1997 Death Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 1995 Death John Killan Houston Brunner, British sci-fi writer, dies at 60 1995 Death Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60 1992 Death Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72 1990 Event Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting 1990 Death Robert F Adams, U.S., sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57 1988 Death Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80 1988 Death Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83 1988 Death Lin[wood V] Carter, U.S., sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57 1987 Death Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 1987 Death Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 1986 Death Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80 1986 Death Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 1986 Death Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65 1985 Death Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, U.S., sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85 1985 Death Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr. Palomar), dies at 61 1985 Death Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 1983 Death [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65 1982 Death Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 1981 Death D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 1978 Death Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 1977 Death Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 1976 Death Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47 1976 Death Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 1975 Death James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 1972 Death Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1971 Death John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61 1971 Event Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run 1968 Death Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47 1966 Death Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53 1966 Event 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV 1965 Death Edward E "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies 1965 Death E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75 1964 Death H[enry] Beam Piper, U.S., sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60 1963 Event "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England 1961 Death Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 1958 Birthday Meredith Ann Pierce, U.S., sci-fi author, Darkangel 1958 Death Cyril M Kornbluth, U.S. sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34 1958 Death Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 1956 Birthday Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw, U.S., sci-fi author, Hawk of May 1955 Birthday Tracy [Raye] Hickman, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1955 Birthday Steven Brust, Karl Zoltan, U.S., sci-fi author, Yendi, Jhereg 1955 Birthday Judith Tarr, U.S., sci-fi author, Isle of Glass, Ars Magica 1954 Birthday Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, U.S., sci-fi author, Enigma, Empery 1954 Birthday Lawrence Watt-Evans, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Sword of Bheleu 1954 Birthday Bruce Sterling, U.S., sci-fi author, Involution Ocean, Schismatrix 1954 Birthday Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author, Wasp Factory 1953 Birthday Jennifer Roberson, U.S., sci-fi author, Shapechangers, Sword-Maker 1953 Birthday John Shirley, U.S., sci-fi author, Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona 1952 Birthday Robert R[ick] McCammon, U.S., sci-fi author, Baal, Mystery Walk 1952 Birthday Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne 1952 Birthday Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, U.S., sci-fi author, Door into Fire 1952 Birthday Tim[othy] Powers, U.S., sci-fi author, Epitaph in Rust, Night Moves 1951 Birthday Charles de Lint, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow 1951 Birthday Nicholas Yermakov, U.S., sci-fi author, Epiphany, Jehad, Clique 1951 Birthday Timothy Zahn, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Cobra Strike 1951 Birthday Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War 1951 Birthday Greg[ory Dale] Bear, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity 1950 Birthday Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Caverns, Reefs, Lava 1950 Birthday David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman 1950 Birthday James P[aul] Blaylock, U.S., sci-fi author, Elfin Ship, Homunculus 1950 Birthday Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn 1950 Death Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 1949 Birthday R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, U.S., sci-fi author, Damiano's Lute, Raphael 1948 Birthday Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret 1948 Birthday George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, U.S., sci-fi author, Wild Cards 1948 Birthday Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, U.S., sci-fi author, Black Flame 1948 Birthday Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek II, III, IV 1948 Birthday Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth 1948 Birthday Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author, Day of Wrath 1948 Birthday Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Dune 1948 Birthday Pamela Sargent, U.S., sci-fi author, Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives 1948 Birthday William Gibson, born in Canada, sci-fi author, Neuromancer, Count Zero 1948 Birthday Margaret [Edith] Weis, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragons of Spring Dawning 1948 Birthday Patricia [Anne] McKillip, U.S., sci-fi author, Fool's Run 1947 Birthday Brian C Daley, U.S., sci-fi author, Exploits of Han Solo, Tron 1947 Birthday Stephen King, U.S., sci-fi author, Carrie, Shining, Kujo 1947 Birthday Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author, Don't Bite the Sun 1947 Birthday Octavia E[stelle] Butler, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Wild Seed 1947 Birthday Stephen R. Donaldson, U.S., sci-fi author, Lord Foul's Bane 1947 Birthday George Alec Effinger, U.S., sci-fi author, Nick of Time 1946 Birthday Alan Dean Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Midworld, Flinx in Flux 1946 Death H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 1946 Birthday Michael Shea, U.S., sci-fi author, Fat Face, Polyphemus 1946 Birthday Robert L Asprin, U.S., sci-fi writer, Thieves World, Cold Cash War 1946 Birthday Elizabeth A. Lynn, U.S., sci-fi author, Watchtower, Red Hawk 1946 Birthday Janet E[llen] Morris, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Sword, Tempus 1946 Birthday Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Wetware 1946 Birthday Phyllis Eisenstein, U.S., sci-fi author, Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile 1945 Birthday Karl Edward Wagner, U.S., sci-fi author, Bloodstone, Night Winds 1945 Birthday Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces 1945 Birthday David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot 1945 Birthday Dean Koontz, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Quest, Beastchild 1945 Birthday [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author, High Kings 1944 Birthday Jack L[aurence] Chalker, U.S., sci-fi author, Saga of Well World 1944 Birthday Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber 1944 Birthday Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, Witling, True Names 1944 Birthday Glen [Charles] Cook, U.S., sci-fi author, Shadowline, Star's End 1944 Birthday Ann [Elizabeth] Maxwell, U.S., sci-fi author, Jaws of Menx 1944 Birthday Terry Brooks, U.S., sci-fi author, Sword of Shannara 1943 Birthday Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author, Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid 1943 Birthday Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart 1943 Birthday Ian Watson, born in UK, sci-fi author, Book of Being, Whores of Babylon 1943 Birthday Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord 1942 Birthday John Crowley, U.S., sci-fi author, Deep, Beasts, Novelty 1942 Birthday Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, U.S., sci-fi author, Hotel Transylvania 1942 Birthday Nancy Ann Dibble, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Summerfair 1942 Birthday C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherry, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy 1942 Birthday Barry B[rookes] Longyear, U.S., sci-fi author, City of Baraboo 1942 Birthday Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Towers of Toron, Neveryona 1942 Birthday Jacqueline Lichtenberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy 1942 Birthday Paul Preuss, U.S., sci-fi author, Medusa Encounter, Starfire 1942 Birthday Michael D[iamond] Resnick, sci-fi author, Sideshow, Eros Ascending 1941 Birthday James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author, Giants' Star 1940 Birthday Norman [Richard] Spinrad, U.S., sci-fi author, Child of Fortune 1940 Birthday Richard Monaco, U.S., sci-fi author, Grail War, Final Quest 1940 Birthday Thomas M[ichael] Disch, U.S., sci-fi author, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs 1939 Birthday Michael J Moorcock, England, sci-fi author, Alien Heat, Bull and Spear 1939 Birthday Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author, Revelations, Beyond Apollo 1939 Birthday M[ichael] A[nthony] Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Gameplayers of Zan 1939 Birthday Jo Clayton, U.S., sci-fi author, Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters 1939 Birthday Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, U.S., sci-fi author, Spider Jane, Heart's Blood 1938 Birthday Larry Niven, U.S., sci-fi author, 5 Hugo, Neutron Star 1938 Birthday Michael J[oseph] Kurland, U.S., sci-fi author, Infernal Device 1938 Birthday John Bellairs, U.S., sci-fi author, Chessmen of Doom 1937 Birthday John [Thomas] Sladek, U.S., sci-fi author, Tik-Tok, Bugs 1937 Birthday Brian Lumley, England, sci-fi author, Compleat Crow, Psychomech 1937 Birthday Andrew J[efferson V] Offutt, U.S., sci-fi author, Undying Wizard 1937 Birthday Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author, 6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber 1937 Birthday Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, born in UK, sci-fi author, Collision Course 1937 Birthday Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx 1936 Birthday Richard L[ouis] Tierney, U.S., sci-fi author, Winds of Zarr 1936 Birthday Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, U.S., sci-fi author, Jupiter Theft 1935 Death Stanley G Weinbaum, U.S., sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies 1935 Birthday Paul O[sborne] Williams, U.S., sci-fi author, Ends of the Circle 1935 Birthday Robert Silverberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet 1934 Birthday John Brunner, Kilian Houston, UK, sci-fi author, 100th Millennium 1934 Birthday Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author, Drowned Ammet, Witch Week 1934 Birthday Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author, Chthon, Phthor 1934 Death [James] Thorne Smith, U.S., sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) 1934 Birthday Harlan [Jay] Ellison, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Doomsman, Babylon 5 1933 Birthday Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, U.S., sci-fi author, Mercenary, Red Dragon 1933 Birthday Boris Strugatski, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of Troika 1933 Birthday Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author, Web of Wizardry, Space Trap 1933 Birthday Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, U.S., sci-fi author, Deadwalk, Plunder 1932 Birthday Ben[jamin William] Bova, U.S., sci-fi author, Exiled from Earth 1932 Birthday Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author, Cat Karina 1932 Birthday Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time 1932 Birthday Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake 1932 Birthday Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat 1931 Birthday Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author, Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo 1931 Birthday Julian May, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Torc, Magnificat 1931 Birthday David Eddings, U.S., sci-fi author, Belgariad, Malloreon 1931 Birthday Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, U.S., sci-fi author, Soldier of Arete 1931 Birthday Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author, Man of Earth 1930 Birthday John Morressy, U.S., sci-fi author, Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane 1930 Birthday J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author, Drowned World 1930 Birthday Cherry Barbara Grimm, Lockett, New Zealand, sci-fi author, Nearest Fire 1930 Birthday D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author, Synthajoy, Radio Plays 1930 Birthday Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, U.S., sci-fi author, Thongor of Lemuria 1930 Birthday Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author, Storm Queen 1930 Birthday Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, U.S., sci-fi author, Book of Swords 1929 Birthday Ursula K. Le Guin, U.S., sci-fi author, Tombs of Atuan 1929 Event "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres 1928 Birthday Philip K[indred] Dick, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo-1963, Blade Runner 1928 Birthday Thomas Burnett Swann, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of Minotaur 1928 Birthday Leo P[atrick] Kelley, U.S., sci-fi author, Dead Moon, Vacation in Space 1928 Birthday Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author, 1st Family, Blood River 1928 Birthday Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap 1928 Birthday James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer 1927 Birthday G Randall P D Garrett, U.S., sci-fi writer, Takeoff, too, ! 1927 Birthday Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, Zambia, sci-fi author, Heartsease 1927 Birthday Zilpha Keatly Snyder, U.S., sci-fi author, Headless Cupid 1926 Birthday Poul [William] Anderson, U.S., sci-fi author, 7 Hugos, Mirkheim 1926 Birthday John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1926 Birthday Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Seed of Light, All Fool's Day 1926 Birthday Anne McCaffrey, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragonflight, Dragondrums 1925 Birthday Arkadi N Strugazki, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of the Troika 1925 Birthday Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author, Deathworld Trilogy 1923 Birthday Gordon R[upert] Dickson, Canada, sci-fi author, Genetic General 1923 Birthday Avram Davidson, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork! 1923 Birthday Lloyd Biggle, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Silence is Deadly 1923 Birthday Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars 1923 Birthday Judith Merril, Josephine Juliet Grossman, sci-fi writer 1922 Birthday Damon [Francis] Knight, U.S., sci-fi author, CV, Beyond the Barrier 1922 Birthday James E. Gunn, U.S., sci-fi author, Station in Space, Immortal 1922 Birthday Harry Clement Stubbs, U.S., sci-fi author, Needle, Iceworld 1922 Birthday Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author, Tripods Trilogy 1921 Birthday Stanislaw Lem, born in Poland, sci-fi author, Solaris, Invincible 1921 Birthday Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X 1921 Birthday James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader 1921 Birthday F[rancis] M[arion] Busby, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Star Rebel 1920 Birthday Frank [Patrick] Herbert, U.S., sci-fi author, Dune 1920 Birthday Ray[mond Douglas] Bradbury, Illinois, sci-fi author, Fahrenheit 451 1920 Birthday Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark Universe, Last Leap 1919 Birthday Frederik Pohl, U.S., sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl 1919 Birthday Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall 1919 Birthday Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, John Boyd, U.S., sci-fi author, IQ Merchant 1918 Birthday Theodore Sturgeon, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, It, Caviar 1917 Birthday Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author, 2001, 2010, Childhood's End 1917 Birthday [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, U.S., sci-fi author, Earth War 1917 Birthday Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, U.S., sci-fi author, Anything Box 1917 Birthday Robert [Albert] Bloch, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho 1916 Birthday Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi" 1916 Birthday Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author, Crystal Cave 1916 Birthday Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author, Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables 1916 Birthday Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, U.S., sci-fi author, Puzzle Planet 1916 Birthday Jack Vance, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume 1915 Birthday Charles L[eonard] Harness, U.S., sci-fi author, Paradox Men, Wolfhead 1915 Birthday Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, U.S., sci-fi author, Ginger Star 1915 Birthday Alice B[radley] Sheldon, U.S., sci-fi author, Byte Beautiful 1915 Birthday Lester del Rey, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars 1915 Birthday Emil [Theodore] Petaja, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Mill, Tramontane 1915 Birthday Henry Kuttner, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark World, As You Were 1914 Birthday [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, U.S., sci-fi author, Time Masters 1914 Birthday R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, U.S., sci-fi author, Devil is Dead 1914 Birthday Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor 1913 Birthday Stuart J[ames] Byrne, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Man, God Man 1913 Birthday Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, U.S., sci-fi author, Space Lords 1912 Birthday John W. Pritchard, Ian Wallace, U.S., sci-fi author, Megalomania 1912 Birthday A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author, Wizard of Linn 1912 Birthday A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author, Empress of Outer Space 1911 Birthday James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author, Lion Game 1911 Birthday Gardner F[rancis] Fox, U.S., sci-fi author, Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman 1911 Birthday L. Ron Hubbard, sci-fi writer/scientologist, Dianetics 1911 Birthday C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment Night 1910 Birthday Fritz [Reuter] Leiber, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Bazaar of the Bizarre 1910 Birthday John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer, Moon is Hell 1909 Birthday Neil R[onald] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds 1909 Birthday Edgar Pangborn, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment of Eve, Davy 1908 Birthday Jack [Stewart] Williamson, U.S., sci-fi author, Cometeers 1907 Birthday L[yon] Sprague de Camp, U.S., sci-fi author, Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei 1907 Birthday Robert A[nson] Heinlein, U.S., sci-fi author, 4 Hugos, Red Planet 1906 Birthday Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home 1906 Birthday Robert E[rvin] Howard, U.S., sci-fi author, Conan the Conqueror 1905 Death George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess and Curdie), dies at 80 1905 Death Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 1905 Birthday Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides 1904 Birthday Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author, Danger Planet 1904 Birthday Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station 1903 Birthday John Wyndham P L B Harris, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of the Triffids 1903 Birthday Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author, After Dark, Devil's Planet 1898 Birthday C[live] S[taples] Lewis, UK, sci-fi author, Silver Chair 1893 Birthday Clarke Ashton Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Lost Worlds, Genius Loci 1890 Birthday E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Triplanetary 1886 Birthday Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer, Star Maker 1884 Birthday Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer, 1960 Hugo 1884 Birthday A[braham P] Merritt, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Pool, Creep Shadow! 1878 Birthday Lord Dunsany, Edward JMD Plunkett, Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 1875 Birthday Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S., sci-fi author, Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga 1828 Birthday Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon 1824 Birthday George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author, Princess and Curdie
