Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/May/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