Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/October/October 12
Book releases
- 2010 - Knot Gneiss by Piers Anthony
- 2010 - The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
- 2010 - The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
Television series
- 1974 - Star Trek: The Animated Series, an animated science fiction television series, begins airing on NBC
- 2007 - Wizards of Waverly Place, a fantasy teen sitcom, begins airing on Disney Channel
Births
- 1928 - Thomas Burnett Swann (d. 1976), an American poet, critic and fantasy author
Deaths
- 1964 - Pat Frank (b. 1908), the pen name of American writer, newspaperman, and government consultant Harry Hart Frank, best known for his 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon