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April 1
Book and story releases
- 1961 - The Dandelion Girl, a science fiction short story written by American science fiction author Robert F. Young
- 2008 - Small Favor, the tenth book in The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
- 2010 - Conan the Barbarian: The Original, Unabridged Adventures of the World's Greatest Fantasy Hero, by Robert E. Howard
Film releases
- 1957 - The Incredible Shrinking Man, science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold
- 2010 - The Warrior's Way, an American-New Zealand fantasy action film
Television and web series
- 1955 - Captain Video and His Video Rangers, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on the DuMont Television Network
- 1995 - Bugs, a British television science fiction drama series, begins airing on BBC One
- 2003 - Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles, a comic science fiction video series released online and via DVD, begins broadcasting
Births
- 1883 - Lon Chaney, Sr. (d. 1930), an American actor during the age of silent films best remembered for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters
- 1917 - Sydney Newman (d. 1997), a Canadian film and television producer who played a pioneering role in green-lighting production of The Avengers and Doctor Who
- 1925 - Ernest Kinoy, an American writer, screenwriter and playwright who worked on the science fiction radio series Dimension X and X Minus One
- 1926 - Anne McCaffrey, an author of science fiction and fantasy novels, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series
- 1942 - Samuel R. Delany, an American author, professor, literary critic, and winner of four Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards
- 1959 - J. Timothy Hunt, also known as Tim Beiser, an American-Canadian science fiction author and journalist
Anniversaries and events
- 1934 - The last of six parts of the science fiction disaster novel After Worlds Collide, by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, is serialized in the February issue of Blue Book
- 1938 - The character Superman appears for the first time in Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938, on newsstands in April 1938)
- 2009 - Sci Fi Channel launches in the Philippines
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April 2
Book releases
- 2009 - Prisoner of the Daleks, an original Doctor Who novel by Trevor Baxendale
Film releases
- 1968 - World premier of 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
- 1982 - Silent Rage, romantic/action/science fiction/horror movie starring Chuck Norris
- 2010 - Clash of the Titans, a fantasy and action remake of the 1981 film of the same name
Television series
- 1971 - Dark Shadows, a Gothic soap opera, finishes airing on ABC
- 1984 - Automan, an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson, finishes airing on ABC
Births
- 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen (d. 1875), a Danish author and poet noted for his children's stories
- 1948 - Joan D. Vinge, an American science fiction author
- 1956 - Kevin Siembieda, an American artist, writer, designer, publisher of role-playing games, and founder and president of Palladium Books
Deaths
- 1994 - Raymond Z. Gallun (b. 1911), an American science fiction writer
- 2002 - John R. Pierce (b. 1910), an American engineer and author
- 2002 - Henry Slesar (b. 1927), an American author, playwright and copywriter
- 2010 - Israr Ahmad (b. 1940), an Indian theoretical nuclear physicist, professor, science fiction writer, and editor
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April 3
Book releases
- 2007 - Skin, a contemporary Christian fiction science fiction/horror novel by Ted Dekker
Film releases
- 1987 - Making Mr. Right, a science fiction/comedy film
- 2005 - Man with the Screaming Brain, science fiction/slapstick film directed by, co-written by, and starring Bruce Campbell
- 2009 - Alien Trespass, a science-fiction comedy film based on 1950s sci-fi B movies
Television series
- 1999 - 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, begins airing on PPV/DirecTV and The WB
Births
- 1927 - Donald M. Grant (d. 2009), an American publisher and winner of five World Fantasy Awards
Deaths
- 1990 - Sloan Nibley (b. 1908), an American screenwriter known for his work on Science Fiction Theatre, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, and The Addams Family
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April 4
Book releases
- 1914 - At the Earth's Core, a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is first published as a serial in All-Story Weekly
Television series
- 1964 Marco Polo, a serial in the Doctor Who series, finishes airing on the BBC
Births
- 1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum (d. 1935), an American science fiction author
- 1941 - Kim Cheong-gi, a South Korean director of animated, fantasy, and science fiction films
- 1948 - Dan Simmons, an American science fiction author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning series Hyperion Cantos
- 1949 - David C. Sutherland III (d. 2005), an early Dungeons & Dragons artist
