Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/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
- 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