Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/October/October 5
Book releases
- 1999 - Dune: House Atreides, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
- 2010 - Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
- 2010 - Gauntlgrym by R. A. Salvatore
- 2010 - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II by Sean Williams
Film releases
- 2001 - Serendipity, a romantic comedy, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale
Television series
- 1999 - Angel begins airing on The WB
- 2002 - Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, a Canadian science fiction television program, begins airing on NBC and Discovery Kids
- 2007 - UFO Files, an American documentary television series covering unidentified flying and submerged objects, close encounters with alleged extraterrestrial life, and alleged military and government cover-up conspiracies, finishes airing on The History Channel
Deaths
- 1972 - Ivan Yefremov (b. 1908), a Soviet paleontologist and science fiction author