- 1949 - John Wooley, a prolific horror, fantasy, film noir, science fiction, and comic book author
Deaths
- 1987 - C. L. Moore (b. 1911), an American science fiction and fantasy writer
- 1999 - Faith Domergue (b. 1924), an American television and film actress who is known for her work in various science fiction, fantasy, and horror films
Anniversaries and events
- 1930 - The American Rocket Society is founded (now merged with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
- 2005 - Debut of Gunnerkrigg Court, a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell
- 2007 - Gliese 581 c, the first extra-terrestrial planet to be discovered, is discovered
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April 5
Film releases
- 1962 - Moon Pilot, a science fiction satirical comedy film
- 1974 - The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, a fantasy film starring John Phillip Law as Sinbad
Television and web series
- 1992 - Mann & Machine, an American science fiction/police drama series, begins airing on NBC
- 2008 - The first episode of Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction, a science fiction action-comedy machinima series, is released on the Rooster Teeth website
Births
- 1916 - Bernard Baily (d. 1996), an American comic book artist, publisher, and editor best known as co-creator of the DC Comics characters the Spectre and Hourman
- 1917 - Robert Bloch (d. 1994), a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction
- 1935 - H. M. Hoover, a children's science fiction book author
- 1944 - Ann Maxwell, an American author of science fiction, historical fiction, romance, mystery, and suspense works
- 1956 - Aleksandr Bushkov, a best-selling Russian author who has written books in the genres of science fiction, crime fiction, popular history and non-fiction
Deaths
- 1986 - Manly Wade Wellman (b. 1903), an American writer in the science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction, and non-fiction genres
- 2007 - Poornachandra Tejaswi (b. 1938), a prominent Kannada writer and novelist
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April 6
Book releases
- 2010 - At the Gates of Darkness, by Raymond E. Feist
- 2010 - Changes, the twelfth book in The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
- 2010 - Directive 51, by John Barnes
- 2010 - Enchanted Glass, by Diana Wynne Jones
Film releases
- 1936 - Flash Gordon, a thirteen episode science fiction serial film
Television series
- 1957 - Science Fiction Theatre, a science fiction anthology series, finishes airing in first-run syndication
Births
- 1935 - Douglas Hill (d. 2007), a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer
Deaths
- 1992 - Isaac Asimov, American science fiction author (b. 1920)
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April 7
Book releases
- 2010 - The Blade of Shattered Hope, third book in the The 13th Reality series by James Dashner
Television series
- 1973 - Planet of the Daleks, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
- 1978 - Quark, an American science fiction situation comedy series, finishes airing on NBC
Births
- 1844 - Paschal Grousset (d. 1909), a French politician, journalist, translator, and science fiction writer
- 1946 - Stan Winston (d. 2006), an American visual effects supervisor, make-up artist, and film director best known for his work on films such as the Terminator and the Jurassic Park series
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April 8
Television series
- 1966 - The Addams Family finishes airing on ABC
Births
- 1912 - John Carnell (d. 1972), a British science fiction editor
- 1915 - Ivan Supek (d. 2007), a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer (including science fiction), playwright, peace activist and humanist
Deaths
- 2010 - John Schoenherr (b. 1935), an American science fiction, wildlife, and children's book illustrator
Anniversaries and events
- 1950 - Dimension X, an NBC science fiction radio program, begins airing
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April 9
Film releases
- 2004 - Ella Enchanted, a fairy tale-comedy film
Television series
- 1955 - Science Fiction Theatre, a science fiction anthology series, begins airing in first-run syndication
- 1967 - Ultraman, a Japanese science fiction tokusatsu series, finishes airing on TBS
Births
- 1911 - George O. Smith (d. 1981), an American science fiction author
- 1915 - Leonard Wibberley (d. 1983), a prolific and versatile Irish-American science fiction, mystery, and young adult author
- 1937 - Barrington J. Bayley (d. 2008), an English science fiction writer
- 1949 - Stephen Hickman, an award-winning American artist, illustrator, sculptor, and author best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy art
- 1964 - Margaret Peterson Haddix, an American author of science fiction books for young adults
Deaths
- 1909 - Paschal Grousset (b. 1844), a French politician, journalist, translator, and science fiction writer
- 1976 - Masami Fukushima (b. 1929), a Japanese science fiction editor, author, critic, and translator
- 1977 - Zoran Krušvar, a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer
- 1989 - Carl Wessler (b. 1913), an American animator and comic book writer
