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James E. Gunn

1923 - 2020

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James Edwin Gunn (July 12, 1923 – December 23, 2020) was an American science fiction writer, editor, scholar, and anthologist. His work as an editor of anthologies includes the six-volume Road to Science Fiction series. He won the Hugo Award for "Best Related Work" in 1983 and he won or was nominated for several other awards for his non-fiction works in the field of science fiction studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James E. Gunn has received more than 54,001 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. James E. Gunn is the 5,729th most popular writer (down from 4,577th in 2019), the 8,803rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,533rd in 2019) and the 678th most popular American Writer.

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  • 54k

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  • 52.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James E. Gunn ranks 5,729 out of 7,302. Before him are Regīna Ezera, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Dmitri Prigov, Lőrinc Szabó, Pauline Baynes, and Kito Lorenc. After him are David Mitchell, Alan Ayckbourn, Katri Vala, José Manuel Caballero, Jack McDevitt, and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, James E. Gunn ranks 396. Before him are Jorge Daponte, John Holt, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Walter Jens, Wim van der Voort, and Lee Yuan-tsu. After him are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Helen Murray Free, Paavo Lonkila, Ruth Williams Khama, Avram Davidson, and Robert Sabatier. Among people deceased in 2020, James E. Gunn ranks 563. Before him are Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Wolfgang Hofmann, Anthony Soter Fernandez, Toke Talagi, Li Wenliang, and Veli Lehtelä. After him are Giovanni Battista Rabino, Jon E. Ahlquist, Pedro Nájera, Camilla Wicks, Harold Budd, and Claude Barthélemy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James E. Gunn ranks 8,803 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Reisner (1887), Brian Benben (1956), Sean Michaels (1958), Melville Shavelson (1917), Harold Solomon (1952), and Daniel von Bargen (1950). After him are Elizabeth Reaser (1975), Margaret Truman (1924), Florence Price (1887), Jack McDevitt (1935), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), and Austin Butler (1991).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James E. Gunn ranks 678. Before him are John Holt (1923), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Dee Brown (1908), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), and Robert Christgau (1942). After him are Jack McDevitt (1935), Robert Bly (1926), Ann Rule (1931), Gardner Dozois (1947), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), and Daniel Pearl (1963).

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