WRITER

Geoffrey A. Landis

1955 - Today

Geoffrey A. Landis

Geoffrey Alan Landis (; born May 28, 1955) is an American aerospace engineer and author, working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary exploration, interstellar propulsion, solar power and photovoltaics. He holds nine patents, primarily in the field of improvements to solar cells and photovoltaic devices and has given presentations and commentary on the possibilities for interstellar travel and construction of bases on the Moon, Mars, and Venus.Supported by his scientific background Landis also writes hard science fiction. For these writings he has won a Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards, and a Locus Award, as well as two Rhysling Awards for his poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey A. Landis has received more than 99,611 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Geoffrey A. Landis is the 6,992nd most popular writer (down from 6,201st in 2019), the 15,519th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,604th in 2019) and the 1,096th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

100k
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35.44
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
3.06
Effective Languages (L*)
2.97
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Notable Works

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

American Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction

A Sherlockiana primer / Christopher Roden -- [The doctor's case / Stephen King][1] -- The horror of the many faces / Tim Lebbon -- The case of the bloodless sock / Anne Perry -- The adventure of the other detective / Bradley H. Sinor -- A scandal in Montreal / Edward D. Hoch -- The adventure of the field theorems / Vonda N. McIntyre -- The adventure of the death-fetch / Darrell Schweitzer -- The shocking affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland / Mary Robinette Kowal -- The adventure of the mummy's curse / H. Paul Jeffers -- The things that shall come upon them / Barbara Roden -- Murder to music / Anthony Burgess -- The adventure of the inertial adjustor / Stephen Baxter -- Mrs. Hudson's case / Laurie R. King -- The singular habits of wasps / Geoffrey A. Landis -- The affair of the 46th birthday / Amy Myers -- The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey / Peter Tremayne -- The vale of the white horse / Sharyn McCrumb -- The adventure of the Dorset Street lodger / Michael Moorcock -- The adventure of the lost world / Dominic Green -- The adventure of the antiquarian's niece / Barbara Hambly -- Dynamics of a hanging / Tony Pi -- Merridew of abominable memory / Chris Roberson -- Commonplaces / Naomi Novik -- The adventure of the Pirates of Devil's Cape / Rob Rogers -- The adventure of the Green Skull / Mark Valentine -- The human mystery / Tanith Lee -- A study in emerald / Neil Gaiman -- You see but you do not observe / Robert J. Sawyer. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19650676W/The_Doctor's_Case

2009

A Walk in the Sun

1998

Geoffrey A Landis: Short Stories, Volume 1

Fiction, Science Fiction

Before writing "Mars Crossing," his first novel, Geoffrey A. Landis had written and published short stories in all of the major science fiction magazines-- about 60 stories in all-- and had won both the Nebula and the Hugo awards for best science fiction story. In addition to being a science fiction writer, Landis is also a scientist, working for the Ohio Aerospace Institute at the NASA John Glenn Research Center. Volume 1 of Geoffrey A Landis: Short Stories contains the Hugo Award Nominee "Elemental" and more excellent short science fiction.

2004

Mars Crossing: An Epic of Survival on the Red Planet

Survival, Astronauts, Fiction

2016

Laser beamed power

Laser beams

1992

Deposition and characterization of ZnS/Si heterojunctions produced by vaccum evaporation

Epitaxy, Solar cells

1989

Page views of Geoffrey A. Landis by language

Over the past year Geoffrey A. Landis has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 9,694 views, followed by French (1,229), and Chinese (1,199). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (181.42%), Southern Azerbaijani (81.25%), and Malagasy (60.58%)