WRITER

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 326,642 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. James Blish is the 4,256th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Earthman, come home
1955
Cities in Flight
American Science fiction, Science fiction, American
Ever wonder what it would be like to live in cities that flew around in space, like small planets? This book takes you there.
1970
The seedling stars
American Science fiction
1957
Star Trek 1
Science fiction, Children's stories
Short stories adaptations of Star Trek episodes. This book contains: "Charlie's Law" (a.k.a. "Charlie X") "Dagger of the Mind" "The Unreal McCoy" (a.k.a. "The Man Trap") "Balance of Terror" "The Naked Time" "Miri" "The Conscience of the King"
1967
A Case of Conscience
Manichaeism, Fiction, Hugo Award Winner
1958

Page views of James Blishes by language

Over the past year James Blish has had the most page views in the with 38,622 views, followed by Russian (2,678), and German (2,544). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (60.69%), Southern Azerbaijani (45.81%), and Persian (44.19%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Blish ranks 4,256 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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