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G. C. Edmondson
1922–1995
Best known in science fiction for the sharp, lively stories collected around his "Mad Friend" future history, he also wrote westerns under several pen names and brought an unusually varied life experience to his fiction.
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A pound of prevention
by G. C. Edmondson
About the author
G. C. Edmondson was the working name of Garry Edmondson, born on October 11, 1922, and died on December 14, 1995. Sources agree that he served in the U.S. Marines during World War II, and reference works describe him as both a science fiction writer and translator.
He is especially remembered for science fiction, including the novel The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream and the linked stories often associated with his "Mad Friend" setting. Several sources also note that he wrote westerns under other names, showing how comfortably he moved between genres.
Some details of his background are presented differently across sources, so the safest picture is of a mid-20th-century American genre writer whose work ranged widely and who built a lasting reputation among science fiction readers.