G. C. Edmondson was the working name of
science fiction author
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Garry Edmonson (full name "José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton") (October 11, 1922 in
Washington state
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– December 14, 1995 in
San Diego, California
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). According to the obituary published in
Locus Magazine
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, Edmondson was born in
Rachauchitlán,
Tabasco,
Mexico
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.
["G. C. Edmondson," Obituary, ''Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field'', March 1996, Issue #422, page 74.] During
World War II
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he served as a
U. S. Marine.
Although generally called a science fiction writer, he wrote Westerns using the names Kelly P. Gast, J. B. Masterson, and Jack Logan. As he could also speak six languages he did translating work as well. His science fiction career began during 1955 with a story in the magazine ''
Astounding''. He later produced several novels which gained some note for their interest in
time travel
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and
Latin America
Latin America or
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. Several writers, including
Gardner Dozois, tend to consider him as a neglected author.
Bibliography
Novels
*''The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream'' (1965)
Nebula Award
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nominee for
Best Novel
*''Chapayeca'' also published as ''Blue Face'' (1972)
*''T.H.E.M.'' (1974)
*''The Aluminum Man'' (1975)
*''The Man Who Corrupted Earth'' (1980)
*''To Sail the Century Sea'' (1981)
Novels written with C. M. Kotlan
*''The Takeover'' (1984)
*''The Cunningham Equations'' (1986)
*''The Black Magician'' (1986)
*''Maximum Effort'' (1987)
Collections
*''Stranger Than You Think'' (1965)
External resources
*
Biographical informationat George C. Willick's ''SPACEFLIGHT''
References
External links
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1922 births
1995 deaths
20th-century American novelists
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
American male short story writers
20th-century American short story writers
20th-century American male writers
United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
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