james_nicoll

...And I only 1/44th, alas*. I have some catching-up to do...

*reckoning 476 as the terminus ad quem, which is I think traditional?

Hm. If we use 476, that's 1536 years ago: Silverberg's first sale was in 1954, 58 years ago. It's 1/26 and a bit to be precise for Silverberg (1/26.48): Jack Williamson's career (1928-2005) of 77 years would be just about 1/20. (Or about 4/5 of the distance seperating us from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand).

Bruce

thats a dam odd way of looking at it, true but odd.

What fraction did Jack Williamson's career cover? About 1/16?

For so long that the world population has increased by more than four billion people since he first published a book.

I guess "The World Inside" was more influential than I realized.