William Tenn
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British-American science fiction author (1920–2010)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1920
- Died
- 2010
- Works
- 58
Top works
- The 13 crimes of science fiction
- Fifty short science fiction tales
- Of all possible worlds
- Lamp for Medusa/Players of Hell
- Vuurwater
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10
- Total plays
- 280
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,508x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,872x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,978x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x
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Quotes
- “He knew what the score was—and from here on out, he would be acting on what he knew rather than on what others told him.”
- “Science fiction, thus considered, is not a mere pocket in the varicolored vest of modern writing; it is a new kind of fiction, the beginnings of a long-delayed revolution in letters consequent upon the revolutions that the last two hundred years have witnessed in science, industry, and politics. By this I do not at all mean that it is the only possible literature of the present time, just that it is the type most peculiar to it, most indicative of its larger intellectual trends.”
- “The human mind is lit by an elemental sense of wonder, a probing, restless curiosity that is our primate heritage and that from its beginnings has sought a knowledge, some knowledge, of the future. To satisfy that need there has come into being a massive and thoroughly modern creation, science fiction, the literature of extrapolative, industrial man.”
- ““It's a rough war, isn't it?”I smiled back. “Rough? Why, if you're not careful, they tell me, you can get killed in it.””
- “Irving Bommer looked like a man who had gone down into the Valley of the Shadow and had seen much more there to fear than such picayune things as Evil.”
- ““Wh-who are you? And what do you want?”“Joseph Burns, a poor but honest newspaperman.” He considered for a moment. “Well, poor, anyway.””
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- name in native language
- William Tenn
- date of birth
- 1920-05-09
- date of death
- 2010-02-07
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- birth name
- Philip Klass
- pseudonym
- William Tenn
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