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Epic card · History
William S. Burroughs, an Epic card
William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 720,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
William S. Burroughs quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William S. Burroughs card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Much of Burroughs's work is ______ and features unreliable narrators.
Answer
experimental. Much of Burroughs's work is experimental and features unreliable narrators. From the William S. Burroughs article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Anderson Silva. Anderson Silva 90 · William S. Burroughs 87 · Gordon Lightfoot 81 · Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood 78 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced underground and popular culture and literature.
- Much of Burroughs's work is experimental and features unreliable narrators.
- Also noted as semi-autobiographical, his work often drew from his experiences with drug addiction, and featured his various places of residence as settings in much of his work.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William S. Burroughs article was read about 720,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get William S. Burroughs
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William S. Burroughs (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Re-cropped derivative work: Burn t ( talk ) Burroughs1983_cropped.jpg : Chuck Patch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
