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September 1
Anniversaries and events
- 1932 - The first of six parts of the science fiction disaster novel When Worlds Collide, by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, is serialized in the September issue of Blue Book
- 2003 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Germany
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September 2
Book releases
- 2010 - Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil by Derek Landy
- 2010 - Zero History by William Gibson (UK)
Births
- 1915 - Meinhardt Raabe (d. 2010), an American actor best known as the Munchkin coroner in The Wizard of Oz
- 1944 - Roland J. Green, an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor
Anniversaries and events
- 1955 - The Hugo Awards become an official part of Worldcon events during the 13th World Science Fiction Convention held September 2-5
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September 3
Book releases
- 2002 - Summer Knight, a contemporary fantasy novel by author Jim Butcher
- 2003 - Seven Seasons of Buffy, an academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse containing essays from science-fiction and fantasy writers
- 2009 - Autonomy, a BBC Books original novel written by Daniel Blythe and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
- 2009 - The Krillitane Storm, a BBC Books original novel written by Christopher Cooper and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
- 2009 - The Taking of Chelsea 426, a BBC Books original novel written by David Llewellyn and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who
Film releases
- 1920 - Algol, a German science fiction film about an alien from the planet Algol
- 1953 - Cat-Women of the Moon, an American science fiction 3-D film directed by Arthur Hilton
Television series
- 1983 - Gilligan's Planet, a Saturday morning science fiction cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television
Births
- 1930 - Cherry Wilder (d. 2002), the pseudonym of science fiction and fantasy writer Cherry Barbara Grimm
- 1965 - James A. Moore, an American horror novelist and short story writer
- 1971 - D. Harlan Wilson, an American irrealism, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and Bizarro fiction short-story writer and novelist
Deaths
- 1998 - Vince Alascia (b. 1914), an American comic book artist known for his work on Captain America during the Golden Age of comics
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September 4
Book releases
- 1956 - The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
- 2007 - Sister Time, a science fiction novel by John Ringo and Julie Cochrane
- 2008 - The Doctor Trap, a BBC Books original novel written by Simon Messingham and based on the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who
- 2008 - Ghosts of India, a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Morris and based on the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who
- 2008 - Shining Darkness, a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Michalowski and based on the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who
Film releases
- 1952 - Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, a comedy science fiction film directed by William Beaudine
- 1953 - Project Moonbase, a black-and-white science fiction film directed by Richard Talmadge
- 2009 - Gamer, a science fiction thriller film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Television series
- 1975 - Space: 1999, a British science-fiction television series, begins airing on ATV
- 1976 - Valley of the Dinosaurs, an animated science fiction television series from Hanna-Barbera, finishes airing on CBS
Births
- 1916 - Robert A. W. Lowndes (d. 1998), an American science fiction author, editor and fan
- 1962 - Karl Schroeder, an award-winning Canadian science fiction author
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September 5
Film releases
- 1942 - The Impatient Patient, a Warner Bros. cartoon short film directed by Norman McCabe and featuring Daffy Duck and Dr. Jekyll
Television series
- 1995 - Deadly Games, an American sci fi, begins airing on UPN
Deaths
- 1992 - Fritz Leiber (b. 1910), an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction
Anniversaries and events
- 1953 - The first of what would become the Hugo Awards are presented during the 11th World Science Fiction Convention held September 5-7
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September 6
Book releases
Film releases
- 2005 - Hellraiser: Hellworld, the eighth film in the Hellraiser series, is released straight-to-DVD
Television series
- 1989 - Battlefield, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
Births
- 1904 - Groff Conklin (d. 1968), a leading science fiction anthologist
Deaths
- 1956 - Alex Raymond (b. 1909), an American cartoonist, best known for creating the Flash Gordon comic strip for King Features
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September 7
Book releases
- 1953 - The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
- 2010 - The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition, Book III by R. A. Salvatore
- 2010 - No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- 2010 - Zero History by William Gibson
Television series
- 1967 - The Flying Nun begins airing on ABC
- 1974 - Land of the Lost, a children's science fiction television series, begins airing on NBC
- 1974 - Valley of the Dinosaurs, an animated science fiction television series from Hanna-Barbera, begins airing on CBS
- 1985 - Small Wonder begins airing in first-run syndication
- 1994 - Dead at 21, a science fiction television series, finishes airing on MTV
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September 8
Film releases
- 1980 - Battle Beyond the Stars, a Roger Corman-produced science fiction film
Television series
- 1965 - My Living Doll, an American comedy science fiction television series, finishes airing on CBS
- 1966 - Star Trek, a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, begins airing on NBC
- 1973 - The Addams Family, an animated adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, begins airing on NBC
