G. C. Edmondson was the working name of

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Garry Edmonson (full name "José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton") (October 11, 1922 in

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– December 14, 1995 in

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). According to the obituary published in

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, Edmondson was born in Washington state"G. C. Edmondson," Obituary, ''Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field'', March 1996, Issue #422, page 74. During

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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 ''

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''. He later produced several novels which gained some note for their interest in

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and

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. Several writers, including

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, tend to consider him as a neglected author.

Bibliography

Novels

*''The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream'' (1965)

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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 information
at George C. Willick's ''SPACEFLIGHT''

References

External links

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