WRITER

Dan Simmons

1948 - Today

Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works which span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Simmons has received more than 1,579,200 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Simmons is the 1,200th most popular writer (down from 1,197th in 2019), the 1,408th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,467th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Writer.

Dan Simmons is most famous for his novel Hyperion, which won the Hugo and Locus Awards.

Memorability Metrics

1.6M
Page Views (PV)
60.40
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
37
Languages Editions (L)
5.81
Effective Languages (L*)
3.29
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Phases of Gravity

Fiction, Science Fiction

Richard Braedecker thought his greatest challenge was walking on the moon, but that was until he meets a mysterious woman who shows him his past. Join Braedecker as he comes to grips with the son and wife he lost in his passion for space exploration, his forgotten childhood and the loss he experienced during the death-flight of the Challenger. The most difficult exploration of his life is not the cold, rocky cervices of the moon, but the warm interior of his heart. Brilliant and beautifully written, PHASES OF GRAVITY is a masterpiece that combines love and loss that transports readers far beyond the confines of space and time.

1989

Prayers to broken stones

1990

Song of Kali

Fiction, Kālī (Hindu deity), Literature

Using her stunning looks and hypnotically beautiful voice, Marcy Hanson achieved success beyond what she had imagined. But Dirk's charm pervaded her thoughts, leaving her paralyzed by love.Dirk, back to reclaim his love, bursts back into Marcy's life as disruptively as he left, but he brings more than flowers and the promise of romance. He brings a choice: his love for her or her love for music. Now Marcy must choose what part of her heart to follow. Which will she give up?

1985

Fires of Eden

Fiction, Capitalists and financiers, Resorts

1994

Hyperion

Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=1990, award:hugo_award=novel

1989

Drood

Biographical Fiction, Charles Dickens, Detective

On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever. Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying? Just as he did in [The Terror][1], Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: [The Mystery of Edwin Drood][2]. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, Drood is Dan Simmons at his powerful best. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1963316W/ [2]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL14869990W/

2009

Page views of Dan Simmons by language

Over the past year Dan Simmons has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 205,208 views, followed by Russian (49,174), and French (35,450). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (444.01%), Basque (89.84%), and Azerbaijani (62.38%)