Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/May/May 1

May 1:

Book releases
 * 1947 - Rocket Ship Galileo, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein
 * 1989 - Callahan's Lady, a science fiction novel by Spider Robinson
 * 2001 - Avatar, a two-part novel by S.D. Perry set in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine universe
 * 2001 - Interlopers, a science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster
 * 2007 - Mass Effect: Revelation, a science fiction novel by author Drew Karpyshyn
 * 2007 - The Titan's Curse, the third book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
 * 2007 - The Unreals, a science fiction/fantasy novel by Donald Jeffries
 * 2008 - Maps and Legends, an essay collection by American author Michael Chabon

Film releases
 * 1992 - Split Second, a British science fiction film starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, and Neil Duncan
 * 2007 - Illegal Aliens, a comedy/science-fiction film starring Anna Nicole Smith and Joanie Laurer

Television series
 * 1966 - My Favorite Martian, an American science fiction television sitcom, finishes airing on CBS
 * 1983 - V, an American science fiction miniseries, begins airing on NBC
 * 1987 - Defenders of the Earth, an animated television series featuring characters from Flash Gordon, Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician, finishes airing
 * 1991 - My Secret Identity, a Canadian science fiction television series, finishes airing on CTV
 * 2000 - Arabian Nights, a three-hour, two-part miniseries that was made by Hallmark Entertainment, finishes airing on ABC and BBC One

Births
 * 1905 - Edna Mayne Hull (d. 1975), a science fiction writer (under the name E. Mayne Hull) and first wife of author A. E. van Vogt
 * 1921 - Vladimir Colin (d. 1991), a Romanian short story writer and novelist
 * 1940 - Alex Niño, a Filipino comic book artist
 * 1954 - Joel Rosenberg (d. 2011), a Canadian American science fiction and fantasy author
 * 1956 - Phil Foglio, an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work
 * 1957 - Steve Meretzky, an American computer game designer
 * 1963 - Christopher Moeller, an American writer and painter, specializing in fully-painted graphic novels

Deaths
 * 2006 - Jean-Pierre Hubert (b. 1941), a science fiction and detective fiction author

Anniversaries and events
 * 1996 - Elfwood, a popular web-based art gallery devoted to original science fiction and fantasy art and writing, goes online