Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/November

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

November 1

November 1:

Book releases

2010 - The Chronicles of Narnia 60th Anniversary Edition by C. S. Lewis

Film releases

1971 - I, Monster, a British horror film directed by Stephen Weeks
2002 - The Santa Clause 2

Births

1923 - Gordon R. Dickson (d. 2001), an American science fiction author
1923 - Dean Grennell (d. 2004), an American firearms expert, a writer/editor, science fiction fan, and editor of the science fiction fanzine Grue

Anniversaries and events

1933 - The first of six parts of the science fiction disaster novel After Worlds Collide, by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, is serialized in the November issue of Blue Book
2002 - Newtype USA, the North American version of the Japanese magazine, is launched by A.D. Vision in November 2002

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November 2

November 2:

Book releases

2010 - Elminster Ascending: Sage of Shadowdale by Ed Greenwood
2010 - Gilded Latten Bones by Glen Cook
2010 - Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
2010 - The War of Souls by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Film releases

2001 - Monsters, Inc., a Pixar film

Television series

1996 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, an American animated science fiction television series, finishes airing in first-run syndication
2008 - Spaceballs: The Animated Series, an animated television series loosely based on the parody sci-fi film Spaceballs, finishes airing on G4 and Canada's Super Channel

Deaths

1981 - Wally Wood (b. 1927), an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad

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November 3

November 3:

Film releases

1976 - Carrie, an American horror film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King
2009 - A Christmas Carol, a fantasy film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 story of the same name

Television series

2009 - V, a reimagined American science fiction TV series based on the 1983 series, premieres on ABC

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November 4

November 4:

Book releases

2010 - Battlecry by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole

Film releases

1977 - The first of two The Incredible Hulk pilot films airs on CBS

Deaths

1977 - Tom Reamy (b. 1935), an award-winning American science fiction and fantasy author
2005 - Michael G. Coney (b. 1938), a British science fiction writer
2008 - Michael Crichton (b. 1942), an American author, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres

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November 5

November 5:

Film releases

2003 - The Matrix Revolutions, an American science fiction film and the third and final installment of The Matrix trilogy
2010 - Megamind

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November 6

November 6:

Film releases

2009 - A Christmas Carol, written and directed by Robert Zemeckis

Television series

1993 - The Addams Family, an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters, finishes airing on ABC

Births

1907 - Catherine Crook de Camp (d. 2000), an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor and wife of L. Sprague de Camp

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November 7

November 7:

Film releases

1997 - Starship Troopers premieres in theaters

Births

1951 - Haruka Takachiho, a Japanese science fiction author and founder of Studio Nue, best known as the creator of Crusher Joe, Dirty Pair, and Dirty Pair Flash

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November 8

November 8:

Book releases

2010 - Bitten in Two by Jennifer Rardin

Anniversaries and events

2007 - Young Frankenstein, a musical based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name, premieres on Broadway

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November 9

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

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November 10

November 10:

Book releases

2009 - Under the Dome, a science fiction novel by Stephen King

Film releases

2000 - Little Nicky, an American comedy film directed by Steven Brill

Deaths

2006 - Jack Williamson (b. 1908), a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction"

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November 11

November 11:

Births

1922 - Kurt Vonnegut (d. 2007), an American satire, black comedy, and science fiction writer

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November 12

November 12:

Television series

1987 - Newly-produced episodes of The Jetsons finish airing in first-run syndication

Births

1950 - Mircea Nedelciu (d. 1999), a Romanian short-story writer, novelist, essayist and literary critic

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November 13

November 13:

Film releases

2009 - 2012, a film about the end of the world by Roland Emmerich

Births

1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson (d. 1894), a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer
1945 - Pierre Pelot, a French science fiction writer

Deaths

1995 - Mary Elizabeth Counselman (b. 1911), an American writer of fantasy and horror short stories and poetry

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November 14

November 14:

Film releases

1964 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, a science fiction film that regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made
1966 - Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian future film directed by François Truffaut
2009 - Planet 51, an animated science fiction comedy film directed by Jorge Blanco

