Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/May/May 25

May 25:

Book releases
 * 2004 - Year's Best SF 9, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
 * 2010 - Percy Jackson & the Olympians hardcover box set (vol.1-5), by Rick Riordan
 * 2010 - Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Allies by Christie Golden
 * 2010 - Year's Best SF 15, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Film releases
 * 1979 - Alien, a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott

Births
 * 1913 - Carl Wessler (d. 1989), an American animator and comic book writer
 * 1941 - Jean-Pierre Hubert (d. 2006), a science fiction and detective fiction author

Anniversaries and events
 * Towel Day, first held in 2001, a tribute celebration by fans of the author Douglas Adams