WRITER

Joan D. Vinge

1948 - Today

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Joan D. Vinge ( ; born April 2, 1948, as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award–winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan D. Vinge has received more than 134,850 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Joan D. Vinge is the 5,861st most popular writer (down from 5,700th in 2019), the 9,246th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,428th in 2019) and the 702nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Lost in Space
1998
Catspaw
Fiction, Bodyguards, Rich people
1988
World's end
American Science fiction, American literature, Dictionaries
1984
Ladyhawke
The spell of vengeance had been cast upon Etienne Navaree, Captain of the Guard, and the beautiful lady Isabeau by the evil Bishop of Aquila. Etienne and Isabeau must wander the wilderness, always together yet always apart--she a hawk by day and restored to herself only with the setting of each day's sun; he a wolf by night, transformed once more into human form at break of each day's dawn. This eternal spell is their punishment for daring to love after the evil Bishop had already chosen Isabeau for his own. Then, suddenly, Etienne receives an unex[ected sign of hope in the person of Phillipe, a young and cunning thief ... and Navarre knows he must seize this fearful oppertunity to free them from the Bishop's diabolical spell--or bring them death....
1985
The Snow Queen
Fiction in English, Life on other planets, Fiction
1980
Psion
Science fiction, Extrasensory perception, Juvenile fiction
A sixteen-year-old delinquent who has spent his life lying and stealing becomes involved in a research project which unleashes his extraordinary telepathic powers.
1982

Page views of Joan D. Vinges by language

Over the past year Joan D. Vinge has had the most page views in the with 21,930 views, followed by German (2,761), and Russian (2,108). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (460.75%), Hungarian (255.80%), and German (115.03%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joan D. Vinge ranks 5,861 out of 7,302. Before her are Daniel Goldhagen, Charles Mackay, Eldridge Cleaver, José Amador de los Ríos, Tony Hillerman, and Malcolm Bradbury. After her are André Chamson, Laura Restrepo, Gurdial Singh, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, José Burgos, and Archibald MacLeish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Joan D. Vinge ranks 587. Before her are Nadezhda Tkachenko, Georgi Yartsev, Wadih Sa'adeh, Mimi Kennedy, Carlos Ruiz, and Tubilandu Ndimbi. After her are Vítězslav Mácha, Lynsey de Paul, Vassilios Skouris, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Bonfoh Abass, and Rosemary Casals.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan D. Vinge ranks 9,246 out of 20,380. Before her are Alex Hannum (1923), DJ Qualls (1978), Roy Acuff (1903), Scott Caan (1976), John C. Pemberton (1814), and Nikki Reed (1988). After her are Dan Haggerty (1942), James Scott (1885), Dave Schultz (1959), Cole Hauser (1975), Chelsea Field (1957), and Daniel Kelly (1883).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joan D. Vinge ranks 702. Before her are Akiva Goldsman (1962), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Judy Blume (1938), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Tony Hillerman (1925). After her are Archibald MacLeish (1892), Booth Tarkington (1869), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), R. A. Lafferty (1914), Lyman Abbott (1835), and Albert Maltz (1908).

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