- 1973 - My Favorite Martians, an American animated science fiction television series, begins airing on CBS
- 1973 - Star Trek: The Animated Series, an animated science fiction television series, begins airing on NBC
- 1986 - Defenders of the Earth, an animated television series featuring characters from Flash Gordon, Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician, begins airing
Births
- 1938 - Poornachandra Tejaswi (d. 2007), a prominent Kannada writer and novelist
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September 9
Film releases
- 2009 - 9, a computer-animated fantasy film directed by Shane Acker and based on the 2005 short film by the same name
Television series
- 1967 - Spider-Man, an animated television series, begins airing on ABC
- 2008 - Fringe, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on Fox
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September 10
Television series
- 1983 - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, an animated series, finishes airing on NBC
- 2003 - Jake 2.0, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on UPN
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September 11
Film releases
- 1964 - Mary Poppins, a musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke
- 1987 - Hellraiser, a horror film based on the critically acclaimed novel The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
- 1992 - Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, a horror film in the Hellraiser series
Television series
- 1970 - Get Smart, an American television spy-fi comedy series, finishes airing on CBS (though it started on NBC)
- 1976 - Ark II, a live-action science fiction series aimed at children, begins airing on CBS
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September 12
Television series
- 1959 - The Man and the Challenge, a science fiction adventure television series, begins airing on NBC
- 1981 - Spider-Man, an animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name, begins airing in first-run syndication
- 1981 - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, an animated series, begins airing on NBC
- 1992 - The Addams Family, an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters, begins airing on ABC
- 2003 - Spider-Man: The New Animated Series finishes airing on MTV
Births
- 1921 - Stanisław Lem (d. 2007), a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire
Deaths
- 1997 - Judith Merril (b. 1923), an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist
- 2002 - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (b. 1923), a musician, author, and oral historian whose science fiction and mystery stories have received international acclaim
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September 13
Television series
- 1986 - Galaxy High School, an American science fiction animated series, begins airing on CBS
- 2005 - Supernatural, an American drama/horror television series, begins airing on The WB
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September 14
Book releases
- 2010 - The Bartimaeus Trilogy (3 book box set) by Jonathan Stroud
Film releases
- 2005 - Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, CGI film directed by Tetsuya Nomura and Takeshi Nozue, and based on the video game Final Fantasy VII
Television series
- 1964 - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, an American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name, begins airing on ABC
- 1973 - The Girl with Something Extra, a science fiction series about a woman with ESP, begins airing on NBC
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September 15
Book releases
Television series
- 1991 - Eerie, Indiana, an American mystery, horror, and science fiction television series, begins airing on NBC
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September 16
Book releases
- 2003 - Dune: The Machine Crusade, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
- 2008 - Paul of Dune, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Film releases
Television series
- 1963 - The Outer Limits, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on ABC
- 1966 - The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., an American spy-fi TV series, begins airing on NBC
- 1977 - Logan's Run, a television series spin-off from the film of the same name, begins airing on CBS
- 1985 - Newly-produced episodes of The Jetsons begin airing in first-run syndication
- 2007 - The 4400, a science fiction TV series, finishes airing on USA Network
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September 17
Book releases
- 2002 - Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, a science fiction novel written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Television series
- 1964 - Bewitched begins airing on ABC
- 1978 - The original Battlestar Galactica series begins airing on ABC
Births
- 1908 - John Creasey (d. 1973), a British crime and science fiction writer
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September 18
Television series
- 1964 - The Addams Family begins airing on ABC
- 1965 - Get Smart, an American television spy-fi comedy series, begins airing on NBC
- 1970 - The Flying Nun finishes airing on ABC
- 1994 - Phantom 2040, an animated science fiction television series loosely based on the comic strip hero The Phantom, begins syndicated airing
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September 19
Television series
- 1952 - Adventures of Superman, an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, begins airing in first-run syndication
- 1986 - Starman, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on ABC
- 1997 - Night Man, an American Action-adventure science fiction television program, begins airing on WGN Superstation
Births
- 1922 - Damon Knight (d. 2002), an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan
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September 20
Television series
- 1979 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century begins airing on NBC
- 2002 - Firefly, an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, begins airing on Fox
