Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/August/August 23

August 23:

Book releases
 * 1984 - Birds of Prey, a science fiction historical novel by David Drake

Film releases
 * 1985 - Warning Sign, a science fiction-horror film directed by Hal Barwood
 * 1996 - The Island of Dr. Moreau, the third major movie version of the H. G. Wells science fiction horror novel of the same name
 * 1996 - Solo, a science fiction action film from Columbia/Tristar Studios

Births
 * 1965 - Chris Bachalo, an American comic book illustrator
 * 1965 - Ilija Trojanow, a Bulgarian-German writer, translator and publisher

Deaths
 * 1971 - Frank Fenton (b. 1903), a British-born but American-raised writer of screenplays, short stories, magazine articles, and novels