Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/November/November 9
Book releases
- 2010 - The Sentinels by R. A. Salvatore and Geno Salvatore
- 2010 - Wicked City: The Scarlet Clan by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Television series
- 1963 - Emerald Soup, a British children's science fiction television series, begins airing on the Associated British Corporation network
- 1998 - Welcome to Paradox, a science fiction television series, finishes airing on the Sci Fi Channel
Births
- 1914 - Pavel Vezhinov (d. 1983), a Bulgarian science fiction writer
- 1924 - Riichiro Manabe, a Japanese composer who wrote the scores for numerous science fiction, horror, and kaiju films
- 1924 - Larry Shaw (d. 1985), a Hugo Award-winning science fiction fan, author, editor, and literary agent
- 1934 - Carl Sagan (d. 1996), an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and cosmologist
- 1947 - Herbert Wright, a science fiction writer and producer
Deaths
- 1988 - Billy Curtis (b. 1909), an American film and television actor known for his work mainly in Westerns and in science fiction films