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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 362,467 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. James Blish is the 4,257th most popular writer (up from 4,297th in 2019), the 5,649th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,934th in 2019) and the 458th most popular American Writer.

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  • 56.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Blish ranks 4,257 out of 7,302. Before him are Carmen de Burgos, Bel Kaufman, Hwang Sok-yong, Anthony Hope, Titsian Tabidze, and Penelope Delta. After him are Yu Dafu, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Guzal Sitdikova, Richard Pococke, Joachim Ringelnatz, and Rube Goldberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, James Blish ranks 253. Before him are Yevgeniya Rudneva, Betty Hutton, Manny Ayulo, Jack Clayton, Ely, and Hélène Berr. After him are Kamal Hassan Ali, Roberto Tucci, Isabella Karle, John Stott, Reinhard Mohn, and Bertil Antonsson. Among people deceased in 1975, James Blish ranks 162. Before him are Hans Furler, Therese Giehse, Mascha Kaléko, Moe Howard, Edmundo Piaggio, and Minas Avetisyan. After him are Arvo Askola, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, William Phillips, James Robertson Justice, Krešimir Baranović, and Pete Ham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Blish ranks 5,649 out of 20,380. Before him are Jessie Royce Landis (1896), Marilyn Burns (1949), Mitchell Leisen (1898), Bob Gale (1951), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), and Country Joe McDonald (1942). After him are Axeman of New Orleans (null), J. William Fulbright (1905), Milton Berle (1908), Rube Goldberg (1883), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), and Joe Lando (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Blish ranks 458. Before him are Ida B. Wells (1862), Theodore Roszak (1933), Charlaine Harris (1951), Erica Jong (1942), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), and Bill Bryson (1951). After him are Rube Goldberg (1883), Edna Ferber (1885), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Ivanka Trump (1981), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), and Mike Resnick (1942).

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