Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/October/October 16
Book releases
- 1950 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
- 1979 - Alongside Night, a Prometheus Award-winning libertarian and anarchist dystopian novel by science fiction writer J. Neil Schulman
- 2007 - Star Wars: Death Star, a science fiction novel by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry that is set in the Star Wars universe
- 2007 - Fleet of Worlds, a science fiction book by Edward M. Lerner and Larry Niven in the Known Space series
- 2007 - The Merchants' War, the fourth book in Charlie Stross' alternate history, science fiction series, The Merchant Princes
- 2010 - Homecoming by Jo Graham and Melissa Scott
Film releases
Births
- 1916 - George Turner (d. 1997), an Australian science fiction writer and critic
- 1926 - Joe Sinnott, an American comic book artist
- 1971 - Lawrence Schimel, an American science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, and anthologist
Deaths
- 2003 - Mark Hanna (b. 1917), an American screenwriter and actor best known his screenplays for many science fiction B movies in the 1950s
- 2004 - Tetsu Yano (b. 1923), a Japanese science fiction translator and writer
- 2008 - Patrick W. Welch (b. 1965), an English painter, illustrator, and art professor known as the "Painter of Hate," a spoof/homage to Thomas Kinkade, "Painter of Light"
Anniversaries and events
- 1923 - The Walt Disney Company is founded in Los Angeles, California