Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/May

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

May 1

May 1:

Book releases

1947 - Rocket Ship Galileo, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein
1989 - Callahan's Lady, a science fiction novel by Spider Robinson
2001 - Avatar, a two-part novel by S.D. Perry set in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine universe
2001 - Interlopers, a science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster
2007 - Mass Effect: Revelation, a science fiction novel by author Drew Karpyshyn
2007 - The Titan's Curse, the third book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
2007 - The Unreals, a science fiction/fantasy novel by Donald Jeffries
2008 - Maps and Legends, an essay collection by American author Michael Chabon

Film releases

1992 - Split Second, a British science fiction film starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, and Neil Duncan
2007 - Illegal Aliens, a comedy/science-fiction film starring Anna Nicole Smith and Joanie Laurer

Television series

1966 - My Favorite Martian, an American science fiction television sitcom, finishes airing on CBS
1983 - V, an American science fiction miniseries, begins airing on NBC
1987 - Defenders of the Earth, an animated television series featuring characters from Flash Gordon, Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician, finishes airing
1991 - My Secret Identity, a Canadian science fiction television series, finishes airing on CTV
2000 - Arabian Nights, a three-hour, two-part miniseries that was made by Hallmark Entertainment, finishes airing on ABC and BBC One

Births

1905 - Edna Mayne Hull (d. 1975), a science fiction writer (under the name E. Mayne Hull) and first wife of author A. E. van Vogt
1921 - Vladimir Colin (d. 1991), a Romanian short story writer and novelist
1940 - Alex Niño, a Filipino comic book artist
1954 - Joel Rosenberg (d. 2011), a Canadian American science fiction and fantasy author
1956 - Phil Foglio, an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work
1957 - Steve Meretzky, an American computer game designer
1963 - Christopher Moeller, an American writer and painter, specializing in fully-painted graphic novels

Deaths

2006 - Jean-Pierre Hubert (b. 1941), a science fiction and detective fiction author

Anniversaries and events

1996 - Elfwood, a popular web-based art gallery devoted to original science fiction and fantasy art and writing, goes online

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May 2

May 2:

Book releases

1955 - The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis

Film releases

1947 - Miracle on 34th Street, a Christmas children's fantasy film written by Valentine Davies
2003 - X2, an American science fiction superhero film based on the X-Men comic book series
2008 - Iron Man, an American science fiction superhero film based on the character of the same name
2008 - Suspension, an American science fiction film

Television series

1983 - V, an American science fiction miniseries, finishes airing on NBC
1987 - Starman, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on ABC
2008 - Ben 10, an American animated science fiction series, finishes airing on Cartoon Network

Births

1868 - Robert W. Wood (d. 1955), an American physicist and inventor, and science, science fiction, and children's author
1890 - E. E. Smith (d. 1965), an American food engineer and science fiction author best known for his Lensman and Skylark series
1968 - Liam Sharp, a British comic book artist, writer and publisher

Deaths

1980 - George Pal (b. 1908), a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre
2006 - Lisa A. Barnett (b. ca.1958), an American Lambda Literary Award- winning science fiction writer

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May 3

May 3:

Book releases

1999 - Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force, a science fantasy novel by Dave Wolverton
2006 - The Sea of Monsters, the second book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
2007 - Brasyl, a science fiction novel by British author Ian McDonald

Film releases

1961 - Atlantis, the Lost Continent, a science fiction film directed by George Pal
1962 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die, a science-fiction/horror film directed by Joseph Green
1962 - Invasion of the Star Creatures, science fiction/comedy film directed by Bruno VeSota
1996 - Barb Wire, a science fiction film based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same title
2002 - Spider-Man, the first film in Spider-Man film series directed by Sam Raimi

Television series

2002 - Dark Angel, an American biopunk/cyberpunk science fiction television program created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, finishes airing on Fox

Births

1935 - Sujatha Rangarajan (d. 2008), author of over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems
1939 - Dennis O'Neil, an American comic book writer and editor
1965 - Michael Marshall Smith, a British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer
1969 - Daryl F. Mallett, a freelance writer, editor, and publisher, as well as an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Deaths

1932 - Charles Fort (b. 1874), an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
2002 - Tom Sutton (b. 1937), an American comic book artist
2007 - Frank Gasperik (b. 1942]], an author, songwriter and filksinger

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May 4

May 4:

Book releases

2010 - Dead in the Family, the tenth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries
2010 - Deceiver, the eleventh book in the Foreigner universe series by C. J. Cherryh
2010 - The Red Pyramid, the first book in The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
2010 - Spells, a young-adult faerie novel by author Aprilynne Pike

Film releases

2001 - The Mummy Returns, an American fantasy/horror adventure film

Television series

1980 - Galactica 1980, a science fiction television series and a spin-off from original Battlestar Galactica, finishes airing on ABC

