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These are the selected anniversaries for December that appear on the Speculative fiction portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
December 1
Book releases
- 2010 - Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens by Brandon Sanderson
- 2010 - Night Whispers by Erin Hunter
- 2010 - Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist by Charles Brockden Brown
Film releases
- 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, a fantasy film based on the novels The Two Towers and The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
Births
Anniversaries and events
- 2006 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Australia
- 2007 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Poland
- 2007 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Romania
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December 2
Television series
- 2007 - Tin Man, a six-hour fantasy miniseries, begins airing on SciFi Channel
Births
- 1906 - Willy Ley (d. 1969), a German-American science writer, science fiction fan, and space advocate who helped popularize rocketry and spaceflight in both Germany and the United States
Deaths
- 1983 - Pavel Vezhinov (b. 1914), a Bulgarian science fiction writer
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December 3
Film releases
- 1982 - Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again, a comedy based on the novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 2007 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a 2007 thriller musical comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton
Deaths
- 1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson (b. 1850), a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
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December 4
Book releases
- 1984 - Armor, a military science fiction novel by John Steakley
- 2007 - Captain's Fury, a high fantasy novel by Jim Butcher
Television series
- 1976 - Land of the Lost, a children's science fiction television series, finishes airing on NBC
- 2007 - Tin Man, a six-hour fantasy miniseries, finishes airing on SciFi Channel
Births
- 1948 - Chiaki Kawamata, a Japanese science fiction writer and critic
- 1958 - Kurt R. A. Giambastiani, a novelist whose works blend elements of science fiction, fantasy, adventure, and romance
Deaths
- 2008 - Forrest J Ackerman (b. 1916), an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan
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December 5
Film releases
- 1980 - Flash Gordon, a science fiction film based on Flash Gordon created by Alex Raymond
- 2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, a fantasy film based on the novel The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
Anniversaries and observances
- 1932 - The science fiction comic strip Alley Oop debuts as a daily strip
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December 6
Television series
- 1986 - Galaxy High School, an American science fiction animated series, finishes airing on CBS
Births
- 1911 - Ejler Jakobsson (d. 1984), a Finnish-born science fiction editor
Deaths
- 1991 - Vladimir Colin (b. 1921), a Romanian short story writer and novelist
Anniversaries and events
- 2008 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Portugal
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December 7
Film releases
- 1990 - Edward Scissorhands, a comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton
Births
- 1915 - Leigh Brackett (d. 1978), an American science fiction author and screenwriter
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December 8
Film releases
Television series
- 2003 - The reimagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries airs on the SciFi Channel
Births
- 1930 - John Morressy (d. 2006), an American science fiction and fantasy writer
Deaths
- 2005 - J. N. Williamson (b. 1932), an author and editor of horror stories
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December 9
Film releases
- 2005 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 2010 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Television series
- 1988 - Something Is Out There, an American science fiction television miniseries, finishes airing on NBC
Deaths
- 2005 - Robert Sheckley (b. 1928), a Hugo and Nebula-nominated American science fiction author
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December 10
Film releases
- 2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, a fantasy film based on the novel The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
- 2003 - Big Fish, a fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton and adapted from the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace
- 2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a fantasy-drama film loosely based on the 1922 short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Births
- 1923 - Tetsu Yano (d. 2004), a Japanese science fiction translator and writer
- 1928 - John Colicos (d. 2000), an actor best known for his roles as Commander Kor in the original Star Trek series and Baltar in the original Battlestar Galactica series
Anniversaries and events
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December 11
Film releases
- 1992 - The Muppet Christmas Carol, a musical comedy film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
- 1999 - Godzilla 2000, a Japanese kaiju film directed by Takao Okawara
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December 12
Film releases
Births
- 1891 - Malcolm Jameson (d. 1945), an American science fiction author
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December 13
Film releases
- 1983 - Pod People, a Spanish science fiction film directed by Juan Piquer Simón
- 1996 - Mars Attacks!, a comic science fiction film directed by Tim Burton
Television series
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December 14
Book releases
- 2009 - Witch and Wizard, a fantasy novel by James Patterson (with Gabrielle Charbonnet)
Film releases
- 1984 - Frankenweenie, a short film directed by Tim Burton
- 2007 - Alvin and the Chipmunks
Television series
- 1963 An Unearthly Child, the first Doctor Who serial, finishes airing on the BBC
Deaths
- 1935 - Stanley G. Weinbaum (b. 1902), an American science fiction author
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December 15
Book releases
Film releases
- 1974 - Young Frankenstein, a comedy film directed by Mel Brooks
- 2000 - What Women Want, an American romantic comedy film
Television series
- 1983 - Automan, an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson, begins airing on ABC
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December 16
Film releases
Births
- 1917 - Arthur C. Clarke (d. 2008), British science fiction author
- 1928 - Philip K. Dick (d. 1982), an American science fiction novelist, short story writer, and essayist
Deaths
- 2008 - Julius Fast (b. 1919), an American author of both fiction and non-fiction
Anniversaries and observances
- 2005 - Syfy Universal launches in France as "Sci Fi Channel"
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December 17
Film releases
Television series
- 1983 - Manimal, an American action/adventure/fantasy series, begins airing on NBC
- 1989 - The Simpsons begins airing on Fox
Births
- 1944 - Jack L. Chalker (d. 2005), an American science fiction author
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December 18
Film releases
- 1968 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a musical film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes
Television series
- 1976 - Ark II, a live-action science fiction series aimed at children, finishes airing on CBS
