GC Edmondson

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GC Edmondson (actually José Mario Garry Ordoñez Edmondson y Cotton ; born October 11, 1922 in Tabasco , Mexico ; died December 14, 1995 in Chula Vista , California ) was an American writer, best known for his science fiction novels is known.

Life

Edmondson was the son of William J. Edmondson and Edith, nee Cotton. During World War II from 1942 to 1946, he served in the US Marine Corps . He is said to have studied medicine in Vienna and temporarily worked as a blacksmith.

In 1955, the first SF story, Blessed are the Meek , appeared in Astounding , further stories followed, in particular the Mad Friend series, in which the adventures of the mysterious “crazy friend” are told in a whimsical manner. In 1965, these stories appeared as a fix-up along with The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream , Edmondson's first novel, in a volume as Ace Double . The novel tells of an American navy cutter that is set back 1000 years and experiences some adventures in the world of the Vikings . The novel was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1966.

In addition to his fiction work, he wrote a number of non-fiction books on metalwork and engine construction. He was married three times. most recently with Carmen Medrano Paez, and had four children.

place of birth

His obituary mentions Rachauchitlán in the state of Tabasco in Mexico as the place of birth. Other spellings of the otherwise not proven place are Rachuachitlan and Rascuachitlan in Robert Reginald's SF Lexica . However, Edmondson himself is quoted as follows:

"There is a tiny verse about my natal village, Villa Hermosa de Rascuachitlan, which might be helpful in visualizing the terrain:

Un pinche petate fue mi cuna
en tristes panales me envolvieron.
Tan rechingada fue mi fortuna
que pura verga a mamar me dieron.

Though he's eager to disclaim it, I believe the author was Antonio Plazas. "

Villahermosa is the largest city in the state of Tabasco, so it could be considered the birthplace if it wasn't a mystification of Edmondson at all.

Deviating information cites Washington State and Guatemala as the place of birth .

bibliography

Cunningham Equations (novel trilogy, with CM Kotlan)
  • 1 The Cunningham Equations (1986)
  • 2 The Black Magician (1986)
  • 3 Maximum Effort (1987)
Mad Friend (short story series)
  • 1 The Misfit (1959)
  • 2 From Caribou to Carry Nation (1959)
  • 3 The Galactic Calabash (1960)
  • 4 The Sign of the Goose (1960)
  • 5 The Country Boy (1961)
  • 6 The World Must Never Know (1963)
  • 7 The Third Bubble (1964)
  • 8 Nobody Believes an Indian (1970)
  • Stranger Than You Think (Collection of # 1-7 of the series, 1965)
  • Written on the Water (1981)
The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream (Romandilogie)
  • 1 The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream (1965)
  • 2 To Sail the Century Sea (1981)
Novels
  • Chapayeca (1971, also as Blue Face , 1972)
  • Variant: Blue Face (1972)
  • THEM (1974)
  • The Aluminum Man (1975)
  • The Man Who Corrupted Earth (1980)
  • as John Cleve with Andrew J. Offutt: Star Slaver ( Spaceways # 12, 1983)
  • with CM Kotlan: The Takeover (1984)
Short stories
  • Blessed Are the Meek (1955)
  • The Inferlab Project (1956)
  • Technological Retreat (1956)
  • The Status Quo Peddlers (1957)
  • The Demancipator (1957)
  • Rescue (1957)
    • German: rescue . In: Anthony Boucher (Ed.): 16 Science Fiction Stories. Heyne Anthologies # 5, 1964.
  • Renaissance (1957)
  • A Pound of Prevention (1958)
  • Wrestler (1960)
    • German: encounter with an angel . In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): The human farm. HeyneSF & F # 3081, 1966.
  • The Tempolluters (1972)
  • One Plus One Equals Eleven (1973)
  • Tube (1974)
  • All That Glitters (1980)
  • Strong Blood (1990)
Non-fiction
  • with LeRoy A Scheck: Practical Welding (1976, 2nd edition 1984)
  • with Richard L. Little: Diesel Mechanics: An Introduction (1982)
  • with TJ Roybal: The Basic Book of Home Maintenance and Repair (1979)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See GC Edmondson, Obituary. In: Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field. March 1996, No. # 422, p. 74.
  2. ↑ However, he is quoted as saying that he only studied at the Percussion University , that is to say at the "Drum University". See Reginald: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature , Detroit 1979.
  3. ↑ Blessed Are the Meek in Project Gutenberg ( currently not usually available for users from Germany )
  4. ↑ See GC Edmondson, Obituary. In: Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field. March 1996, No. # 422, p. 74. Also in Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers , Chicago 1991.
  5. ^ For example, in Reclam's Science Fiction Guide Stuttgart 1982.
personal data
SURNAME Edmondson, GC
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edmondson y Cotton, José Mario Garry Ordoñez (real name); Gast, Kelly P. (pseudonym); Logan, Jake (pseudonym); Masterson, JB (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Tabasco , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1995
Place of death Chula Vista , California