Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/October/October 26

October 26:

Book releases
 * 2010 - Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz

Television series
 * 1984 - V: The Series, an American science fiction TV series, begins airing on NBC

Births
 * 1971 - Jim Butcher, an American author best known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files

Deaths
 * 1993 - Albert Zugsmith (b. 1910), an American film producer, film director and screenwriter known for works such as the science-fiction classic The Incredible Shrinking Man and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil