WRITER

Maurice G. Dantec

1959 - 2016

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Maurice Georges Dantec (French: [dɑ̃tɛk]; 14 June 1959 – 25 June 2016) was a French-born Canadian science fiction writer and musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice G. Dantec has received more than 81,314 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice G. Dantec is the 6,780th most popular writer (down from 5,974th in 2019), the 5,540th most popular biography from France (down from 4,964th in 2019) and the 669th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Babylon babies
1999
Les racines du mal
1995
Laboratoire de catastrophe générale
2001
Le Théâtre des opérations
2000
Cosmos incorporated
Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
The first major English translation of one of France's most admired writers, Cosmos Incorporated is a triumph of science fiction--a masterwork of cataclysm, mysticism, and suspense.Fifty years of warfare, disease, and strife have decimated the world's population. Those who remain are motes in the mind of UniWorld, a superstate that monitors humanity via a vast computer metastructure that catalog everything about everyone on the planet--race, religion, genetic codes, even fantasies. Those who have the means escape UniWorld's tight control through the Orbital Ring. Though his memory has been wiped clean and his history fabricated in order to pass through UniWorld's check points, Sergei Diego Plotkin knows his name.And he knows his mission: to murder a man in the city of Grand Junction, a Vegas-like outpost that is home to the private launching pad to the Ring. But this sense of purpose is compromised by random memories that flash through Plotkin's brain. England and Argentina. The shores of Lake Baikal. And something else. Something indescribable.Now Plotkin is about to meet his maker. As his identity and mission incrementally resurface in his conscious mind, and in the presence of an eerily beautiful woman, Plotkin will soon discover that he has come here not just to kill but to be born. . . ."Like Houellebecq, Dantec takes inspiration from both high and low culture; he is the sort of writer who cites Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Stooges' Search and Destroy with equal facility."--The New York Times"DNA is to Dantec what the swan was to romantic poetry: an invitation to dream. . . . This rocker-writer teleports us into the cyberpunk beyonds of literature. Fasten your seatbelts!"--Le Nouvel ObservateurFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
2005
Grand junction
Fiction, science fiction, general
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice G. Dantec ranks 6,780 out of 7,302. Before him are Maja Lunde, Stevie Smith, Claudio Rodriguez Fer, Katharine Lee Bates, Pierdomenico Baccalario, and Jérôme Ferrari. After him are Jónína Leósdóttir, Ornela Vorpsi, Justin Cronin, Lady Gabriella Kingston, Brannon Braga, and Gjekë Marinaj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Maurice G. Dantec ranks 644. Before him are Masataka Imai, Ed Greenwood, Joachim Kunz, Jon Oliva, Édson Boaro, and Anna Diamantopoulou. After him are Maxwell Caulfield, Marek Ostrowski, Sergey Koplyakov, Jürgen Ligi, Beth Heiden, and Wilmar Cabrera. Among people deceased in 2016, Maurice G. Dantec ranks 581. Before him are Ellen Meiksins Wood, Kay Starr, Thiego, Janet Waldo, Ronnie Corbett, and Bob Bennett. After him are Andy Bathgate, Nikolay Abramov, Theresa Saldana, Dalian Atkinson, Patricia Barry, and Luis Salom.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice G. Dantec ranks 5,540 out of 6,770. Before him are Nathalie Arthaud (1970), Evan N'Dicka (1999), Éric Chahi (1967), Kévin Constant (1987), Jérôme Ferrari (1968), and Lucas Bravo (1988). After him are Camille Muffat (1989), David Di Tommaso (1979), Amine Harit (1997), Steve Marlet (1974), Philippe Omnès (1960), and Romain Bardet (1990).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice G. Dantec ranks 669. Before him are Marie Darrieussecq (1969), Édouard Louis (1992), Ann Scott (1965), Éliette Abécassis (1969), Alexandre Jardin (1965), and Jérôme Ferrari (1968). After him are Alexis Jenni (1963), François Bégaudeau (1971), Laurent Gaudé (1972), Seyhan Kurt (1971), Cyril Montana (1969), and Nicolas Mathieu (1978).

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