WRITER

Michael Bishop

1945 - 2023

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Michael Lawson Bishop (November 12, 1945 – November 13, 2023) was an American author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Bishop has received more than 25,436 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Michael Bishop is the 2,495th most popular writer (up from 5,169th in 2019), the 3,167th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,011th in 2019) and the 270th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Damon Knight's Orbit 12
American Science fiction, Science fiction
Exercise Immunology
Exercise, Immunological aspects, Exercice
Philanthrocapitalism
Businesspeople, Conduct of life, Philanthrocapitalism
Who is going to lead the fight against poverty, build a sustainable future for our economies free from the threat of climate change, and take on the social problems that divide even the richest societies? For the past century, we have looked to governments to tackle these problems. But their track record has been, at best, mixed. The fiscal fallout of the financial crisis of 2008 also means that public budgets and government ambitions are going to have to be scaled back for at least a generation. A new approach to solving social problems is needed, based on innovative partnerships between business, nonprofits and government. A group of wealthy entrepreneurs and business leaders is increasingly taking the initiative in creating these innovative new solutions. Rejecting the idea that business is about short-term profits, damn the consequences to society and the environment, these philanthrocapitalists think the winners from our economic system should give back and that business can ‘do well by doing good’. In *Philanthrocapitalism*, Matthew Bishop and Michael Green examine this new movement and its implications. Proceeding from interviews with some of the most powerful people on the planet – including Gates, Bill Clinton, George Soros, Richard Branson, Angelina Jolie, and Bono, among others – they show how a web of motivated givers has set out to change the world. In the new, updated paperback edition of *Philanthrocapitalism* Bishop and Green also describe how new, smart ways of giving that harness the power of social networks can help all of us to become philanthrocapitalists and play a more effective part in changing the world for the better. The philanthrocapitalism revolution will have huge implications. As governments cut back their spending on social causes, giving may be the greatest force for societal change in our world.
Shadows
Introduction / Charles L. Grant -- Naples / Avram Davidson -- The little voice / Ramsey Campbell -- Butcher's thumb / William Jon Watkins -- Where all the songs are sad / Thomas F. Monteleone -- Splinters / R.A. Lafferty -- Picture / Robert Bloch -- The nighthawk / Dennis Etchison -- Dead letters / Ramsey Campbell -- A certain slant of light / Raylyn Moore -- Deathlove / Bill Pronzini -- Mory / Michael Bishop -- Where spirits gat them home / John Crowley -- [Nona](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20666488W/Nona) / Stephen King.
Black Swan, White Raven
Fairy tales, adaptations, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fairy tales
An anthology of revisionist fairy tales, many with a feminist slant. In the tale of Snow White, the villain is not the stepmother but the stepfather and the dwarfs are wise women. A total of 19 tales.
No Enemy But Time
Fiction, Prehistoric peoples, award:nebula_award=novel
Winner of the Nebula Award. John Monegal, a.k.a. Joshua Kampa, is torn between two worlds—the Early Pleistocene Africa of his dreams and the twentieth-century reality of his waking life. These worlds are transposed when a government experiment sends him over a million years back in time. Here, John builds a new life as part of a tribe of protohumans. But the reality of early Africa is much more challenging than his fantasies. With the landscape, the species, and John himself evolving, he reaches a temporal crossroads where he must decide whether the past or the future will be his present.
Black Swan, White Raven
Fairy tales, adaptations, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fairy tales
An anthology of revisionist fairy tales, many with a feminist slant. In the tale of Snow White, the villain is not the stepmother but the stepfather and the dwarfs are wise women. A total of 19 tales.
Damon Knight's Orbit 12
American Science fiction, Science fiction
No Enemy But Time
Fiction, Prehistoric peoples, award:nebula_award=novel
Winner of the Nebula Award. John Monegal, a.k.a. Joshua Kampa, is torn between two worlds—the Early Pleistocene Africa of his dreams and the twentieth-century reality of his waking life. These worlds are transposed when a government experiment sends him over a million years back in time. Here, John builds a new life as part of a tribe of protohumans. But the reality of early Africa is much more challenging than his fantasies. With the landscape, the species, and John himself evolving, he reaches a temporal crossroads where he must decide whether the past or the future will be his present.
Exercise Immunology
Exercise, Immunological aspects, Exercice
Philanthrocapitalism
Businesspeople, Conduct of life, Philanthrocapitalism
Who is going to lead the fight against poverty, build a sustainable future for our economies free from the threat of climate change, and take on the social problems that divide even the richest societies? For the past century, we have looked to governments to tackle these problems. But their track record has been, at best, mixed. The fiscal fallout of the financial crisis of 2008 also means that public budgets and government ambitions are going to have to be scaled back for at least a generation. A new approach to solving social problems is needed, based on innovative partnerships between business, nonprofits and government. A group of wealthy entrepreneurs and business leaders is increasingly taking the initiative in creating these innovative new solutions. Rejecting the idea that business is about short-term profits, damn the consequences to society and the environment, these philanthrocapitalists think the winners from our economic system should give back and that business can ‘do well by doing good’. In *Philanthrocapitalism*, Matthew Bishop and Michael Green examine this new movement and its implications. Proceeding from interviews with some of the most powerful people on the planet – including Gates, Bill Clinton, George Soros, Richard Branson, Angelina Jolie, and Bono, among others – they show how a web of motivated givers has set out to change the world. In the new, updated paperback edition of *Philanthrocapitalism* Bishop and Green also describe how new, smart ways of giving that harness the power of social networks can help all of us to become philanthrocapitalists and play a more effective part in changing the world for the better. The philanthrocapitalism revolution will have huge implications. As governments cut back their spending on social causes, giving may be the greatest force for societal change in our world.
Shadows
Introduction / Charles L. Grant -- Naples / Avram Davidson -- The little voice / Ramsey Campbell -- Butcher's thumb / William Jon Watkins -- Where all the songs are sad / Thomas F. Monteleone -- Splinters / R.A. Lafferty -- Picture / Robert Bloch -- The nighthawk / Dennis Etchison -- Dead letters / Ramsey Campbell -- A certain slant of light / Raylyn Moore -- Deathlove / Bill Pronzini -- Mory / Michael Bishop -- Where spirits gat them home / John Crowley -- [Nona](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20666488W/Nona) / Stephen King.

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Bishop ranks 2,495 out of 7,302Before him are Ursula Kuczynski, Yuan Mei, Valery Larbaud, Karin Fossum, Stefan Heym, and Walter of Châtillon. After him are Dag Solstad, Antigonus of Carystus, Maria Gripe, Giovanni de' Bardi, Carlos Marighella, and Balthasar Russow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Michael Bishop ranks 206Before him are Nigel Terry, Nick Simper, Stephen Stills, Curtis Hanson, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, and Antonio Cañizares Llovera. After him are Maryla Rodowicz, Divine, Driss Jettou, George Dzundza, Jandira Martini, and Stanisław Ryłko. Among people deceased in 2023, Michael Bishop ranks 223Before him are Aleksandar Matanović, Ingrid Haebler, Terry Venables, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Ita Ever, and Gleb Panfilov. After him are Karl-Josef Rauber, Paolo Magnani, Julian Sands, Fernando Villavicencio, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Jean-Jacques Honorat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Bishop ranks 3,167 out of 20,380Before him are James F. Byrnes (1882), Dana Ivey (1941), Zac Efron (1987), Angry Grandpa (1950), William Labov (1927), and Wesley Clark (1944). After him are George William Hill (1838), John Milius (1944), Anthony Edwards (1962), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Artie Shaw (1910), and Richard Hamming (1915).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Bishop ranks 270Before him are Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Kate Chopin (1850), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), Winston Groom (1943), Annie Proulx (1935), and Richard Wright (1908). After him are Alice B. Toklas (1877), Ron Kovic (1946), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Margaret Fuller (1810), John Edward Williams (1922), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809).