Births

1949 - Kim Mohan, an American author and editor

Deaths

1997 - Lou Stathis (b. 1952), an American author, critic and editor, mainly in the areas of fantasy and science fiction

Anniversaries and events

Due to the pun on the phrase, "May the Force be with you", this is one of two days considered Star Wars Day

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May 5

May 5:

Book releases

1999 - Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell
2009 - The Last Olympian, the fifth and final book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
2009 - Wings by author Aprilynne Pike

Television series

1988 - Max Headroom, a short-lived but ground-breaking British produced science fiction television series, finishes airing on ABC
1993 - Quantum Leap, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on NBC

Births

1908 - Pat Frank (d. 1964), the pen name of American writer, newspaperman, and government consultant Harry Hart Frank, best known for his 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon
1963 - Scott Westerfeld, an American-born author of science fiction
1979 - Catherynne M. Valente, an American poet, fantasy and mythpunk novelist, and literary critic

Deaths

1958 - James Branch Cabell (b. 1879), an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres
1968 - Harl Vincent (b. 1893), the pen name of Harold Vincent Schoepflin, an American mechanical engineer and science fiction writer
1976 - Thomas Burnett Swann (b. 1928), an American poet, critic and fantasy author
1988 - Michael Shaara (b. 1928), an American writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction
1996 - David Lasser (b. 1902), one of the most influential figures of early science fiction writing

Anniversaries and events

2005 - Release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the official LucasArts 2005 video game based on the movie of the same name

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May 6

May 6:

Book releases

1998 - Year's Best SF 3, edited by David G. Hartwell
2008 - The Host, a science fiction/romance novel by Stephenie Meyer
2008 - The Battle of the Labyrinth, the fourth book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
2010 - Cthulhu's Dark Cults, an anthology edited by David Conyers

Film releases

1972 - Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo, a Spanish horror film

Television series

1984 - V: The Final Battle, an American science fiction miniseries, begins airing on NBC

Anniversaries and events

1977 - The first Starcon is held in Denver, Colorado

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May 7

May 7:

Book releases

2010 - Kraken, by China Miéville

Film releases

1977 - Man from Atlantis: The Death Scouts, a television film leading up to the American science fiction television series, premieres on NBC
1989 - The Trial of the Incredible Hulk TV movie premieres on NBC
1999 - The Mummy, an American fantasy/horror adventure film

Television series

1978 - Space: 1999, a British science-fiction television series, finishes airing on ATV

Deaths

1978 - Mort Weisinger (b. 1915), an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s

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May 8

May 8:

Film releases

1998 - Deep Impact, a 1998 disaster science fiction film

Television series

1984 - V: The Final Battle, an American science fiction miniseries, finishes airing on NBC

Deaths

1988 - Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (d. 1907)
1993 - Avram Davidson (b. 1923), an American Jewish writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction

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May 9

May 9:

Film releases

1980 - The Nude Bomb, a spy-fi comedy film based on the 1960s television series Get Smart
1985 - The Purple Rose of Cairo, an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen

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May 10

May 10:

Film releases

1974 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Television series

2002 - Strange World, an American medical science fiction television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology, finishes airing completely for the first time (only three episodes aired in its original run on ABC) on the Sci Fi Channel

Deaths

1993 - Lester del Rey (b. 1915), an American science fiction author and editor
2010 - Frank Frazetta (b. 1928), an award-winning American fantasy and science fiction artist

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May 11

May 11:

Television series

1974 - The Addams Family, an animated adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, finishes airing on NBC

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May 12

May 12:

Film releases

2006 - Just My Luck, an American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie

Television series

1973 - Planet of the Daleks, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on BBC
1982 - The Incredible Hulk finishes airing on CBS

Births

1902 - Philip Wylie (d. 1971), an American science fiction author, co-author of When Worlds Collide

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May 13

May 13:

Television series

1978 - The Bionic Woman, an American television series spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man, finishes airing its third season on NBC after two on ABC
1997 - Homeboys in Outer Space, a science fiction parody sitcom, finishes airing on UPN
2002 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, finishes airing on PPV/DirecTV and The WB
2005 - Andromeda finishes airing on Global in Canada and on the Sci Fic Channel in the United States
2005 - Star Trek: Enterprise, a science fiction television program, finishes airing on UPN

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May 14

May 14:

Film releases

2004 - Appleseed, a Japanese anime film, directed by Shinji Aramaki
2010 - Robin Hood, a film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott

Births

1865 - John Bennett (d. 1956), a writer and illustrator of fantastical children's books
1944 - George Lucas, an Academy Award-nominated American film producer, screenwriter, director and founder/chairman of Lucasfilm

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May 15

May 15:

Film releases

2003 - The Matrix Reloaded, a 2003 American science fiction film and the second installment in The Matrix trilogy

Television series

1971 - Colony in Space, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on BBC

Anniversaries and events

2006 - Liō, a daily science fiction, fantasy, and horror comic strip created by Mark Tatulli, begins syndication in more than 100 English-language newspapers

