WRITER

Walter Jon Williams

1953 - Today

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Walter Jon Williams (born October 28, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Jon Williams has received more than 200,524 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Jon Williams is the 6,887th most popular writer (down from 6,236th in 2019), the 14,697th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,925th in 2019) and the 1,058th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Angel Station
1989
Ambassador of Progress
Juvenile fiction, Racism, Segregation
1984
Voice of the Whirlwind
1987
Hardwired
1986
Facets
American Short stories
This collection of short stories includes "Surfacing", a tale of the perils and joys of communication between humans and whales, "Video Star" and "Wolf Time", which provide two perspectives on the lives of outlaws struggling to survive and "Dinosuars" a story about the struggle for supremacy.
1990
This Is Not a Game
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Betrayal, Fiction
Once upon a time, there were four of them. And though each was good at a number of things, all of them were very good at games...Dagmar is a game designer trapped in Jakarta in the middle of a revolution. The city is tearing itself apart around her and she needs to get out. Her boss Charlie has his own problems -- 4.3 billion of them, to be precise, hidden in an off-shore account.Austin is the businessman -- the VC. He's the one with the plan and the one to keep the geeks in line. BJ was there from the start, but while Charlie's star rose, BJ sank into the depths of customer service. He pads his hours at the call-center slaying on-line orcs, stealing your loot, and selling it on the internet.But when one of them is gunned down in a parking lot, the survivors become players in a very different kind of game. Caught between the dangerous worlds of the Russian Mafia and international finance, Dagmar must draw on all her resources -- not least millions of online gamers-- to track down the killer. In this near-future thriller, Walter Jon Williams weaves a pulse-pounding tale of intrigue, murder, and games where you don't get an extra life.
2009

Page views of Walter Jon Williams by language

Over the past year Walter Jon Williams has had the most page views in the with 20,593 views, followed by French (1,888), and Italian (1,234). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (78.09%), Arabic (26.25%), and Czech (26.18%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Jon Williams ranks 6,887 out of 7,302. Before him are Raymond Benson, Junot Díaz, Sara Ahmed, Jacek Dukaj, Vagif Sultanli, and Erik Möller. After him are Susan Faludi, Alexis Jenni, Geoff Ryman, Shamsul Maidin, Charles Krauthammer, and Raja Rao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Walter Jon Williams ranks 663. Before him are Sharon Robinson, David Kennedy, Evelin Kaufer, Nanci Griffith, Lincoln Chafee, and Judy Chu. After him are Claire McCaskill, Lillete Dubey, Brian Duffy, James Guthrie, Susan Pedersen, and Vladimir Kolev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Jon Williams ranks 14,697 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacqueline Hewitt (1958), Judy Chu (1953), Ryan Kelley (1986), Lesley Stahl (1941), Mark C. Lee (1952), and Thomas Menino (1942). After him are Tanner Buchanan (1998), Shawn Marion (1978), Courtney Henggeler (1978), Christopher Evan Welch (1965), Robin Antin (1961), and Scott Storch (1973).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walter Jon Williams ranks 1,058. Before him are Scott Westerfeld (1963), Valerie Plame (1963), Elizabeth Kostova (1964), Peter Schiff (1963), Catherine Asaro (1955), and Raymond Benson (1955). After him are Susan Faludi (1959), Charles Krauthammer (1950), Ishmael Reed (1938), Robert B. Spencer (1962), Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875), and Paul Attanasio (1959).

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