author, comedian, and actor

Deaths

1997 - William S. Burroughs (b. 1914), an American novelist, poet, essayist, painter and spoken word performer

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August 3

August 3:

Book releases

2010 - The Best of the Bolos: Their Finest Hour by David Weber, Keith Laumer, S. M. Stirling, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Linda Evans, David Drake, and William H. Keith, Jr.
2010 - Elminster Must Die! by Ed Greenwood

Births

1904 - Clifford D. Simak (d. 1988), an American science fiction writer

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August 4

August 4:

Book releases

2009 - The Winds of Dune, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Film releases

1995 - Virtuosity, an American science fiction film directed by Brett Leonard
2000 - Hollow Man, an American science fiction thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven
2006 - Barnyard, a computer-animated family comedy film produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures
2007 - Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!, the Japanese film adaptation of the Kamen Rider Den-O TV series

Television series

2007 - Masters of Science Fiction, an American anthology science fiction series, begins airing on ABC

Births

1908 - Frank Edwards (d. 1967), an American writer, broadcaster, and one of the pioneers in radio, well-known for a series of popular books about UFOs and other paranormal phenomena
1942 - Don S. Davis (d. 2008), an American character actor best known for his role as General George S. Hammond in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1

Deaths

1875 - Hans Christian Andersen (b. 1805), a Danish author and poet noted for his children's stories

Anniversaries and events

1955 - The Science Fiction Club Deutschland is founded by Walter Ernsting and other German authors
1993 - Emperor of the Daleks, a black and white comic strip based on the television series Doctor Who, finishes serialization
1996 - Independence Day UK, a one-hour BBC Radio 1 science fiction special based on the film by the same name

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August 5

August 5:

Book releases

2004 - Skyfall by Catherine Asaro
2008 - The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl

Births

1943 - Kathleen Sky, the pen name of Kathleen Mckinney Goldin, an American science fiction and fantasy author
1947 - Élisabeth Vonarburg, Franco-Canadian science fiction author, Worldcon Guest of Honor
1948 - Larry Elmore, American fantasy artist

Deaths

2002 - Franco Lucentini (b.1920), an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies

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August 6

August 6:

Book releases

1996 - A Game of Thrones, the first novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin
2009 - Galileo's Dream, a science fiction novel with elements of historical fiction written by author Kim Stanley Robinson

Film releases

1999 - The Iron Giant, an animated science fiction film based on the 1968 novel by Ted Hughes
1999 - The Sixth Sense

Births

1809 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson (d. 1892), Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language
1874 - Charles Fort (d. 1932), an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
1926 - Janet Asimov, an American science fiction author, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and wife of Isaac Asimov from 1973-1992
1934 - Piers Anthony, an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres
1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, an Indian American filmmaker and screenwriter whose works are primarily contemporary fantasy and science fiction

Deaths

1966 - Cordwainer Smith (b. 1913), the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works

Anniversaries and events

1970 - The first San Diego Comic-Con International (known as "Golden State Comic Con" then) is held at the U.S. Grant Hotel with an attendance of 300

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August 7

August 7:

Book releases

2007 - Sandworms of Dune, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Births

1933 - Jerry Pournelle, an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist

Deaths

1940 - T. O'Conor Sloane (b. 1851), the editor of Amazing Stories from 1929 through 1938

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August 8

August 8:

Film releases

2007 - Battle for Terra, a computer animated science fiction film

Television series

1964 The Reign of Terror, a serial in the Doctor Who series, begins airing on the BBC
1986 - Knight Rider, an American television series, finishes airing on NBC

Deaths

1984 - Walter Tevis (b. 1928), an American science fiction writer

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August 9

August 9:

Film releases

1989 - The Abyss, an American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron

Births

1947 - John Varley, an American science fiction author

Deaths

2006 - Philip E. High (b. 1914), an English science fiction author

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August 10

August 10:

Book releases

2010 - There's Corpses Everywhere, the fourth Liō collection, by Mark Tatulli

Film releases

1953 - Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a comedy horror film directed by Charles Lamont

Television series

2003 - Futurama, an animated American sci-fi sitcom created by Matt Groening, finishes airing on Fox
2007 - Flash Gordon begins airing on Syfy

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August 11

August 11:

Births

1932 - Chester Anderson (d. 1991), a novelist, poet, and editor and member of the New Wave movement in science fiction

Deaths

1955 - Robert W. Wood (b. 1868), an American physicist and inventor, and science, science fiction, and children's author

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August 12

August 12:

Film releases

1941 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a horror film remake of the 1931 film, starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner

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August 13

August 13:

Births

1932 - John Berkey (d. 2008), an American artist known for his space and sci-fi-themed works

Deaths

1946 - H. G. Wells (b. 1866), an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre

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August 14

August 14:

Film releases

1975 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a British musical comedy film that parodies science fiction and B-movie horror films

Births

1932 - Lee Hoffman (d. 2007), an American science fiction fan, an editor of early folk music fanzines, and an author of science fiction, Western and romance novels

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August 15

August 15:

Film releases

1986 - The Fly, an American science fiction horror film

Births

1873 - Erle Cox (d. 1950), an Australian journalist and science fiction writer
1933 - Alain Dorémieux (d. 1998), a writer and translator of French science-fiction

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August 16

August 16:

Film releases

1982 - The Beastmaster, an American fantasy film directed by Don Coscarelli
1985 - The Return of the Living Dead, an American zombie comedy film
1990 - Watchers II, a Canadian horror straight-to-video film starring Marc Singer and Tracy Scoggins
1998 - Men in White, a straight-to-television satirical parody of science fiction movies, mainly spoofing Men in Black
2002 - The Adventures of Pluto Nash, an American science fiction comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy

Television series

2002 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, an update of the 1980s animated series of the same name, begins airing on Cartoon Network

Births

1884 - Hugo Gernsback (d.1967), a Luxembourg-American inventor, writer and magazine publisher, best remembered for publishing the first science fiction magazine and having the Hugo Awards named after him
1934 - Andrew J. Offutt, an American science fiction and fantasy author
1953 - Richard Canal, a French science fiction writer
1954 - James Cameron, a Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and inventor

Deaths

1956 - Béla Lugosi (b. ), a Hungarian actor of stage and screen, well known for playing Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version

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August 17

August 17:

Book releases

2004 - Dune: The Battle of Corrin, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Film releases

1960 - The Time Machine, a British science fiction film based on H. G. Wells' 1895 novel of the same name

Television series

1998 - Welcome to Paradox, a science fiction television series, begins airing on the Sci Fi Channel

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August 18

August 18:

Book releases

2009 - Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Abyss, a Star Wars novel by Troy Denning
2009 - Liō's Astonishing Tales: From the Haunted Crypt of Unknown Horrors, the third Liō collection, by Mark Tatulli

Film releases

1993 - TC 2000, an American action/science-fiction film
2000 - The Cell, an American science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh
2011 - The Woman, a 2011 American crime horror film directed by Lucky McKee

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August 19

August 19:

Film releases

2008 - The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior, an American fantasy adventure direct-to-DVD prequel film to the 2002 film The Scorpion King
2011 - Fright Night, a remake of the 1985 original of the same name.

Television series

2006 - Phil of the Future, an American science fiction situation comedy, finishes airing on Disney Channel,

Births

1921 - Gene Roddenberry (d. 1991), an American screenwriter, producer and futurist, and creator of Star Trek

Deaths

1967 - Hugo Gernsback (b. 1884), a Luxembourg-American inventor, writer and magazine publisher, best remembered for publishing the first science fiction magazine and having the Hugo Awards named after him
2009 - Donald M. Grant (d. 1927), an American publisher and winner of five World Fantasy Awards

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August 20

August 20:

Film releases

2005 - Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, a Finnish dark science fiction parody motion picture
2009 - The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

Births

1890 - H. P. Lovecraft (d. 1937), an American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction

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August 21

August 21:

Film releases

1981 - Mad Max 2, an Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller

Television series

1982 - Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All, an animated television film produced by Filmation
1989 - Prisoners of Gravity, Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction, begins airing on TVOntario

Births

1862 - Emilio Salgari (d. 1911), an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy
1911 - Anthony Boucher (d. 1968), an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories

Anniversaries and events

1933 - Brick Bradford, a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, begins serialization

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August 22

August 22:

Book releases

2006 - Hunters of Dune, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Television series

1995 - Legend, a science fiction Western television show, finishes airing on UPN

Births

1920 - Ray Bradbury, an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer

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August 23

August 23:

Book releases

1984 - Birds of Prey, a science fiction historical novel by David Drake

Film releases

1985 - Warning Sign, a science fiction-horror film directed by Hal Barwood
1996 - The Island of Dr. Moreau, the third major movie version of the H. G. Wells science fiction horror novel of the same name
1996 - Solo, a science fiction action film from Columbia/Tristar Studios

Births

1965 - Chris Bachalo, an American comic book illustrator
1965 - Ilija Trojanow, a Bulgarian-German writer, translator and publisher

Deaths

1971 - Frank Fenton (b. 1903), a British-born but American-raised writer of screenplays, short stories, magazine articles, and novels

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August 24

August 24:

Book releases

2010 - Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks
2010 - The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
2010 - Starfleet Corps of Engineers: What's Past by Terri Osborne, Steve Mollmann, Michael Schuster, Richard C. White, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Heather Jarman, and Keith R.A. DeCandido

Births

1915 - James Tiptree, Jr. (d. 1987), the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon

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August 25

August 25:

Television series

2007 - Masters of Science Fiction, an American anthology science fiction series, finishes airing on ABC

Births

1958 - Tim Burton, an American film director whose works are mainly science fiction, fantasy, or horror

Anniversaries and events

1997 - Sluggy Freelance, a daily webcomic written and drawn by Pete Abrams

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August 26

August 26:

Film releases

1920 - The Head of Janus, a horror silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1953 - The premiere of War of the Worlds, a science fiction film

Deaths

1930 - Lon Chaney, Sr. (b. 1883), an American actor during the age of silent films best remembered for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters

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August 27

August 27:

Film releases

1955 - Hyde and Hare, a Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon film short directed by Friz Freleng

Television series

1996 - Homeboys in Outer Space, a science fiction parody sitcom, begins airing on UPN

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August 28

August 28:

Television series

1999 - Bugs, a British television science fiction drama series, finishes airing on BBC One
1999 - The New Addams Family, a Canadian sitcom, begins airing on YTV and Fox Family