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James Blish

1921 - 1975

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James Benjamin Blish (May 23, 1921 – July 30, 1975) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels and his series of Star Trek novelizations written with his wife, J. A. Lawrence. His novel A Case of Conscience won the Hugo Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Blish has received more than 330,285 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. James Blish is the 4,310th most popular writer (down from 3,701st in 2019), the 5,946th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,964th in 2019) and the 482nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Blish ranks 4,310 out of 5,755. Before him are Stephen Baxter, Ki no Tomonori, Panyassis, Zakaria Tamer, Charles Simic, and Wolfgang Hildesheimer. After him are Agnes Miegel, Greg Bear, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Emanuel Geibel, Mascha Kaléko, and Ernst Stadler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, James Blish ranks 269. Before him are Herb Ellis, Paco Godia, Betty Hutton, Antonino Rocca, Ottavio Missoni, and Piero Carini. After him are Alan Freed, Tafari Benti, Cuthbert Sebastian, Harold Agnew, Yuri Ozerov, and Jean Richard. Among people deceased in 1975, James Blish ranks 160. Before him are Alf Andersen, Piero Dusio, Max Gluckman, Rod Serling, Fritz Wotruba, and Gösta Andersson. After him are Mascha Kaléko, Bas Jan Ader, Valeri Popenchenko, Larry Fine, Dave Alexander, and Antonín Vodička.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Blish ranks 5,946 out of 18,182. Before him are Francis Spellman (1889), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Julia Morgan (1872), Joe Lieberman (1942), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), and Sonny Clark (1931). After him are Sheree J. Wilson (1958), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Yvonne Elliman (1951), Greg Bear (1951), Ronald McNair (1950), and Usher (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Blish ranks 482. Before him are William Gaddis (1922), C. L. Moore (1911), James Lee Burke (1936), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), John Norman (1931), and Sidney Howard (1891). After him are Greg Bear (1951), Elizabeth Strout (1956), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), R. J. Palacio (1963), Chaim Potok (1929), and Jonathan Carroll (1949).

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