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

January 1

January 1:

Book releases

• 1818 – Frankenstein, a gothic horror novel written by Mary Shelley
• historical novel written by American author Elizabeth Kostova

Births

• 1888 – Chesley Bonestell (d. 1986), a painter, designer and illustrator who was a major influence on science fiction art and illustration. He is known as the "Father of Modern Space Art".
• 1899 – Laurence Manning (d. 1972), a Canadian science fiction author
• B movies
  in the 1950s

Anniversaries and events

• 1930 – Analog Science Fiction and Fact, an American science fiction magazine, begins publication under the name Astounding Stories of Super-Science in January 1930
• pulp science fiction magazine
  , began publication in January 1939
• Sci Fi Channel
  launches in Singapore and other Asian countries

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January 2

January 2:

Television series

• sitcom created by Matt Groening, begins airing new episodes on Comedy Central
  after a five year hiatus

Births

• 1920 - Isaac Asimov, American science fiction author (d. 1992)

Anniversaries and events

• old-time radio series, finishes airing on the Mutual Broadcasting System

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January 3

January 3:

Television series

• television series based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Woman, finishes airing on ABC
• first-run syndication

Births

• 1937 - Glen A. Larson, an American television producer and writer best known as creator of the original Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider series
• 1892 - J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer and
  philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
  .

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January 4

January 4:

Film releases

• 1998 - Babylon 5: In the Beginning, a science fiction television movie set in the Babylon 5 fictional universe
• Impostor
  , an American science fiction film

Television series

• 1982 - Castrovalva, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
• 1985 - Street Hawk, an American science fiction action television series, begins airing on ABC
• Space

Deaths

• 1936 - James Churchward (b. 1851), a British-born occult writer, patented inventor, engineer, and expert fisherman
• 1990 - Robert Adams (b. 1933), an American science fiction and fantasy writer

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January 5

January 5:

Book releases

• 1886 - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson

Film releases

• Twelve Monkeys
• 2006 - Children of Men

Television series

• CHCH-TV

Anniversaries and events

• Sci Fi Channel
  (United Kingdom) goes on-air

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January 6

January 6:

Births

• 1905 - Eric Frank Russell (d. 1978), a British science fiction writer
• 1943 - Karl T. Pflock (d. 2006), an American science fiction and non-fiction author

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January 7

January 7:

Television series

• 1989 - ALF: The Animated Series, an animated cartoon spin-off of ALF, finishes airing on NBC

Anniversaries and events

• 1927 - Buck Rogers makes his first appearance in newspapers in a comic strip created by John Flint Dille
• 1934 - The first strip of the Flash Gordon comic, by Alex Raymond, is published in newspapers

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January 8

January 8:

Births

• 1941 - Boris Vallejo, a Peruvian-born American science fiction, fantasy, and erotica painter
• 1944 - Terry Brooks, an American writer of fantasy fiction
• 1947 - Don Bendell, an American author of military thrillers, science fiction, biographies, and historical Westerns
• 1959 - Ovidiu Pecican, a Romanian historian, essayist, science fiction novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, playwright, and journalist

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January 9

January 9:

Film releases

• 1980 - The Lathe of Heaven, based on the novel of the same name by Ursula K. Le Guin

Television series

• 1996 - 3rd Rock from the Sun begins airing on NBC

Births

• editor, and critic

Anniversaries and events

• NBC Radio

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January 10

January 10:

Television series

• 2004 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, an update of the 1980s animated series of the same name, finishes airing on Cartoon Network

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January 11

January 11:

Film releases

• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, a film inspired by the video game Dungeon Siege

Television series

• television series spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man, begins airing on ABC

Births

• 1923 - Jerome Bixby (d. 1998), an American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter

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January 12

January 12:

Film releases

• The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, an American science fiction/horror film sequel to The Lawnmower Man

Television series

• 1966 - Batman, an American comedic superhero series, begins airing on ABC
• 1982 - Castrovalva, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, finishes airing on BBC

Deaths

• 2000 - Marc Davis (b. 1913), a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios, one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films

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January 13

January 13:

Deaths

• Hugh Walters
  (b. 1910), a British writer of juvenile science fiction novels
• Sam Merwin, Jr.
  (b. 1910), an American mystery fiction writer, science fiction author and editor

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January 14

January 14:

Film releases

• 1954 - Riders to the Stars, an American science fiction film

Births

• Golden Age of comics

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January 15

January 15:

Television series

• television series, finishes airing on NBC
• 1995 – Get Smart, a short-lived sequel to the original Get Smart television series, begins airing on FOX

Births

• 1935 – Robert Silverberg, an American science fiction and fantasy author

Deaths

• Lt. Uhura on Star Trek
• 2005 – Walter Ernsting (b. 1920), a German science fiction and fantasy author

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January 16

January 16:

Film releases

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and on the play version by Thomas Russell Sullivan

Television series

• 1965 - The Romans, a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, begins airing on BBC
• 1965 -
  television series, finishes airing on ABC
• the film of the same name, finishes airing on CBS
  after only 11 episodes
• 1995 - Star Trek: Voyager, a science fiction television series, begins airing on UPN

Births

• 1926 - Takumi Shibano (d. 2010), Japanese science fiction translator and author

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January 17

January 17:

Television series

• 2000 - Cleopatra 2525, a syndicated science fiction television series, begins airing

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January 18

January 18:

Television series

• 1974 - The Six Million Dollar Man, based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, begins airing on ABC

Deaths

• pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror
  illustrator
• 1936 - Rudyard Kipling (b. 1865), a British author and poet whose works included short stories, novels, children's literature, poetry, travel literature, and science fiction

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January 19

January 19:

Film releases

• 2002 - Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers, a feature-length television film set in the Babylon 5 universe, airs on Sci Fi Channel
• 2006 - Pan's Labyrinth

Television series

• television series, finishes airing on Showtime

Deaths

• Spectre and Hourman

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January 20

January 20:

Television series

• Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, an American horror, mystery, science fiction, and drama television series created by Merwin Gerard, begins airing on ABC

Deaths

• 1975 - Edna Mayne Hull (b. 1905), a science fiction writer (under the name E. Mayne Hull) and first wife of author A. E. van Vogt

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January 21

January 21:

Births

• 1923 - Judith Merril (d. 1997), an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist

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January 22

January 22:

Book releases

• 1906 - Robert E. Howard (d. 1936), an American author of pulp fiction, most well known for his Conan the Barbarian series

Television series

• television series of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, begins airing on Syfy

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January 23

January 23:

Film releases

• 2004 - The Butterfly Effect

Births

• 1935 - Tom Reamy (d. 1977), an award-winning American science fiction and fantasy author

Deaths

• 1993 - Keith Laumer (b. 1925), an American science fiction author

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January 24

January 24:

Births

• 1911 - C. L. Moore (d. 1987), an American science fiction and fantasy writer

Deaths

• Soviet and Ukrainian science fiction
  writer

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January 25

January 25:

Book releases

• 2005 - Dragonsblood, a fantasy-science fiction novel by Todd McCaffrey

Film releases

• 1928 - Alraune, a silent science fiction horror film

Television series

• Space

Births

• 1931 - Ion Hobana, a Romanian science fiction writer, literary critic and ufologist
• 1943 - Tobe Hooper, an American director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre
• 1969 - Vincent Villafranca, an American sculptor whose works range from traditional wildlife imagery to futuristic science-fiction-based imagery

Deaths

• 1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya (b. 1901), the Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction movies

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January 26

January 26:

Births

• 1946 - Judy-Lynn del Rey (d. 1986), a science fiction editor

Deaths

• science fiction author

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January 27

January 27:

Television series

• television series and a spin-off from original Battlestar Galactica, begins airing on ABC

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January 28

January 28:

Television series

• 2006 - Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, a Canadian science fiction television program, finishes airing on NBC and Discovery Kids

Deaths

• 1996 - Jerry Siegel (b. 1914), the American co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster)

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January 29

January 29:

Deaths

• Jewish
  -American literary critic, editor, and anthologist

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January 30

January 30:

Film releases

• 1989 – Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders, sequel to Flesh Gordon

Deaths

• 1964 – Allen Adler (b. 1916), an American science fiction author and screenwriter

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January 31

January 31:

Book releases

• 1987 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes volume 8, by Yoshiki Tanaka

Television series

• 1992 – Capitol Critters, an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House, begins airing on ABC
• animated series, finishes airing on Fox Kids

Deaths

• 2001 – Gordon R. Dickson (b. 1923), an American science fiction author

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