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May 16

May 16:

Film releases

2008 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, a fantasy film based on the novel Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis

Television series

1964 - The Keys of Marinus, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on the BBC
1985 - Street Hawk, an American science fiction action television series, finishes airing on ABC

Births

1944 - Ken Catran, a children's novelist and television screenwriter from New Zealand

Deaths

1946 - Walter S. Masterman (d. 1876), an English author of mystery, fantasy, horror and science fiction

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May 17

May 17:

Film releases

1971 - La Noche de Walpurgis, a Spanish horror movie starring Paul Naschy
1991 - Mannequin Two: On the Move, a romantic comedy film and a partial sequel to the 1987 film Mannequin

Television series

1977 - Man from Atlantis: The Killer Spores, a television film leading up to the American science fiction television series, premieres on NBC
1978 - Spider-Man, a Japanese superhero television series based on Marvel's popular Spider-Man character and produced by Toei Company, begins airing on Tokyo Channel 12
1987 - The Six Million Dollar Man TV movie, The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, airs on ABC
1999 - Night Man, an American Action-adventure science fiction television program, finishes airing on WGN Superstation

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May 18

May 18:

Book releases

2010 - The Ambassador's Mission, by Trudi Canavan

Television series

1997 - Team Knight Rider, a syndicated television spin-off series of the original Knight Rider, finishes airing

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May 19

May 19:

Television series

2004 - Angel finishes airing on The WB

Deaths

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

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May 20

May 20:

Television series

1989 - Small Wonder finishes airing in first-run syndication
2000 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, an American television show based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, finishes airing in first-run syndication
2003 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer finishes airing on UPN after moving from The WB in 2001

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May 21

May 21:

Film releases

1980 - Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
2006 - Southland Tales, a science fiction/drama/black comedy film
2010 - Shrek Forever After

Television series

2006 - Charmed finishes airing on The WB

Births

1903 - Manly Wade Wellman (d. 1986), an American writer in the science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction, and non-fiction genres

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May 22

May 22:

Film releases

1988 - The Incredible Hulk Returns TV movie premieres on CBS
2006 - Skinwalkers, a Canadian horror-action film about werewolves

Television series

2001 - 3rd Rock from the Sun finishes airing on NBC

Births

1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle (d. 1930), a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, whose other works include science fiction, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction
1900 - Wallace West (d. 1980), an American science fiction writer

Deaths

1996 - George H. Smith (b. 1927), an American science fiction author

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May 23

May 23:

Book releases

2006 - Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson

Film releases

1980 - The Shining, a horror film by Stanley Kubrick

Television series

1964 The Aztecs, a serial in the Doctor Who series, begins airing on the BBC
1994 - Star Trek: The Next Generation, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing in first-run syndication
2001 - Star Trek: Voyager, a science fiction television series, finishes airing on UPN

Deaths

2007 - Tron Øgrim (b. 1947), a Norwegian journalist, political and science fiction author, and politician

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May 24

May 24:

Book releases

2005 - The Hallowed Hunt, a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold
2005 - Year's Best SF 10, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Television series

1999 - The Sentinel, a Canadian-produced science fiction television series, finishes airing on UPN

Births

1925 - Carmine Infantino, an American comic book artist and editor
1960 - Doug Jones, an American film and television actor best known to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fans for his various roles playing non-human characters
1963 - Michael Chabon, an American science fiction, mystery, and alternate history author

Deaths

2008 - Hugo Correa (b. 1926), a Chilean journalist and science fiction writer

Anniversaries and events

2007 - Dungeon Runners, a medieval, often satirical, fantasy MMORPG developed and published by NCsoft

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May 25

May 25:

Book releases

2004 - Year's Best SF 9, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2010 - Percy Jackson & the Olympians hardcover box set (vol.1-5), by Rick Riordan
2010 - Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Allies by Christie Golden
2010 - Year's Best SF 15, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Film releases

1979 - Alien, a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott

Births

1913 - Carl Wessler (d. 1989), an American animator and comic book writer
1941 - Jean-Pierre Hubert (d. 2006), a science fiction and detective fiction author

Anniversaries and events

Towel Day, first held in 2001, a tribute celebration by fans of the author Douglas Adams

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May 26

May 26:

Book releases

2009 - Year's Best SF 14, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Film releases

2006 - X-Men: The Last Stand, an American science fiction superhero film based on the X-Men comic book series

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May 27

May 27:

Book releases

2003 - Year's Best SF 8, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2007 - Year's Best SF 12, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2008 - Year's Best SF 13, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Television series

2000 - Early Edition finishes airing on CBS
2010 - FlashForward finishes airing on ABC

Births

1930 - Axel Madsen (d. 2007), a Danish-American biographer, journalist, and science fiction novelist
1934 - Harlan Ellison, an American speculative fiction writer

Deaths