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Kim Stanley Robinson

1952 - Today

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Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Stanley Robinson has received more than 1,498,272 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Stanley Robinson is the 3,534th most popular writer (up from 3,788th in 2019), the 4,531st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,078th in 2019) and the 377th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kim Stanley Robinson ranks 3,534 out of 7,302. Before him are Ryōtarō Shiba, Rutka Laskier, Laza Lazarević, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, and Molla Panah Vagif. After him are Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Françoise Giroud, Donald Barthelme, Xiao Hong, Howard Pyle, and Edwin Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Kim Stanley Robinson ranks 239. Before him are Bell hooks, Benny Urquidez, Yasuhiko Okudera, Jeff Lindsay, Abdalá Bucaram, and Gabriele Oriali. After him are Jorge Olguín, Steve James, Patrick Strzoda, Zoltán Kocsis, Mahmoud Jibril, and Dominique Mamberti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kim Stanley Robinson ranks 4,531 out of 20,380. Before him are Lydia Clarke (1923), Sasha Grey (1988), Amanda Plummer (1957), George Segal (1924), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), and Lewis Boss (1846). After him are Dorothy Gibson (1889), John Tate (1925), Jubal Early (1816), Clyde Tolson (1900), Crawford Long (1815), and Nathanael Greene (1742).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Kim Stanley Robinson ranks 377. Before him are Jonathan Littell (1967), Jeff Lindsay (1952), Dennis Lehane (1965), Adrienne Rich (1929), Sara Teasdale (1884), and Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892). After him are Donald Barthelme (1931), Howard Pyle (1853), Cotton Mather (1663), Gene Wolfe (1931), Joss Whedon (1964), and Robert W. Chambers (1865).

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