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Book releases

Film releases

1972 - Beware! The Blob, the sequel to horror science-fiction film The Blob
1985 - Cocoon, a science fiction film directed by Ron Howard
1985 - Lifeforce, a science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper
1991 - The Rocketeer, a period science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures
1991 - Suburban Commando, a science fiction comedy film starring Hulk Hogan
2002 - Minority Report, science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick
2006 - Superman Returns, a science fiction superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman
2008 - Tokyo Gore Police, a Japanese near-future gore film

Television series

1989 - Hard Time on Planet Earth, an American science fiction series, finishes airing on CBS
1997 - Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys, an American animated science fiction television series, finishes airing in first-run syndication

Births

1935 - William Tuning (d. 1982), an American author of science fiction
1944 - Akira Hori, a Japanese science fiction writer
1948 - Vasili Golovachov, a Russian science fiction writer
1952 - David J. Skal, an American cultural historian known for his writings on horror films and horror literature
1956 - Jeff Green, a Canadian author, playwright, producer, and director

Deaths

1934 - Thorne Smith (b. 1892), an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction
2007 - Douglas Hill (b. 1935), a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer

Anniversaries and events

1992 - Calvin and Hobbes suggests "Horrendous Space Kablooie" as an alternative name for the Big Bang
2000 - Release of Star Trek: Klingon Academy, a starship combat space flight simulator computer game
2005 - Release of Destroy All Humans!, a science fiction third-person shooter adventure video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