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George G. Gilman

Auteur van The Loner

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(eng) 'George G. Gilman' is a pseudonym used by Terry Harknett

Fotografie: Terry Harknett

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Werken van George G. Gilman

The Loner (1972) — Auteur — 66 exemplaren
Apache Death (1972) 41 exemplaren
Ten Grand (1971) 38 exemplaren
Blood on Silver (1972) 29 exemplaren
Red River (1973) 27 exemplaren
Killer's Breed (1972) 26 exemplaren
California Killing (1973) 23 exemplaren
The Final Shot (Edge No 16) (1975) 21 exemplaren
The Hated (1974) 21 exemplaren
Hell's Seven (Edge #8) (1973) 21 exemplaren
Black Vengeance (1973) 20 exemplaren
Edge: Tiger's Gold (1974) 20 exemplaren
A Fistful of Dollars (1972) 20 exemplaren
Edge 23 Echoes of War (1977) 18 exemplaren
Sioux Uprising (1974) 18 exemplaren
The Frightened Gun (1979) 17 exemplaren
Death's Bounty (Edge, No. 12) (1974) 16 exemplaren
Edge #21: Rhapsody in Red (1977) 16 exemplaren
Edge #30 Towering Nightmare (1979) 15 exemplaren
The Killing Claim (Edge No. 41) (1982) 15 exemplaren
Town on Trial (1981) 15 exemplaren
Bloody Summer (1973) 15 exemplaren
Edge: Slaughter Road (1977) 14 exemplaren
Massacre Mission (Edge #38) (1981) 14 exemplaren
Vengeance at Ventura: Edge #37 (1981) 14 exemplaren
Arapaho Revenge (Edge, No. 43) (1983) 14 exemplaren
Sullivan's Law (Edge #20) (1976) 14 exemplaren
Ashes and Dust (Edge #19) (1976) 13 exemplaren
Edge #31: The Guilty Ones (1970) 13 exemplaren
Paradise Loses (Edge #15) (1975) 12 exemplaren
Edge 39 - The Prisoners (1981) 12 exemplaren
House on the Range (Edge No. 45) (1983) 12 exemplaren
Ten Tombstones to Texas (1976) 12 exemplaren
The Blind Side (Edge #44) (1983) 12 exemplaren
Savage Dawn (Edge #26) (1978) 12 exemplaren
Death Drive (Edge #27) (1978) 12 exemplaren
Edge: Vengeance Valley (1975) 12 exemplaren
Edge 28 Eve of Evil (1978) 11 exemplaren
A Ride in the Sun (Edge) (1980) 11 exemplaren
Bloody Sunrise (Edge, No. 42) (1982) 11 exemplaren
Edge: Slaughterday #24 (1977) 11 exemplaren
Black As Death (1981) 11 exemplaren
Montana Melodrama (Edge, No. 40) (1982) 10 exemplaren
Revenge Ride (Edge, No. 49) (1985) 9 exemplaren
The Godforsaken (Edge #46) (1984) 9 exemplaren
The Moving Cage (1984) 9 exemplaren
Death Deal (Edge #35) (1980) 9 exemplaren
Two of a Kind (1980) 8 exemplaren
Red Fury (Edge #33) (1980) 8 exemplaren
The Killing Art (1975) 8 exemplaren
Adam Steele: Wanted for Murder (1979) 7 exemplaren
Destined to Die (1981) 7 exemplaren
The Hellraisers (1984) 7 exemplaren
Violence Trail (Edge # 25) (1978) 7 exemplaren
Bounty Hunter (Steele #2) (1974) 7 exemplaren
Death Trail (1977) 6 exemplaren
The Desperadoes (Edge #58) (1988) 6 exemplaren
Valley of Blood (1976) 6 exemplaren
Delta Duel (1979) 6 exemplaren
Steele 5: Gun Run (1975) 6 exemplaren
Backshot (1987) 6 exemplaren
Back from the Dead (1982) 6 exemplaren
Comanche Carnage (1976) 5 exemplaren
Funeral by the Sea (1981) 5 exemplaren
A Time for Killing (1986) 5 exemplaren
Hannie Caulder [Movie Tie-In] (1971) 5 exemplaren
Hitting Paydirt (Edge) (1986) 5 exemplaren
Funeral Rites (1974) 5 exemplaren
Edge and Steele: Matching Pair (1982) 5 exemplaren
Sonora Slaughter : Apache #6 (1976) 5 exemplaren
Lynch Town (Steele) (1978) 4 exemplaren
The Chinese Coffin (1974) 4 exemplaren
Steele's War: The Preacher (1981) 4 exemplaren
Terror Town (Edge #59) (1988) 4 exemplaren
The Hard Way (Steele #18) (1978) 4 exemplaren
Brutal Border (Edge #52) (1986) 4 exemplaren
Cross-Fire (Steele #7) (1975) 4 exemplaren
Apache, # 19 Fast Living (1981) 4 exemplaren
Fort Treachery (1975) 4 exemplaren
Debt of Blood (Apache) (1984) 4 exemplaren
Times Past (Apache Series) (1983) 4 exemplaren
Fort Despair (1979) 4 exemplaren
Born to Die (Apache) (1979) 4 exemplaren
Losers (Adam Steele No. 10) (1978) 4 exemplaren
Three Graves to a Showdown (1982) 4 exemplaren
Satan's Daughters (Steele) (1978) 4 exemplaren
The cruel trail (Apache) (1978) 4 exemplaren
The Wrong Man (1982) 3 exemplaren
High Stakes (1985) 3 exemplaren
Border Killing (Apache) (1982) 3 exemplaren
Manhunt (Steele, No 24) (1980) 3 exemplaren
The Hanging (Apache) (1983) 3 exemplaren
Arms For Oblivion (Stark #2) (1974) 3 exemplaren
The revenger, corpse on ice (1975) 3 exemplaren
Fool's Gold (Apache, No 12) (1978) 3 exemplaren
Blood on the Tracks (Apache #8) (1977) 3 exemplaren
Big Game (Steele) (1982) 3 exemplaren
Hell's Junction (Steele #3) (1974) 3 exemplaren
The Quiet Gun - Edge Series 62 (2011) 3 exemplaren
Uneasy Riders (Edge #55) (1987) 3 exemplaren
Dying is for Ever (Edge #57) (1988) 3 exemplaren
Doom Town (Edge #56) (1987) 3 exemplaren
Badge in the Dust (1977) 3 exemplaren
The Breed Woman (Edge #60) (1989) 3 exemplaren
The Rifle (1989) 3 exemplaren
Steele's War: The Stranger (1981) 3 exemplaren
Bloody Border (Adam Steele #13) (1979) 3 exemplaren
Naked and the Savage (Apache) (1978) 2 exemplaren
Blood Brother (Apache, No 17) (1980) 2 exemplaren
Blood line (His Apache) (1976) 2 exemplaren
SOLEIL ROUGE 2 exemplaren
The First Death (Apache, #1) (1974) 2 exemplaren
Wagons East (Steele) (1982) 2 exemplaren
Death Ride (Apache #24) (1983) 2 exemplaren
Death Valley (Apache) (1983) 2 exemplaren
Apache # 18 Slow Dying (1980) 2 exemplaren
Blood Wedding (Apache) (1981) 2 exemplaren
The Runaway (1983) 2 exemplaren
Steele's War: The Storekeeper (1981) 2 exemplaren
Texas Killing (1980) 2 exemplaren
Edge: Blood run (1978) 2 exemplaren
Blood Rising (Apache) (1979) 2 exemplaren
Best Man (Apache) (1979) 2 exemplaren
The Tarnished Star (Steele #19) (1979) 2 exemplaren
Promotion Tour (1972) 2 exemplaren
Steele's War: The Woman (1980) 2 exemplaren
The Long Shadow (Steele) (1989) 2 exemplaren
Valley of the Shadow (1983) 2 exemplaren
Stranger in a Strange Town (1983) 2 exemplaren
Canyon of Death (1985) 2 exemplaren
River of Death (Steele) (1980) 2 exemplaren
Edge 18 Ten Tombstones (Edge) (1981) 2 exemplaren
Chauffeur Driven Pyre (1976) 1 exemplaar
Rød mod hvid (Apache 8) (1981) 1 exemplaar
Helvedesskibet (Apache 9) (1982) 1 exemplaar
Baghold (Apache 11) (1982) 1 exemplaar
The Outcasts (Adam Steele) (1987) 1 exemplaar
Code of the West (1986) 1 exemplaar
The Hunted (Adam Steele) (1987) 1 exemplaar
Sunset Ride (1986) 1 exemplaar
Rough Justice (Adam Steele) (1985) 1 exemplaar
Edge #16 The Final Shot 40-431 (1978) 1 exemplaar
Going Back (1989) 1 exemplaar
Sweet And Sour Kill (1974) 1 exemplaar
Bamboo Shoot-out (1975) 1 exemplaar
The Cheaters (1982) 1 exemplaar
Big Prize (1981) 1 exemplaar
The John Crown Omnibus (2013) 1 exemplaar
Fortune: Dead Set (1972) 1 exemplaar
Fortune op jacht 1 exemplaar
Stopover for Murder (1973) 1 exemplaar
Edge - Killer's Breed (1973) 1 exemplaar
Town Called Bastard (1970) 1 exemplaar
Edge - Eve of Evil 1978 (1978) 1 exemplaar
Doomsday Island (1979) 1 exemplaar
Edge: Killer's Breed #4 (1976) 1 exemplaar
Red sun (1972) 1 exemplaar
Soleil rouge 1 exemplaar
The Big Gunfight (Adam Steele) (1987) 1 exemplaar
Once a copper 1 exemplaar
Blodigt spel 1 exemplaar
Edge #2 Ten Grand 1 exemplaar
Name on the Bullet 1 exemplaar
The Outrage 1 exemplaar
Red Fury (1980) 1 exemplaar
Gates of Death (1976) 1 exemplaar
Edge 12 Biggest Bounty (1979) 1 exemplaar

