These people still provide our inspiration.
07 Oct 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe - The Purloined Letter, The Raven & others
01 Feb 1851 - Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)
24 Mar 1905 - Jules Verne - Journey to the Centre of the Earth etc
20 Apr 1912 - Bram Stoker (Dracula)
06 May 1919 - Lyman Frank Baum (Wizard of OZ)
04 May 1924 - Edith Nesbitt - mistress of juvenile fantasy
14 May 1925 - Sir Henry (H.) Rider Haggard - King Solomon's Mines & others
7 July 1930 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes, The White Company & others
11 Jun 1936 - Robert E. (Ervin) Howard – The Hyborian Age
12 Jun 1936 - Montague Rhodes (M.R.) James - Victorian ghost stories
15 Mar 1937 - Howard Phillips (H. P.) Lovecraft – The Cthulhu Mythos
19 Jun 1937 - Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet (Peter Pan)
13 Aug 1946 - Herbert George (H. G.) Wells - Time Machine, War of the Worlds
19 Mar 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan
25 Oct 1957 - Lord Dunsany - creator of fantastic characters, cities & worlds
11 Mar 1959 - Lester Dent - creator of Doc Savage
14 Aug 1961 - Clark Ashton Smith - Zothique, Averoigne & contributor to Cthulhu Mythos
22 Nov 1963 - Clive Staples Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia
17 Jan 1964 - Terence Hanbury (T.H.) White – The Once and Future King
06 Nov 1964 – Henry (H.) Beam Piper – Federation Series, Fuzzy Series & others
31 Aug 1965 - E E Smith - Lensman & Skylark series
06 Aug 1966 - Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Linebarger) The Dead Lady of Clown Town, Norstrillia & others
11 Mar 1969 - John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos etc.
04 Jul 1971 – August William Derleth – Cthulhu Mythos , Solar Pons & others
11 Jul 1971 - John W. Campbell, Jr. (aka Don A. Stuart) - Astounding Stories, The Thing & Others
02 Sep 1973 - John Ronald Reuel (J. R. R.) Tolkien, CBE – Middle Earth
01 Feb 1977 - Edmond (Moore) Hamilton - Captain Future, The Star Kings and many DC Comics
18 Mar 1978 - Leigh Brackett – Book of Skaith, Rio Bravo, The Empire Strikes Back screenplays etc.
02 May 1980 - George Pal - The War of the Worlds (1953), When Worlds Collide & many others
02 Mar 1982 - Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? etc.
08 May 1985 - Theodore Sturgeon - The Synthetic Man, Shore Leave & Amok Time coined phrase "Live Long and Prosper"
06 Dec 1985 - Walter B. Gibson - co-creator/developer of The Shadow
11 Feb 1986 - Frank Herbert - Dune & others
07 Feb 1988 - Lin Carter – Thongor the Barbarian, Conan & others
08 May 1988 - Robert A Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land + many others
24 Oct 1991 - Gene Roddenberry - Star Trek
29 Apr 1991 - Joyce Ballou Gregorian - The Tredana Trillogy
06 Apr 1992 - Issac Asimov - Robot series + many others
05 Sep 1992 - Fritz Leiber - Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser
23 Jan 1993 - Keith Laumer - The Lafayette O'Leary Series
30 Jan 1994 - Pierre Boulle - Planet of the Apes
23 Sep 1994 - Robert Bloch - Shooting Star, Psycho and others
14 Jun 1995 - Roger J Zelazny - Amber
25 Sep 1999 - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Darkover novels
26 Jan 2000 - A. E. van Vogt - The Weapon Makers, The Voyage of the Space Beagle & others
06 Nov 2000 - L. Sprague de Camp – The Compleat Enchanter, Conan & others
11 May 2001 - Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide novels
31 Jul 2001 - Poul William Anderson - Dominic Flandry, Time Police & others
20 Aug 2001 - Fred Hoyle - A for Andromeda, Rockets in Ursa Major, & many non-fiction works
15 Apr 2002 - Damon (Francis) Knight – To Serve Man, Orbit Anthologies & many others
17 May 2007 - Lloyd Alexander - The Chronicles of Prydain & others
11 Feb 2005 - Jack L. Chalker - The Dancing Gods series, Spirtis of Flux and Anchor series
17 Mar 2005 - Andre (Alice) Norton – Witch World, Beast Master & others
10 Nov 2006 - Jack Williamson - Legion of Space Series & other
11 Apr 2007 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - The Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse-Five & others
