Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/May/May 3
Book releases
- 1999 - Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force, a science fantasy novel by Dave Wolverton
- 2006 - The Sea of Monsters, the second book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
- 2007 - Brasyl, a science fiction novel by British author Ian McDonald
Film releases
- 1961 - Atlantis, the Lost Continent, a science fiction film directed by George Pal
- 1962 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die, a science-fiction/horror film directed by Joseph Green
- 1962 - Invasion of the Star Creatures, science fiction/comedy film directed by Bruno VeSota
- 1996 - Barb Wire, a science fiction film based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same title
- 2002 - Spider-Man, the first film in Spider-Man film series directed by Sam Raimi
Television series
- 2002 - Dark Angel, an American biopunk/cyberpunk science fiction television program created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, finishes airing on Fox
Births
- 1935 - Sujatha Rangarajan (d. 2008), author of over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems
- 1939 - Dennis O'Neil, an American comic book writer and editor
- 1965 - Michael Marshall Smith, a British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer
- 1969 - Daryl F. Mallett, a freelance writer, editor, and publisher, as well as an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Deaths
- 1932 - Charles Fort (b. 1874), an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena
- 2002 - Tom Sutton (b. 1937), an American comic book artist
- 2007 - Frank Gasperik (b. 1942]], an author, songwriter and filksinger