Portal:Speculative fiction/News
- August 25: The first human to walk on the moon, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, dies at 82.[1]
- August 23: American author, editor, and folklorist Josepha Sherman dies at 65.[2][3]
- August 23: American puppeteer Jerry Nelson, best known for his work with The Muppets and Sesame Street, dies at 78.[4]
- August 17: Scottish writer Ken MacLeod is named writer-in-residence at Edinburgh Napier University.[5]
- August 15: American science fiction author Harry Harrison, best known for his Stainless Steel Rat series, dies at 87.[6]
- August 14: American actor Ron Palillo, whose genre worked included an appearance in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and voicing the lead character in Rubik, the Amazing Cube, dies at 63.[7]
- August 13: The winners of the English-language 2012 Prix Aurora Awards, including WWW: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer, are announced.[8]
- August 12: American author Adam Niswander dies at 66.[9]
- August 10: Italian special effects master Carlo Rambaldi, known for his Oscar-winning work on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Alien, dies at 86.[10]
- August 9: American film director Mel Stuart, known in the genre for directing the 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, dies at 83.[11]
- August 8: The nominees for the 2012 World Fantasy Awards are announced.[12]
- August 6: American composer Marvin Hamlisch, whose genre works include The Spy Who Loved Me and D.A.R.Y.L., dies at 68.[13]
- August 6: Betty Ballantine donates a large collection of vintage books to Columbia University Libraries Rare Book & Manuscript Library.[14]
- August 6: The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art officially transfers its assets to the Society of Illustrators.[15]
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Main sources include: Box Office Mojo, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, SF Scope, and Slice of SciFi, with other sources used on occasion.