- 2000 - Catherine Crook de Camp (b. 1907), an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor and wife of L. Sprague de Camp
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April 10
Film releases
- 1953 - Port Sinister, an science fiction adventure film
- 1999 - Can of Worms, a science fiction Disney Channel Original Movie
- 2010 - Mega Piranha, an ecological disaster horror movie, premieres on Syfy
Television series
- 1971 - Colony in Space, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
- 1987 - Amazing Stories, a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg, finishes airing on NBC
Births
- 1932 - Hari Rhodes (d. 1992), an African-American actor who had a pioneering role portraying a black member of an exploration team on an episode of The Outer Limits in 1964, predating Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lt. Uhura on Star Trek
- 1936 - David A. Hardy, a British space artist and cover illustrator for magazines such as F&SF, Analog, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Now, and Popular Astronomy
- 1957 – John M. Ford (d. 2006), an American science fiction author and poet
- 1973 - Dean Hsieh, an American musician and comic book creator
Deaths
- 1889 - Maria Julia Zaleska (b. 1931), a Polish science fiction author, prosaist, and publicist
- 1972 - Laurence Manning (b. 1899), a Canadian science fiction author
- 2004 - Dean Grennell (b. 1923), an American firearms expert, a writer/editor, science fiction fan, and editor of the science fiction fanzine Grue
- 2010 - Meinhardt Raabe (b. 1915), an American actor best known as the Munchkin coroner in The Wizard of Oz
Anniversaries and events
- 1988 - FoxTrot first published
- 1997 - Wizards of the Coast announces their purchase of TSR and Five Rings Publishing Group for $25 million
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April 11
Book releases
Film releases
Television series
- 1964 - The Keys of Marinus, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on the BBC
- 1967 - The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., an American spy-fi TV series, finishes airing on NBC
- 1992 - Eerie, Indiana, an American mystery, horror, and science fiction television series, finishes airing on NBC
- 2001 - Special Unit 2, an American sci-fi/comedy television series, begins airing on UPN
- 2011 - Mortal Kombat: Legacy, an American web series anthology debuts on Machinima.com's YouTube channel
Births
- 1955 - Julie E. Czerneda, a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author
- 1963 - Gregory Keyes, an American writer of science fiction and fantasy
Deaths
- 1944 - Bruno Winawer (b. 1889), a Polish comedy and prose writer, a journalist, a physicist, and a writer of early science fiction stories
- 1964 - Hannes Bok (b. 1914), an American artist and illustrator, amateur astrologer, and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry
- 1991 - Chester Anderson (b. 1932), a novelist, poet, and editor and member of the New Wave movement in science fiction
- 2007 - Kurt Vonnegut (b. 1922), an American satire, black comedy, and science fiction writer
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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
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April 13
Book releases
- 2006 - The Resurrection Casket, an original Doctor Who by Justin Richards
- 2010 - The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett
- 2010 - A Mighty Fortress, by David Weber, fourth book in the Safehold series
Film releases
- 1984 - Iceman, a science fiction film from Universal Studios
Television series
- 1996 - Hypernauts, a proof of concept show produced by Foundation Imaging and Netter Digital Entertainment, finishes airing on ABC
Births
- 1943 - Bill Pronzini, an American writer of detective fiction, and an active anthologist of mystery, western, and science fiction short stories
- 1948 - Jonathan Fast, an American author and social work teacher
- 1952 - Erick Avari, an Indian American television, film and theater actor best known for his roles in various science-fiction serial productions
- 1954 - Michael Cassutt, an American television producer, screenwriter, and author known for his many contributions to science fiction television series
- 1957 - Chuck Pfarrer, an American novelist and screenwriter
Deaths
- 2005 - Juan Zanotto (b. 1935), an Italian-born Argentine comic book artist known for his work as artist of the science fiction comic Bárbara
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April 14
Television series
Births
- 1879 - James Branch Cabell (d. 1958), an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres
- 1920 - Morris Scott Dollens (d. 1994, an artist and writer of science fiction
- 1954 - Katsuhiro Otomo, a Japanese manga artist, film director, and screenwriter best known for being the creator of the science fiction manga Akira
- 1954 - Bruce Sterling, an American science fiction author
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April 15
Book releases
- 1997 - Absolute Magnitude, an anthology collecting stories from the magazine of the same title
- 2010 - A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files
- 2010 - Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, by Fritz Leiber
- 2010 - The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories by Walter Jon Williams
- 2010 - I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick by Laurence A. Rickels
- 2010 - The Lord of the Void by James Lovegrove
- 2010 - Nieve by Terry Griggs
Television series
- 1989 - The Twilight Zone, the revival of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series, finishes airing in first-run syndication
Births
- 1908 - Howard Browne (d. 1999), a science fiction editor and mystery writer
- 1918 - Denis McLoughlin (d. 2002), a well-known British illustrator known for his hard-boiled detective illustrations and science fiction works
- 1925 or 1927 - Jerry Grandenetti, an American comic book artist and advertising art director
- 1931 - Sally Miller Gearhart, an American teacher, feminist, science fiction writer, and political activist
- 1937 - Tom Sutton (d. 2002), an American comic book artist
Deaths
- 1912 - John Jacob Astor IV (b. 1864), an American millionaire businessman, real estate builder, inventor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic
- 1993 - Alberto Giolitti (b. 1923), an Italian-American comic book artist
- 1997 - Sam Moskowitz (b. 1920), an early fan and organizer of interest in science fiction and, later, a writer, critic, and historian of the field
- 2002 - Damon Knight (b. 1922), an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan
Anniversaries and events
- 1975 - Dune, by Frank Herbert, is voted the "all-time best science-fiction novel" by a poll of readers of Locus
- 1985 - 6371 Heinlein, a main-belt asteroid named for Robert A. Heinlein, is discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell
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April 16
Film releases
- 1999 - The Thirteenth Floor, a science fiction film directed by Josef Rusnak
- 2007 - Spider-Man 3 premiers in Tokyo
Births
- 1922 - Samuel Youd. a British science fiction author
- 1962 - Kathryn Cramer, an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic
Deaths
- 1945 - Malcolm Jameson (b. 1891), an American science fiction author
- 1984 - Byron Haskin (b. 1899), an American film and television director best known for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds
Anniversaries and events
- 2007 - The Road, a post-apocalyptic tale by Cormac McCarthy, receives the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
- 2007 - Ray Bradbury receives a special citation from The Pulitzer Board "for his distinguished, prolific, and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy."
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April 17
Book releases
- 2007 - Where's My Jetpack: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived, a semi-satirical non-fiction book by Daniel Wilson
- 2008 - The Starry Rift, a science fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan
Film releases
- 1966 - Gamera vs. Barugon, a Japanese giant monster film
- 1980 - The Watcher in the Woods, an American-British mystery and horror film from Walt Disney Pictures
Television series
- 1965 - The Crusade, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on the BBC
Births
- 1891 - George Adamski (d. 1965), a Polish-born American ufologist and science fiction writer
- 1919 - Julius Fast (d. 2008), an American author of both fiction and non-fiction
- 1923 - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (d. 2002), a musician, author, and oral historian whose science fiction and mystery stories have received international acclaim
- 1923 - Jacques Sternberg (d. 2006), a French-language writer of science fiction and fantastique
- 1924 - Earl Norem, an American artist primarily known for his painted covers for Marvel Comics books and magazines
- 1932 - J. N. Williamson (d. 2005), an author and editor of horror stories
- 1933 - Rafael Llopis, a Spanish psychiatrist, essayist and translator, specializing in fantasy and horror fiction, and a recognized authority on H. P. Lovecraft
Deaths
- 1999 - Pavel Klushantsev (b. 1910), a Russian film director, producer, screenwriter and author
Anniversaries and events
- 1937 - First appearance of Daffy Duck
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April 18
Film releases
- 1937 - Night Key, a science fiction crime film, starring Boris Karloff
Television series
- 1981 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century finishes airing on NBC
- 1995 - Legend, a science fiction Western television show, begins airing on UPN
- 1997 - Lexx, a science fantasy television series, begins airing on Global Television Network
- 2008 - Ben 10: Alien Force, an American animated science fiction adventure television series, begins airing on Cartoon Network
Births
- 1884 - Frank R. Paul (d. 1963), an illustrator of US science fiction pulp magazines
- 1916 - Carl Burgos (d. 1984), an American comic book and advertising artist best known for creating the original Human Torch
- 1963 - Hemendrakumar Roy (b. 1888), a Bengali writer known for detective, horror, and science-fiction work that formed a substantial portion of the early literature for children in Bengali