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Algemene kennis

Officiële naam
Harknett, Terry
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Gilman, George G.
Stone, Thomas H.
Hedges, Joseph
James, William M.
Pike, Charles R.
Chandler, Frank (toon alle 12)
Harman, Jane
Peters, Alex
Pine, William
Terry, William
Russell, James
Ford, David
Geboortedatum
1936
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
Essex, England, UK
Beroepen
author
Ontwarringsbericht
'George G. Gilman' is a pseudonym used by Terry Harknett

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I read a bunch of the EDGE Series when I was in junior high/high school, most of which were acquired at either of the two bookstores that once graced the North Riverside Mall in suburban Chicago.

George G. Gilman is a pen name for British author Terry Harknett (born 1936). According to Wikipedia Mr. Harknett has written over 200 novels, at least 10 series, and used 10 additional pen names: Joseph Hedges, William M. James, Charles R. Pike, Thomas H. Stone, Frank Chandler, Jane Harman, Alex Peters, William Pine, William Terry, James Russell, and David Ford.

Apparently Harknett wasn't western sounding enough, but George G. Gilman is. You can hear the twang of cowboy alliteration. Maybe even imagine The Triple G Ranch.

The EDGE Series is violent, sexist, and racist. EDGE himself is referred to by the narrator as "the half-breed." He's half Swedish and half Mexican. Edge has a strong sense of justice and high morals, plus he likes animals and treats them well. I imagine his kindness to animals it what kept me reading back then. But what probably kept me coming back for more, as a tween/early teen was, I'm certain, the sex. The Blind Side includes a gang rape by four cowpokes of a nymphomaniac who likes to dominate men, so you get the sense that she would have liked it if 1) she'd been in charge of the situation and 2) they hadn't beaten her. Spoiler alert: she gets her revenge but dies in the end (as such women must).

