Re: ~ Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Author and Gay Man, Dies

In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful David Friedman 
declared:
> > 
> Checking Amazon, several of Heinlein's books have a sales rank of about 
> 3000
> 
> Asimov about 10,000
> 
> Several of Clarke's have ranks better than 1000, and at least one is 
> 333. So by that measure Clarke is more famous.
> 

Not very meaningful since Clarke's undoubtedly going through a 
sale's spike at the moment.

And too, from what I've read Amazon's rankings aren't very 
meaningful after the top thousand or so. If "Star****p Troopers" is 
at 3000 and "I, Robot" 10,000 that just means  it's been four hours 
since someone bought the former and nine for the latter.


-- 
Sean O'Hara <http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com>
Fie on the ontological constraints of the space-time continuum — I 
was not there because I was here.
    -Jonah Goldberg