- 1968 - David Hewlett, a British-born Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. McKay on the science fiction television shows Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis
- 1969 - Keith R. A. DeCandido, an American science fiction and fantasy writer
- 1971 - Russell Payne, an English author of humour, science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, weblogs, graphic novels, comics, and films
- 1972 - Eli Roth, an American film director, producer, writer and actor known for making violent, low-budget horror films that are box office hits worldwide, and for bringing back the R-rating to horror films
Deaths
- 1981 - James H. Schmitz (b. 1911), an American science fiction writer
- 1982 - William Tuning (b. 1935), an American author of science fiction
Anniversaries and events
- 1994 - The Beauty and the Beast musical premieres on Broadway
- 2005 - Girl Genius becomes a webcomic, and quarterly print publication of the comic ceases
- 2007 - Wizards of the Coast announces that it will not be renewing Paizo's licenses for Dragon and Dungeon magazines
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April 19
Book releases
- 2007 - The Last Dodo, a science fiction novel by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long running television series Doctor Who
- 2007 - Sting of the Zygons, a science fiction novel by Stephen Cole and based on the long running television series Doctor Who
- 2007 - Wooden Heart, a science fiction novel by Martin Day and based on the long running television series Doctor Who
Film releases
- 1973 - Soylent Green, an American science fiction film depicting a dystopian future
- 1996 - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, a theatrical adaptation of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- 1998 - Brave New World, a made-for-TV science fiction film loosely based on Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World
- 2002 - The Scorpion King, an American fantasy adventure film
- 2003 - Threshold, a Sci Fi Pictures original film adaptation of the 1958 film It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Television series
- 1977 - The Amazing Spider-Man begins airing on CBS
- 1987 - The Simpsons shorts first appear on the The Tracey Ullman Show
Births
- 1967 - Steven H Silver, an American science fiction fan and bibliographer, publisher, and editor
- 1978 - K. Tempest Bradford, an African-American science fiction and fantasy author and editor
Deaths
- 1978 - J. Francis McComas (b. 1910), an American science fiction editor
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April 20
Film releases
- 1955 - Conquest of Space, a science fiction movie produced by George Pal which depicts a voyage to Mars
Television series
Births
- 1848 - Kurd Lasswitz (d. 1910), a German author, scientist, and philosopher considered the father of German science fiction
- 1908 - Donald Wandrei (d. 1987), an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor
- 1911 - Kukrit Pramoj (d. 1995), a Thai politician, author, and scholar
- 1930 - Péter Zsoldos (d. 1997), a Hungarian science fiction author
- 1937 - George Takei, an American actor, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the television series Star Trek
- 1939 - Peter S. Beagle, an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays
- 1964 - Sean A. Moore (d. 1998), an American fantasy and science fiction writer and computer programmer
Deaths
- 1950 - Warwick Deeping (b. 1877), a prolific English novelist and short story writer
- 1959 - Morris K. Jessup (b. 1900), best known for pioneering ufological writings and his role in "uncovering" the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment"
- 1997 - Tong Enzheng (b. 1935), a Chinese archaeologist, historian, designer, and science fiction author
- 2002 - Felix C. Gotschalk (b. 1929), an American science fiction writer
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April 21
Film releases
- 2005 - 9, a computer animated short film by Shane Acker as a student project at the Indianapolis International Film Festival
- 2006 - Una película de huevos, an animated Mexican feature film
- 2009 - The Caprica pilot movie is released on DVD
Births
- 1933 - Jim Harmon (d. 2010), an American short story author and popular culture historian
- 1963 - Hiroe Suga, a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer
- 1965 - Fiona Kelleghan, an American academic and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy
Deaths
- 1910 - Mark Twain (b. 1835), an American author and humorist
- 1971 - George Fielding Eliot (b. 1894), an American author
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April 22
Book releases
- 2008 - Found, a young adult science fiction novel written by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Film releases
- 1935 - Bride of Frankenstein, an American horror film
- 1953 - Invaders from Mars, a science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies
- 1983 - The Deadly Spawn, a horror film directed by Douglas McKeown
- 1994 - Brainscan, a horror film directed by John Flynn
Television series
- 2002 - Lexx, a science fantasy television series, finishes airing on Global Television Network
