WRITER

Geoff Ryman

1951 - Today

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Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream and historical fiction. Ryman has written and published seven novels, including an early example of a hypertext novel, 253. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoff Ryman has received more than 80,523 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoff Ryman is the 6,890th most popular writer (down from 6,227th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from Canada (down from 832nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The unconquered country
1986
Was
Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life in fiction, AIDS (Disease)
1992
The child garden, or, A low comedy
Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, Viruses
1989
Aire/ Air (Solaris)
Communication, Fiction, Technological innovations
Chung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere without power lines, computers, or machines. This technology is Air. An initial testing of Air goes disastrously wrong and people are killed from the shock. Not to be stopped Air is arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. Mae is the only one who knows how to harness Air and ready her people for it's arrival, but will they listen before it's too late?
2004
Lust
Sexual fantasies, Young men, Fiction
2002
253
Fiction, Subways, City and town life
1998

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Geoff Ryman ranks 6,890 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacek Dukaj, Vagif Sultanli, Erik Möller, Walter Jon Williams, Susan Faludi, and Alexis Jenni. After him are Shamsul Maidin, Charles Krauthammer, Raja Rao, Benjamin Jowett, Sayed Kashua, and Sandi Toksvig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Geoff Ryman ranks 706. Before him are Miguel Ángel Gamboa, Tony Rice, Tony Evers, Giuliano Poletti, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Rehman Malik. After him are Lucie Arnaz, Aleksandr Ivanov, Jorge Socías, Esther Dyson, Kathy Hammond, and Melissa Manchester.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Geoff Ryman ranks 898 out of 1,622. Before him are Victor Webster (1973), Kate Vernon (1961), Robert Maillet (1969), Alaina Huffman (1980), Bill Wennington (1963), and Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901). After him are Gary Lux (1959), Richard Harmon (1991), Paul Kariya (1974), Jessica Paré (1980), Dick Pound (1942), and Lauren Lee Smith (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Geoff Ryman ranks 50. Before him are Ed Greenwood (1959), Mavis Gallant (1922), Timothy Findley (1930), Cory Doctorow (1971), Robert C. Cooper (1968), and Rachel Cusk (1967). After him are Anne Michaels (1958), Stephanie Savage (1969), Eleanor Catton (1985), Anita Sarkeesian (1983), and Emily St. John Mandel (1979).

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