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William Tenn

1920 - 2010

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William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Tenn has received more than 95,914 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Tenn is the 4,728th most popular writer (up from 4,867th in 2019), the 3,420th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,743rd in 2019) and the 387th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 96k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Venus plus x
Fiction in English, Science fiction, Fiction
1960
The Dreaming Jewels
Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, general
Horty is an abused adopted boy who runs away and joins the circus. Now imagine this trope as written by one of the finest and most humane creators of tales about humanity - even when crystalline alien life forms and circus freaks can shame you into feeling like there needs to more love in the world.
1950
Dark Forces
American horror tales, paranormal fiction, Horror novel
Contains: The Late Shift by Dennis Etchison The Enemy by Isaac Bashevis Singer Dark Angel by Edward Bryant The Crest of Thirty-six by Davis Grubb Mark Ingestre: The Customer’s Tale by Robert Aickman Where the Summer Ends by Karl Edward Wagner The Bingo Master by Joyce Carol Oates Children of the Kingdom by T. E. D. Klein The Detective of Dreams by Gene Wolfe Vengeance Is. By Theodore Sturgeon The Brood by Ramsey Campbell The Whistling Well by Clifford D. Simak The Peculiar Demesne by Russell Kirk Where the Stones Grow by Lisa Tuttle The Night Before Christmas by Robert Bloch The Stupid Joke by Edward Gorey A Touch of Petulance by Ray Bradbury Lindsay and the Red City Blues by Joe Haldeman A Garden of Blackred Roses by Charles L. Grant Owls Hoot in the Daytime by Manly Wade Wellman Where There’s a Will by Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson Traps by Gahan Wilson [The Mist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149144W/The_Mist) by Stephen King
1980
Wandering Stars
American Science fiction, American fiction, Fiction
1974
Of Men and Monsters
Fiction in English, Novel, Science Fiction
Giant, technologically superior aliens have conquered Earth, but humankind survives - even flourishes in a way. Men and women live like mice in burrows in the massive walls of the huge homes of the aliens, scurrying about under their feet, stealing from them. A complex social and religious order has evolved, with women preserving knowledge and working as healers, and men serving as warriors and thieves. For the aliens, men and women are just a nuisance, neither civilized nor intelligent, and certainly not a worthy adversary. In fact, they are regarded as vermin, to be exterminated. Which, ironically, may just be humankind's strength and point the way forward.
1968
The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories]
English Fantasy fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism
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.
1983

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Tenn ranks 4,728 out of 7,302. Before him are Edith Sitwell, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Rod Serling, Manuel Bandeira, Fyodor Abramov, and Rosa Sensat. After him are Brian Lumley, Robert Menasse, Andrei Bitov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Rosa Mayreder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, William Tenn ranks 301. Before him are Vincent Gardenia, Kenneth E. Iverson, Mustafa Khalil, I. A. L. Diamond, George London, and Fyodor Abramov. After him are Maxi Herber, Ruth Maier, Richard Bong, George Herbig, Bai Yang, and Roy Jenkins. Among people deceased in 2010, William Tenn ranks 260. Before him are Paul Gray, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Daisuke Gōri, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Roy Ward Baker, and Robert B. Parker. After him are Vladimir Maslachenko, Dario Mangiarotti, Clarke Scholes, Enrique Morente, Armand Razafindratandra, and Maury Chaykin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Tenn ranks 3,420 out of 8,785. Before him are Storm Thorgerson (1944), Edith Sitwell (1887), Andy Bown (1946), Walter Burley (1275), Al Atkins (1947), and Stanley Morison (1889). After him are Bert Jansch (1943), Brian Lumley (1937), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), John O. Westwood (1805), and Joe Jackson (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, William Tenn ranks 387. Before him are Edward Thomas (1878), John Mawe (1764), James Thomson (1700), Edward William Lane (1801), Michael Frayn (1933), and Edith Sitwell (1887). After him are Brian Lumley (1937), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), E. L. James (1963), Val McDermid (1955), Edward James (1907), and Milo Yiannopoulos (1984).

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