Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 23
Film releases
- 1999 - eXistenZ, a psychological thriller/science fiction film by Canadian director David Cronenberg
Births
- 1923 - Avram Davidson (d. 1993), an American Jewish writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction
- 1936 - Tom Doherty, an American publisher, and the founder of Tor Books
- 1957 - Kenji Kawai, a Japanese music composer, for motion pictures, anime movies, videogames and televised programs
Deaths
- 1965 - George Adamski (b. 1891), a Polish-born American ufologist and science fiction writer
- 1992 - Michael B. Wagner (b. 1947), a television writer and producer whose work on science fiction shows include Mann & Machine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Probe, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Man from Atlantis
- 2007 - Axel Madsen (b. 1930), a Danish-American biographer, journalist, and science fiction novelist
Anniversaries and events
- International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, a commemoration declared by Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton since 2007