29 Jun 2007 - Fred Thomas Saberhagen - Complete Book of Swords
16 Sep 2007 - Robert Jordan - Wheel Of Time novels
04 Mar 2008 - Gary Gygax - Dungeons & Dragons
19 Mar 2008 - Arthur C Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey & others
22 May 2008 - Robert Asprin - Theieves' World, MythAdventures
08 Jun 2008 - Eric Wujcik - Amber® Diceless & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® RPGs
04 Nov 2008 - Michael Crichton - The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park & others
25 Dec 2008 - Leo Frankowski - The Conrad Stargard Series
25 Feb 2009 - Philip José Farmer (World of Tiers, Riverworld)
08 Apr 2009 - Dave Arneson - invented role-playing. Where would we all be without him?
27 Apr 2009 - Tom Deitz - The Tales of David O'Sullivan and The Soulsmith Trillogy
18 Jan 2010 - Robert B. Parker (Spenser)
30 Sep 2010 - Stephen J. Cannell (Rockford Files and many others)
21 Nov 2011 - Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern & many others)
01 Mar 2012 - MSUP (DreamLyrics member, GM of TMZ)
03 Mar 2012 - Ralph McQuarrie (visual look and storyboards for Star Wars Trilogy)
27 May 2012 - JimZ (DreamLyrics member, FABQUIZ, Coffee Talk, DreamPlayer)
05 Jun 2012 - Ray Bradbury (The Illustrated Man, The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451)
06 Jun 2012 - Razorlip (DreamLyrics member, player in SHF, NCP)
15 Aug 2012 - Harry Harrison - The Stainless Steel Rat & others
26 Dec 2012 - Gerry Anderson (Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds
30 Apr 2013 - Nicki Jett (DreamLyrics member, player in CHR, DMH, LVV, RGK, RRR, TFS & so many others over the years)
07 May 2013 - Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen (Beast from 20,000 Fathoms etc.)
26 May 2013 - Jack Vance (Dying Earth, creator of the concept of Vancian Magic used in RPGs)
09 Jun 2013 - Iain Banks (Wasp Factory, the Crow Road - as Iain M. Banks, the Culture series etc.
23 Jun 2013 - Richard Matheson (The Incredible Shrinking Man, I Am Legend etc.)
xx Jul 2013 - Linda (DreamLyrics member, GM, writer)
02 Sep 2013 - Frederik Pohl (The Space Merchants, Man Plus, Gateway etc. Editor of Galaxy & If)
01 Oct 2013 - Tom Clancy (Jack Ryan novels eg Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games etc. Also Splinter Cell computer games)
30 Jan 2014 - Colonel Meow
27 Feb 2014 - Aaron Allston, game designer and author of numerous Star Wars novels
30 Mar 2014 - Kate O'Mara, actress who played The Rani in Doctor Who
17 Apr 2014 - Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Magical realism author
19 May 2014 - Shamoli, from CIS and DreamPlay
24 May 2014 - Donald Levine: Hasbro executive, the father of G.I. Joe
15 Jun 2014 - Daniel Keyes: Author of Flowers for Algernon
27 Feb 2015 - Leonard Nimoy who was Spock "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.. or the one". May you boldly go...
12 Mar 2015 - Sir Terry Pratchett: Author of the Discworld series and oh so many more!
07 Jun 2015 - Sir Christopher Lee: Actor who played Count Dracula, Saruman the White, Count Dooku
17 Aug 2015 - Yvonne Craig, Batgirl, (dob 16 May 1937)
30 Aug 2015 - Wes Craven, director & creator of 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series and 'Scream'
20 Sep 2015 - Jack Larson, a.k.a. Jimmy Olson in "The Adventures of Superman" TV show
25 Dec 2015 - George Clayton Johnson, writer, Star Trek, Logan's Run, Twilight Zone
10 Jan 2016 - David Bowie, singer, songwriter, actor and style icon
14 Jan 2016 - Alan Rickman, actor, Harry Potter (Snape), Die Hard, Robin Hood (sherrif)
03 Jul 2016 - Noel Neill, the original Lois Lane
27 Jul 2016 - Jerry Doyle, aka Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5
13 Aug 2016 - Kenny Baker, R2-D2 in the first six Star Wars films, also Time Bandits, Flash Gordon, Labyrinth
27 Oct 2016 - John Zacherle, "The Cool Ghoul", an original TV horror movie host
11 Nov 2016 - Robert Vaughan, Man from UNCLE, Magnificent Seven & others
25 Nov 2016 - Ron Glass, Shepherd Book (Firefly & Serenity) & Det Harris (Barney Miller)
08 Dec 2016 - Astronaut John Glenn
24 Dec 2016 - Richard Adams, Author, Watership Down
27 Dec 2016 - Carrie Fisher, our Princess Leia