The violence, sexism, racism, and rape are all horrific, but what surprised me is how bad the writing is! Here's an example:

"Likewise, the almost doll-like perfection of her oval shaped face with its blue eyes, snub nose, rosebud lips and milk white, flawless skin--in a frame of rich-growing, smoothly waved, honey-colored hair that swung to within a half inch of brushing her shoulders--had an undeniable sensuality that had to be lurking covertly just beneath the veneer of girlish innocence that was the first impression implied by her face" (12-13).

Or this scene where the nymphomaniac presents her naked body to Edge beside the campfire. He says to her:

"If that's the case, best you cover yourself up and go back to bed. On account of I've seen women got bigger nipples than you've got tits. And as for that beaver, I figure a mouse--" (44).

It's pulp fiction and Mr. Harknett nails it, so I'm not making fun of his writing, rather just pointing out the style. Obviously, someone who has published over 200 novels knows his audience. However, there were a ton of incomplete sentences and typos, too. It makes me wonder if there was any editing at all.

This book came out in 1983 and by then I was experiencing some action of my own (wink, wink), so I had probably moved on from the series by then. This trip down memory lane was interesting, but, like many things from the past, some things are left better remembered than revisited. That said, I probably couldn't resist picking up another number in this series if I come across it.

Review from my blog: http://wildmoobooks.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-joy-horror-of-trashy-literature.htm...
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Chris.Wolak | Oct 13, 2022 |
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The problem with reading old pulp paperbacks is that they’re often pretty icky. I’ve fallen foul of this with Matt Helm (a bit rapey) and MIA Hunter (massively racist). When I picked up my recently arrived copy of the third novel in George G Gilman’s ‘Edge’ series and saw that the title had the word ‘Apache’ in it, I was pretty sure I’d be shaving a star off my rating for objectionable bigotry. Turns out I needn’t have worried quite as much as I did.
Like the previous two books, this is a brutal, nihilistic tale, where the hero’s aim is simply to survive to the last page. This time Josiah Hedges (Edge) winds up in a small town, Rainbow, which sits next to a US cavalry fort. There’s a fragile peace in place between the population and the local Native American tribes, which is broken when a local farming family are slaughtered. Throw into the mix rumours of a fortune hidden in the nearby hills and a foppish English gambler, and you’ve got the makings of another great western page turner from Gilman.
Like the other books this is an insanely violent tale, with a tonne of gory action throughout, culminating in a stunningly destructive ending. The English character adds some humour to the proceedings, with him and Edge indulging in some entertaining banter. Other characters come and go, rarely lasting very long but all adding a bit of colour.
Written in the 70s, and very much aping westerns from previous decades, this was never going to be a book held up as a great example of the portrayal of Native Americans. There are some interesting nuances though. The Apache characters are ruthless and bloodthirsty, but then everyone in these books is. In fact Edge seems to prefer their approach to life and combat than that of the white characters, who are far more likely to be duplicitous. “I’d try exactly what old Cochise is trying,” he comments at one point. What’s more, both Edge and the book seem very much aware that this isn’t a fight of the Native Americans’ making.
“They’re like beasts of the jungle,” a woman said to Edge.
“But it was their jungle first,” he answered.

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whatmeworry | Apr 9, 2022 |
Enjoyably hard nosed and brutal western from the 70s golden age of nasty paperbacks. Thoroughly entertaining
 
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whatmeworry | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 9, 2022 |
Edge battles a madman building an ark in the desert.
 
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Werken
203
Ook door
1
Leden
1,275
Populariteit
#20,120
Waardering
½ 3.3
Besprekingen
10
ISBNs
455
Talen
5

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