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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Stableford is the 6,305th most popular writer (up from 6,579th in 2019), the 5,509th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,921st in 2019) and the 605th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Brian Stableford ranks 6,305 out of 7,302Before him are Polly Samson, Peter Stamm, Meg Cabot, Sándor Csoóri, N. Scott Momaday, 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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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Brian Stableford ranks 676Before 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 461Before him are Edward C. Stone, Phil Lesh, Johnny Gaudreau, Buddy MacKay, Igors Rausis, and N. Scott Momaday. After him are Ken Page, Roberto Chale, Choi Dae-shik, Michael Jayston, Kelvin Kiptum, and Jānis Timma.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Stableford ranks 5,511 out of 8,785Before him are David Thompson (1770), Harvey Barnes (1997), George Lansbury (1859), Douglas Lowe (1902), Dominic Howard (1977), and Freema Agyeman (1979). After him are Ivor Broadis (1922), Tony Pulis (1958), Hammond Innes (1913), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), Ann Lee (1967), and Charles James Napier (1782).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Stableford ranks 605Before 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).