National Science Fiction Day

When Celebrated

Always on January 2nd

Gifty-ness

About the Holiday

National Science Fiction Day is celebrated on this day because it is the famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's birthday born in 1920 in Russia. The top 3 of NPR.com's top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy books include: The Lord of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams, and Ender's Game: Orson Scott Card.

The top 5 from PopularMechanics.com 50 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows Ever are:

1. Doctor Who
2. The X-Files
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. The Twilight Zone

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