- 1999 - Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, a science fiction series, finishes airing on Fox Kids
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December 19
Book releases
- 2007 - Airman, a science fiction historical adventure novel by Eoin Colfer
Film releases
- 1962 - Amphibian Man, a Soviet science fiction romance film
- 1965 - Invasion of Astro-Monster, a Toho kaiju film released
- 1969 - Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, a British science fiction film
- 1973 - The Day of the Dolphin, an American science-fiction thriller film
- 1997 - Open Your Eyes, a science fiction thriller film directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Television series
- 1969 - The Secret Service, a British children's spy-fi series produced by Gerry Anderson, finishes airing on ATV
Births
- 1876 - Walter S. Masterman (d. 1946), an English author of mystery, fantasy, horror and science fiction
- 1922 - Harry Warner, Jr. (d. 2003), an American journalist, science fiction fan and fandom historian, and classical musician
- 1940 - Israr Ahmad (d. 2010), an Indian theoretical nuclear physicist, professor, science fiction writer, and editor
- 1952 - Peter B. Gillis, an American comic book writer
- 1977 - David Barr Kirtley, an American short story writer and the co-host of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast
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December 20
Film releases
- 1978 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a science fiction film based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney and a remake of the 1956 film of the same name
Television series
- 2002 - Firefly, an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, finishes airing on Fox
Deaths
- 1996 - Carl Sagan (b. 1934), an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and cosmologist
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December 21
Film releases
Television series
- 1963 The Daleks, a serial in the Doctor Who series, begins airing on the BBC
- 1963 - Emerald Soup, a British children's science fiction television series, finishes airing on the Associated British Corporation network
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December 22
Film releases
- 1995 - Dracula: Dead and Loving It, a horror-comedy film directed by Mel Brooks
Television series
- 1997 - Mission Genesis, a science fiction TV series based on Deepwater Black by Ken Catran, finishes airing on Th SciFi Channel
Births
- 1943 - Chris Bunch (d. 2005), an American science fiction, fantasy, and television writer
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December 23
Film releases
- 1988 - Hellbound: Hellraiser II, a horror film directed by Tony Randel and sequel to the 1987 film Hellraiser
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December 24
Births
- 1910 - Fritz Leiber (d. 1992), an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction
- 1920 - Franco Lucentini (d.2002), an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies
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December 25
Film releases
- 1957 - Teenage Monster, an American independent science fiction horror film
- 1964 - Kiss Me Quick!, an American science fiction film
- 1976 - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, an American horror thriller film
- 1993 - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, an American animated superhero film
- 1998 - The Faculty, an American horror/science-fiction film
- 1999 - Galaxy Quest, an American science fiction comedy film
- 2001 - Kate & Leopold, An American romantic comedy science fiction film
- 2003 - Paycheck, a film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick
- 2007 - Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, an American science fiction film
- 2011 - The Darkest Hour, a 3D science-fiction action horror film
Television series
- 1966 - Thunderbirds, a British science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, finishes airing on ATV
- 1972 - The Stone Tape, a single-episode British science fiction television play, airs on BBC 2
- 2005 - The Christmas Invasion, a television special in the Doctor Who series, aires on BBC Wales
Births
- 1916 - Allen Adler (d. 1964), an American science fiction author and screenwriter
- 1924 - Rod Serling (d. 1975), an American screenwriter, television producer, and narrator best known his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone
Deaths
- 2008 - Edd Cartier (b. 1914), an American pulp magazine illustrator
- 2008 - Leo Frankowski (b. 1943), an American writer of science fiction novels
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December 26
Film releases
- 1959 - Battle in Outer Space, a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios
- 1965 - The Monkey's Uncle, a Walt Disney science fiction film starring Tommy Kirk
- 1973 - The Exorcist
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December 27
Television series
- 2005 - Ben 10, an American animated science fiction series, begins airing on Cartoon Network
Births
- Maciej Parowski, Polish journalist, essayist, science writer, editor, translator and chief editor of Nowa Fantastyka
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December 28
Book releases
- 2004 - With Red Hands, a science fiction alternate history novel by Stephen Woodworth
- 2010 - Elric: Swords and Roses by Michael Moorcock
- 2010 - Guild Wars: Edge of Destiny by J. Robert King
Film releases
- 1957 - The Mysterians, a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film
Television series
- 1968 - Fight! Mighty Jack, a Japanese science fiction tokusatsu series, finishes airing on Fuji TV
- 1986 - Outlaws, a science fiction action-adventure American television series, begins airing on CBS
- 1987 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, an American animated science fiction television series, begins airing in first-run syndication
Births
- 1945 - George Zebrowski, a science fiction author and editor
Deaths
- 1956 - John Bennett (b. 1865), a writer and illustrator of fantastical children's books
- 1986 - John D. MacDonald (b. 1916), an American detective fiction and science fiction author
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December 29
Film releases
- 1995 - 12 Monkeys, a science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam
Television series
- 1999 - Sliders, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on Sci Fi Channel after switching from Fox for the fourth season
Births
- 1857 - Morley Roberts (d. 1942), an English science fiction novelist and short story writer
Deaths
- 1974 - Joseph W. Ferman (b. 1906), a Lithuanian-American science fiction publisher
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December 30
Births
- 1841 - Charles E. Carryl (d. 1920), an American children's literature author
- 1865 - Rudyard Kipling (d. 1936), a British author and poet whose works included short stories, novels, children's literature, poetry, travel literature, and science fiction
- 1919 - François Bordes (d. 1981), a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction author
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December 31
Film releases
- 1931 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a horror film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March
Deaths
- 1978 - Basil Wolverton (b. 1909), an American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book writer-artist
- 2008 - Donald E. Westlake (b. 1933), an American crime fiction, comic caper, and science fiction writer
Anniversaries and events
- 1985 - Calvin and Hobbes ends serialization
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