WRITER

Cyril M. Kornbluth

1923 - 1958

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Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, Walter C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyril M. Kornbluth has received more than 165,049 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Cyril M. Kornbluth is the 5,695th most popular writer (down from 4,613th in 2019), the 8,722nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,612th in 2019) and the 674th most popular American Writer.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Gladiator-at-law
American Science fiction, Science fiction, political satire
This is a favorite novel I find my self re-reading every so often. Brilliant, entertaining and highly satisfying, this is my favorite of the collaborations between Frederick Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth. This is sharp satire of the consumer society and corporate corruption of government is as relevant today as when it was first published in the golden age of science fiction. "Gladiator at law" describes a possible future for the then-distant 1950s in which the working and middle classes are kept under control by the threat of losing their job and with it their tied housing--and the unemployed masses are kept quiescent with bread and circuses, Roman style. Reality tv may not have gone quite as far as the entertainment for the proles depicted in this novel, and science fiction is an exploration of possible futures rather than a prediction of an actual future, but Pohl and Kornbluth's depiction of one of those potential futures is uncomfortably close to present day reality. There are some nicely drawn characters, and a realistic look at the hazards of battling powerful vested interests -- while there is a happy ending, it comes at a price.
1955
Gunner Cade
American Science fiction
1952
The Syndic
American Science fiction, Fiction in English
1953
A mile beyond the moon
American Science fiction, American Short stories
1958
The best of C. M. Kornbluth
American Science fiction, Science fiction, American
1976
Assignment in Tomorrow
Science fiction, American Science fiction
1954

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 5,695 out of 7,302. Before him are Willi Apel, Lualhati Bautista, Erwin Strittmatter, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Earl Derr Biggers, and George Mikes. After him are Dee Brown, Ágnes Gergely, Abraham Cowley, Federigo Tozzi, Ivan Dmitriev, and Claude McKay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 392. Before him are Willem Slijkhuis, Hans Wetterström, Adolphe Hug, Fernando Campos, Jorge Daponte, and John Holt. After him are Walter Jens, Wim van der Voort, Lee Yuan-tsu, James E. Gunn, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, and Helen Murray Free. Among people deceased in 1958, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 167. Before him are Olaf Gulbransson, David Pegg, Walther Schreiber, Billy Whelan, Francis Carco, and Frank Swift. After him are Norman Bel Geddes, Sam Zimbalist, George Orton, Kurt Neumann, Virginia Pearson, and Gilbert Walker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 8,722 out of 20,380. Before him are Hilarie Burton (1982), Alice Davenport (1864), Roky Erickson (1947), Tom Tryon (1926), Joseph Polchinski (1954), and Katherine Moennig (1977). After him are Dee Brown (1908), Ted Kaufman (1939), James Cruze (1884), Tom Vilsack (1950), Ruth Patrick (1907), and Buddy Van Horn (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cyril M. Kornbluth ranks 674. Before him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Lew Rockwell (1944), Donald Richie (1924), John Holt (1923), and Earl Derr Biggers (1884). After him are Dee Brown (1908), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), Robert Christgau (1942), James E. Gunn (1923), Jack McDevitt (1935), and Robert Bly (1926).

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