Television series

1964 - Planet of Giants, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on BBC
2008 - Codename: Asero, a Philippine sci-fi-thriller drama, finishes airing on GMA Network

Births

1923 - Alberto Giolitti (d. 1993), an Italian-American comic book artist
1941 - Caza, a French comics artist
1958 - Jamie Thomson, a British writer, editor and game developer

Deaths

1995 - Jack Finney (b. 1911), an American science fiction and thriller author

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November 15

November 15:

Book releases

1987 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 10, by Yoshiki Tanaka

Television series

2006 - Day Break, an American science fiction thriller series, begins airing on ABC

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November 16

November 16:

Book releases

2010 - Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara

Film releases

1991 - The Addams Family, an American comedy/horror film

Deaths

2004 - W. Warren Wagar (b. 1932), an American historian, futures studies scholar, and an expert in the work of pioneering science fiction writer H.G. Wells

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November 17

November 17:

Television series

1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man TV movie, The Solid Gold Kidnapping, airs on ABC

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November 18

November 18:

Film releases

1994 - Miracle on 34th Street, an American fantasy film directed by Les Mayfield
1994 - Star Trek Generations, an American science fiction film
2007 - I Am Omega, a direct-to-DVD American doomsday film

Births

1939 - Margaret Atwood, a Canadian author, poet, critic, essayist, feminist and social campaigner
1946 - Alan Dean Foster, an American author of fantasy and science fiction
1950 - Michael Swanwick, an American science fiction author

Anniversaries and events

1985 - Calvin and Hobbes begins serialization

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November 19

November 19:

Film releases

1993 - Addams Family Values, sequel to the 1991 comedy The Addams Family
1999 - Sleepy Hollow, an American period horror film directed by Tim Burton

Television series

1994 - Spider-Man, an American animated series, begins airing on Fox Kids

Births

1911 - Mary Elizabeth Counselman (d. 1995), an American writer of fantasy and horror short stories and poetry

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November 20

November 20:

Book releases

2010 - The Emperor's Finest by Sandy Mitchell

Deaths

1950 - Erle Cox (b. 1873), an Australian journalist and science fiction writer

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November 21

November 21:

Film releases

1973 - Westworld, an American science fiction thriller film
1980 - The Apple, an American-German musical science fiction film
1985 - Joey, a West German science fiction-horror film
1986 - The Wraith, an American action/science fiction film
1990 - Robot Jox, an American science fiction film
1997 - Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, a fantasy martial arts action film
2007 - Ben 10: Race Against Time, a live-action adaptation of the animated television series Ben 10
2007 - Enchanted, an American fantasy-musical film
2008 - Sonic: Night of the Werehog, a short 3D animated film
2008 - Twilight, an American romantic fantasy vampire film

Births

1851 - T. O'Conor Sloane (d. 1940), the editor of Amazing Stories from 1929 through 1938
1945 - Vincent Di Fate, an American artist specializing in science fiction and fantasy illustration
1953 - Lisa Goldstein, a Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award nominated fantasy and science fiction writer
1953 - Greg Theakston, an American comics artist and illustrator
1963 - Nick Perumov, the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov, a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer

Deaths

1964 - Leah Bodine Drake (b. 1914), an American poet, editor and critic

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November 22

November 22:

Film releases

1996 - Star Trek: First Contact, the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise

Deaths

1983 - Leonard Wibberley (b. 1915), a prolific and versatile Irish-American science fiction, mystery, and young adult author

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November 23

November 23:

Book releases

2010 - Wild Cards I edited by George R. R. Martin

Film releases

1988 - Cocoon: The Return, a science fiction film and sequel to the 1985 Cocoon
1994 - The Pagemaster, an American adventure/fantasy film starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd

Television series

1963 - An Unearthly Child, the first Doctor Who serial, begins airing on the BBC

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November 24

November 24:

Film releases

2010 - Tangled, an American animated film

Births

1916 - Forrest J Ackerman (d. 2008), an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan
1948 - Spider Robinson, an American-born Canadian science fiction author

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