Most Senior SF Writer
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Who, among the major writers, has been writing for the longest time? And who held the record before them?
Started writing | Died | Who? | Span | Years on Top |
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1851 | 1905 | Jules Verne | 54 | 54 |
1879 | 1930 | Arthur Conan Doyle | 51 | 25 |
1888 | 1946 | H. G. Wells | 58 | 16 |
1912 | 1950 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 38 | 4 |
1919 | 1975 | Murray Leinster | 56 | 25 |
1928 | 2006 | Jack Williamson | 78 | 31 |
1937 | 2013 | Fred Pohl | 68 | 7 |
1949 | still alive | James Gunn | 6+ |
Interestingly, Jack Williamson had the longest run (ignoring Verne since we did not look for writers older than him.)
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