WRITER

R. A. Lafferty

1914 - 2002

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. A. Lafferty has received more than 218,360 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. R. A. Lafferty is the 5,882nd most popular writer (down from 4,631st in 2019), the 9,303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,642nd in 2019) and the 706th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Reefs of Earth
1968
Election day 2084
1984
The Fantasy Hall of Fame
Trouble with water / H.L. Gold -- Nothing in the rules / L. Sprague de Camp -- Fruit of knowledge / C.L. Moore -- Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges -- Compleat werewolf / Anthony Boucher -- Small assassin / Ray Bradbury -- [Lottery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3171085W/Lottery) / Shirley Jackson -- Our fair city / Robert A. Heinlein -- There shall be no darkness / James Blish -- Loom of darkness / Jack Vance -- Man who sold rope to the gnoles / Margaret St. Clair -- Silken-swift / Theodore Sturgeon -- Golem / Avram Davidson -- Operation afreet / Poul Anderson -- That hell-bound train / Robert Bloch -- Bazaar of the bizarre / Fritz Leiber -- Come lady death / Peter S. Beagle -- Drowned giant / J.G. Ballard -- Narrow valley / R.A. Lafferty -- Faith of our fathers / Philip K. Dick -- Ghost of a Model T / Clifford D. Simak -- Demoness / Tanith Lee -- Jeffty is five / Harlan Ellison -- Detective of dreams / Gene Wolfe -- Unicorn variations / Roger Zelazny -- Basileus / Robert Silverberg -- Jaguar Hunter / Lucius Shepard -- Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Bears discover fire / Terry Bisson -- Tower of Babylon / Ted Chiang.
1985
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.
1978
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
American Science fiction
1970
Past master
American Science fiction
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. A. Lafferty ranks 5,882 out of 7,302. Before him are Stephen Leacock, Mark Strand, Gen Urobuchi, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Kazimierz Brodziński, and Eric Van Lustbader. After him are Lyman Abbott, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Albert Maltz, Sándor Kisfaludy, Narcyza Żmichowska, and John Jakes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, R. A. Lafferty ranks 353. Before him are Larry Adler, Mark Kac, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Ahmet Kireççi, Bill Erwin, and Louis Chaillot. After him are Conyers Herring, Jonathan Harris, Andreas Kupfer, John Berryman, Václav Mottl, and Bob Gerard. Among people deceased in 2002, R. A. Lafferty ranks 290. Before him are Bill Bruce, Erna Bogen-Bogáti, Geoffrey Crossley, Hellmuth Marx, Jovdat Hajiyev, and Alex Hannum. After him are Jonathan Harris, Johnny Unitas, Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Martin Kamen, Lev Kulidzhanov, and Sylvia Rivera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, R. A. Lafferty ranks 9,303 out of 20,380. Before him are Lynn Harrell (1944), William Haines (1900), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), Laura Ramsey (1982), Adam Arkin (1956), and Robert Levin (1947). After him are James Haven (1973), Tim Holt (1919), Danny Pino (1974), Lyman Abbott (1835), Aldo Ray (1926), and Albert Maltz (1908).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, R. A. Lafferty ranks 706. Before him are Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Tony Hillerman (1925), Joan D. Vinge (1948), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Booth Tarkington (1869), and Eric Van Lustbader (1946). After him are Lyman Abbott (1835), Albert Maltz (1908), John Jakes (1932), Thomas Berger (1924), Gay Talese (1932), and Michael Swanwick (1950).

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