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Pat Cadigan

1953 - Today

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Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human mind and technology. Her debut novel, Mindplayers, was nominated for the Philip K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat Cadigan has received more than 143,392 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pat Cadigan is the 6,677th most popular writer (down from 6,175th in 2019), the 13,329th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,337th in 2019) and the 977th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tea From An Empty Cup (Tea from an Empty Cup)
Fiction, Virtual reality, Murder
1998
Patterns
American Science fiction, Science fiction, American
1989
Synners
Fiction, Virtual reality, Computer hackers
1991
The Ultimate Cyberpunk
2002
Mindplayers
Fiction, Psychoses
1989

Page views of Pat Cadigans by language

Over the past year Pat Cadigan has had the most page views in the with 17,771 views, followed by Spanish (1,256), and German (1,152). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (193.14%), Finnish (62.36%), and Hungarian (27.78%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pat Cadigan ranks 6,677 out of 7,302. Before her are Leonard Maltin, James Kelman, Wladimir Kaminer, Gertrude Atherton, Ed Bradley, and Ann Scott. After her are Bayard Taylor, Julia Phillips, Al Jean, DBC Pierre, Helle Helle, and Joseph Finder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Pat Cadigan ranks 614. Before her are Nailya Gilyazova, Gabriela Svobodová, Tatyana Providokhina, Naledi Pandor, Krzysztof Krauze, and Julien Temple. After her are Stan Bush, John Robertson, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Dennis Miller, Tom DiCillo, and Harumi Kori.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat Cadigan ranks 13,329 out of 20,380. Before her are Michelle McCool (1980), Joe Rantz (1914), Allison Schmitt (1990), Gretchen Fraser (1919), James Kirkwood Sr. (1876), and Nicholas D'Agosto (1980). After her are Stan Bush (1953), Jeff Young (1962), Dan McKee (1951), Kyle Secor (1957), Courtney Ford (1978), and Brooklyn Decker (1987).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Pat Cadigan ranks 977. Before her are Mark Van Doren (1894), Walter Mosley (1952), Tim Kring (1957), Leonard Maltin (1950), Gertrude Atherton (1857), and Ed Bradley (1941). After her are Bayard Taylor (1825), Julia Phillips (1944), Al Jean (1961), Joseph Finder (1958), Jill Abramson (1954), and Anthony E. Zuiker (1968).

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