Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/June/June 5
Book releases
- 2007 - Soon I Will Be Invincible, a science novel by Austin Grossman
- 2010 - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, a novella in the Twilight series by author Stephenie Meyer
Film releases
- 1954 - Gog, a science fiction film directed by Herbert L. Strock
- 1998 - The Truman Show
Births
- 1932 - W. Warren Wagar (d. 2004), an American historian, futures studies scholar, and an expert in the work of pioneering science fiction writer H.G. Wells
- 1938 - Massimo Belardinelli (d. 2007), an Italian comics artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD
- 1964 - PJ Haarsma, a Canadian born science fiction author
Deaths
- 2006 - Karl T. Pflock (b. 1943), an American science fiction and non-fiction author