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Brian Stableford

1948 - 2024

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Brian Michael Stableford (25 July 1948 – 24 February 2024) was a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who published a hundred novels and more than a hundred volumes of translations. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but later ones dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford. He also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for some of his very early and late works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Brian Stableford is the 6,316th most popular writer (up from 6,579th in 2024), the 5,519th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,920th in 2019) and the 606th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Brian Stableford ranks 6,316 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Stamm, Meg Cabot, Sándor Csoóri, N. Scott Momaday, Cristina Rivera Garza, and Mulk Raj Anand. After him are Hammond Innes, Abby Mann, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Eric Van Lustbader, Sheila Jeffreys, and Andrew Davies.

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Among people born in 1948, Brian Stableford ranks 676. Before him are Sherry Turkle, Ana Palacio, Bernhard Lehmann, Takashi Kuwahara, Vladimir Shadrin, and Mimi Kennedy. After him are Sheila Jeffreys, Edward Lachman, Josef Bierbichler, Borivoje Đorđević, Mao Chi-kuo, and Tsai Chih-chung. Among people deceased in 2024, Brian Stableford ranks 476. Before him are Edward C. Stone, Phil Lesh, Johnny Gaudreau, Buddy MacKay, Igors Rausis, and N. Scott Momaday. After him are Roman Madyanov, Ken Page, Roberto Chale, Choi Dae-shik, Michael Jayston, and Kelvin Kiptum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Stableford ranks 5,516 out of 8,785. Before him are Freema Agyeman (1979). After him are Ivor Broadis (1922), Tony Pulis (1958), Hammond Innes (1913), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), Ann Lee (1967), Charles James Napier (1782), Andrew Davies (1936), Barbara Pym (1913), Ellen MacArthur (1976), Fanny Kemble (1809), and Sam Ryder (1989).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Stableford ranks 606. Before him are David McKee (1935), Dorothy Richardson (1873), Kathleen Raine (1908), Chris Claremont (1950), Richard K. Morgan (1965), and Polly Samson (1962). After him are Hammond Innes (1913), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), Andrew Davies (1936), Barbara Pym (1913), Christopher Smart (1722), and Max Hastings (1945).

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