Births
- 1899 - Byron Haskin (d. 1984), an American film and television director best known for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds
- 1908 - Ivan Yefremov (d. 1972), a Soviet paleontologist and science fiction author
- 1934 - Sheldon Jaffery (d. 2003), an American bibliographer known for his books about of Weird Tales magazine, Arkham House books, the weird menace pulps, and related topics
- 1944 - Damien Broderick, an Australian science fiction and popular science writer
Deaths
- 2002 - Denis McLoughlin (b. 1918), a well-known British illustrator known for his hard-boiled detective illustrations and science fiction works
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April 23
Film releases
- 1999 - eXistenZ, a psychological thriller/science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg
Births
- 1923 - Avram Davidson (d. 1993), an American Jewish writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction
- 1936 - Tom Doherty, an American publisher, and the founder of Tor Books
- 1957 - Kenji Kawai, a Japanese music composer, for motion pictures, anime movies, videogames and televised programs
Deaths
- 1965 - George Adamski (b. 1891), a Polish-born American ufologist and science fiction writer
- 1992 - Michael B. Wagner (b. 1947), a television writer and producer whose work on science fiction shows include Mann & Machine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Probe, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Man from Atlantis
- 2007 - Axel Madsen (b. 1930), a Danish-American biographer, journalist, and science fiction novelist
Anniversaries and events
- International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, a commemoration declared by Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton since 2007
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April 24
Film releases
- 2004 - Casshern, a Japanese tokusatsu film adaptation of the anime series of the same name
- 2009 - Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a British science fiction comedy feature film
Births
- 1910 - Albert Zugsmith (d. 1993), an American film producer, film director and screenwriter known for works such as the science-fiction classic The Incredible Shrinking Man and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil
Deaths
- 1998 - Leslie Stevens (b. 1924), the creator of the cult TV series The Outer Limits (1963–1965) and director of the cult horror film Incubus (1965)
Anniversaries and events
- 1955 - X Minus One, a half-hour science fiction radio series, begins airing on NBC Radio
- 2007 - Gliese 581 c, the first extra-terrestrial planet to be discovered, is announced to have been discovered three weeks prior
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April 25
Television series
- 2003 - John Doe, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on Fox
Births
- 1907 - Michael Harrison (d. 1991), the pen name of English detective fiction and fantasy author Maurice Desmond Rohan
- 1915 - Mort Weisinger (d. 1978), an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s
- 1945 - Richard C. Hoagland, an American author and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and on Mars and other related topics
- 1950 - Peter Jurasik, an American actor best known for his role as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5
Deaths
- 1911 - Emilio Salgari (b. 1862), an Italian writer of action adventure swashbucklers and a pioneer of science fiction in Italy
- 1998 - Clifford D. Simak (b. 1904), an American science fiction writer
Anniversaries and events
- 1987 - Brick Bradford, a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, finishes serialization
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April 26
Film releases
- 2002 - Jason X, science fiction/slasher film, and the tenth in the Friday the 13th film series
- 2005 - Alien Abduction, a science-fiction horror film produced by The Asylum
Television series
- 2002 - Lexx, a science fantasy television series, finishes airing on Global Television Network
Births
- 1912 - A. E. van Vogt (d. 2000), a Canadian-born science fiction author
- 1914 - H. L. Gold (d. 1996), a Canadian science fiction writer and editor
- 1914 - Paul Norris (d. 2007), an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics superhero Aquaman
- 1916 - George Tuska (d. 2009), an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay
- 1943 - Bill Warren, an American film historian and critic generally regarded as one of the leading authorities on science fiction, horror and fantasy films
- 1945 - Ondřej Neff, a Czech science fiction writer and journalist
- 1955 - Brad W. Foster, an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, and publisher, as well as six-time winner of the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
Anniversaries and events
- 1933 - The initial run of the science fiction comic strip Alley Oop ends
- 2006 - The term "gaslight fantasy" is coined by artist and writer Kaja Foglio to describe Girl Genius, a comic series produced by her and her husband Phil Foglio
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April 27
Book releases
