Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/May/May 5
Book releases
- 1999 - Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell
- 2009 - The Last Olympian, the fifth and final book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
- Wings by author Aprilynne Pike
Television series
- 1988 - Max Headroom, a short-lived but ground-breaking British produced science fiction television series, finishes airing on ABC
- 1993 - Quantum Leap, an American science fiction television series, finishes airing on NBC
Births
- 1908 - Pat Frank (d. 1964), the pen name of American writer, newspaperman, and government consultant Harry Hart Frank, best known for his 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon
- 1963 - Scott Westerfeld, an American-born author of science fiction
- 1979 - Catherynne M. Valente, an American poet, fantasy and mythpunk novelist, and literary critic
Deaths
- belles lettres
- 1968 - Harl Vincent (b. 1893), the pen name of Harold Vincent Schoepflin, an American mechanical engineer and science fiction writer
- 1976 - Thomas Burnett Swann (b. 1928), an American poet, critic and fantasy author
- 1988 - Michael Shaara (b. 1928), an American writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction
- 1996 - David Lasser (b. 1902), one of the most influential figures of early science fiction writing
Anniversaries and events
- the movie of the same name