Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/December/December 1

December 1:

Book releases
 * 2010 - Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens by Brandon Sanderson
 * 2010 - Night Whispers by Erin Hunter
 * 2010 - Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist by Charles Brockden Brown

Film releases
 * 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, a fantasy film based on the novels The Two Towers and The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

Births
 * 1964 - Jo Walton, a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet

Anniversaries and events
 * 2006 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Australia
 * 2007 - Sci Fi Channel launches in Poland
 * 2007  - Sci Fi Channel launches in Romania