- 2010 - Burned, by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
- 2010 - The Lost Fleet: Victorious, by Jack Campbell
- 2010 - Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
Births
- 1899 - Walter Lantz (d. 1994), an American cartoonist, animator, film producer, and director, best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker
Deaths
- 1988 - Clifford D. Simak (b. 1904), an American science fiction writer
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April 28
Book releases
- 2005 - Gil's All Fright Diner, an urban fantasy novel by A. Lee Martinez
Film releases
- 1995 - Village of the Damned, a science fiction–horror film directed by John Carpenter
- 2009 - The Terminators, a science fiction film by The Asylum
Television series
- 1958 - Adventures of Superman, an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, finishes airing in first-run syndication and on American Broadcasting Company
- 1994 - Prisoners of Gravity, Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction, finishes airing on TVOntario
Births
- 1910 - Sam Merwin, Jr. (d. 1996), an American mystery fiction writer, science fiction author and editor
- 1914 - Philip E. High (d. 2006), an English science fiction author
- 1942 - William Sanders, an American science fiction editor and writer, primarily of short fiction
- 1947 - Ken St. Andre, a public librarian, fantasy author, and game designer
Deaths
- 1994 - Robert Spencer Carr (b. 1909), an American writer of science fiction and fantasy
- 1998 - Jerome Bixby (b. 1923), an American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter
Anniversaries and events
- 1905 - William H. Pickering announces the discovery of Themis, an alleged tenth satellite of Saturn whose existence has never been confirmed by any other astronomer and which has only appeared in works of science fiction
- 1997 - Jekyll & Hyde, a musical based on the novelal Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, opens on Broadway
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April 29
Book releases
- 2008 - Little Brother, a near-future novel by Cory Doctorow
Film releases
- 1951 - The Thing from Another World, a science fiction film based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, Jr.
- 1977 - Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds, a Japanese science fiction film
- 1978 - Message from Space, a Japanese science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku
- 1994 - No Escape, an American action/science fiction film
- 2005 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction comedy film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams
- 2009 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine, an American science fiction superhero film based on the X-Men comic book series
- 2010 - Iron Man 2, American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name from Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures
Television series
- 1979 - Battlestar Galactica, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on ABC
Births
- 1908 - Jack Williamson (d. 2006), a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction"
- 1934 - Akira Takarada, a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series
- 1960 - Robert J. Sawyer, a Canadian science fiction writer
Deaths
- 1968 - Anthony Boucher (b. 1911), an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories
- 1986 - Thomas N. Scortia (b. 1926), an American science fiction author
- 1991 - Joyce Ballou Gregorian (b. 1946), an American fantasy and non-fiction author, expert on Oriental rugs, and lover of Arabian horses
- 1994 - Russell Kirk (b. 1918), an American political theorist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and fiction author
- 2008 - John Berkey (b. 1932), an American artist known for his space and sci-fi-themed works
Anniversaries and events
- 2009 - Star Trek: The Original Series is released in a remastered, high definition Blu-ray release containing both original and remastered episodes via seamless branching
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April 30
Book releases
- 1984 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 3, by Yoshiki Tanaka
- 1985 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 5, by Yoshiki Tanaka
- 1986 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes Side Stories volume 1, by Yoshiki Tanaka
- 2006 - Dirty Pair no Daiseifuku, by Haruka Takachiho
Film releases
Television series
- 1989 - The Six Million Dollar Man TV movie, Bionic Showdown, airs on ABC
- 2000 - Arabian Nights, a three-hour, two-part miniseries that was made by Hallmark Entertainment, begin airing on ABC and BBC One
Births
- 1926 - Edmund Cooper (d. 1982), an English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, children books, essays, and one detective novel
- 1930 - Bill Buchanan (d. ), an American songwriter best known for his science fiction songs
- 1938 - Larry Niven, an American science fiction author
- 1973 - Naomi Novik, an American historical fantasy and alternate history author
Deaths
- 1981 - François Bordes (b. 1919), a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction author
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