- 2002 - John Doe, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on Fox
- 2006 - Jericho, an American post-apocalyptic action/drama series, begins airing on CBS
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September 21
Book releases
Television series
- 1969 - The Secret Service, a British children's spy-fi series produced by Gerry Anderson, begins airing on ATV
- 1996 - Dark Skies, a government UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi drama television series, begins airing on NBC
- 2008 - Spaceballs: The Animated Series, an animated television series loosely based on the parody sci-fi film Spaceballs, begins airing on G4 and Canada's Super Channel
Births
- 1866 - H. G. Wells (d. 1946), an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre
- 1904 - Alexander Key (d. 1979), an American science fiction writer
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September 22
Film releases
- 1998 - Addams Family Reunion, the third movie of The Addams Family series, released straight-to-video
- 2006 - Children of Men, a dystopian science fiction film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Television series
- 1964 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E., an American spy-fi television series, begins airing on NBC
- 1977 - Man from Atlantis, an American science fiction television series, begins airing on NBC
- 1979 - Spider-Woman, an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Woman, begins airing on ABC
- 1986 - ALF begins airing on NBC
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September 23
Book releases
- 2003 - Paladin of Souls, a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold
Film releases
- 2005 - Corpse Bride, a musical stop-motion-animation fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
Television series
- 1962 - The Jetsons, a prime-time animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, begins airing on ABC
Deaths
- 1994 - Robert Bloch (b. 1917), a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction
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September 24
Television series
- 2007 - Chuck begins airing on NBC
- 2008 - Knight Rider, a series that follows the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie, begins airing on NBC
- 2009 - FlashForward begins airing on ABC
Births
- 1930 - Jack Gaughan (d. 1985), an American science fiction artist and illustrator who won the Hugo Award several times
Anniversaries and events
- 1992 - Syfy launches as the "Sci Fi Channel" in the United States
- 2004 - The first FenCon begins in Farmers Branch, Texas
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September 25
Film releases
Deaths
- 2006 – John M. Ford (b. 1957), an American science fiction author and poet
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September 26
Television series
- 1982 - Knight Rider, an American television series, begins airing on NBC
- 1987 - ALF: The Animated Series, an animated cartoon spin-off of ALF, begins airing on NBC
- 2001 - Star Trek: Enterprise, a science fiction television program, begins airing on UPN
- 2004 - Lost, an American science fiction television series, premiers on ABC
- 2007 - Bionic Woman, an American science fiction television re-imagining of the original The Bionic Woman series, begins airing on NBC
Births
- 1935 - Juan Zanotto (b. 2005), an Italian-born Argentine comic book artist known for his work as artist of the science fiction comic Bárbara
Deaths
- 1997 - Péter Zsoldos (b. 1930), a Hungarian science fiction author
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September 27
Film releases
- 1922 - The Power of Love, the earliest confirmed 3-D film shown to a paying audience,
- 1972 - Dracula AD 1972, a Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson
- 2007 - The Gene Generation, an American biopunk science fiction film about an assassin who battles DNA hackers
Television series
- 1964 - My Living Doll, an American comedy science fiction television series, begins airing on CBS
- 1975 - Planet of Evil, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
- 1985 - The Twilight Zone, the revival of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series, begins airing on CBS
- 1989 - Battlefield, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on BBC
- 1997 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, an American television show based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, begins airing in first-run syndication
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September 28
Book releases
- 2010 - I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
- 2010 - Mr. Monster by Dan Wells
- 2010 - Out of the Dark by David Weber
Television series
- 1987 - Star Trek: The Next Generation, an American science fiction television series, begins airing in first-run syndication
- 1996 - Early Edition begins airing on CBS
Births
- 1938 - Michael G. Coney (d. 2005), a British science fiction writer
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September 29
Film releases
- 2005 - Serenity, a space western film written and directed by Joss Whedon as a conclusion to the series Firefly
Television series
- 1963 - My Favorite Martian, an American science fiction television sitcom, begins airing on CBS
- 1968 - Joe 90, a British science-fiction television series, begins airing on ATV
- 1985 - Amazing Stories, a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg, begins airing on NBC
Anniversaries and events
- 1951 - Dimension X, an NBC science fiction radio program, finishes airing
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September 30
Book releases
- 1983 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 2, by Yoshiki Tanaka
Film releases
- 1988 - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, a comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli
Television series
- 1965 - Thunderbirds, a British science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, begins airing on ATV
- 1983 - Manimal, an American action/adventure/fantasy series, begins airing on NBC
Births
- 1947 - Michael B. Wagner (d. 1992), 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
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