Edson, J T
Entry updated 13 January 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1928-2014) UK author, formerly a British Army dog-handler, whose large output consisted almost exclusively of the Westerns for which he was best known, nearly 140 of them. He also wrote the Bunduki sequence of Planetary Romances, beginning with Bunduki (1975), which is partially derived (with the permission of the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, which was later withdrawn) from Tarzan. Edson acknowledged the influence of Philip José Farmer on the series which, once launched, was no longer legally tied to the Burroughs estate's decisions; the premature end of the sequence may have been for commercial reasons. [JC]
John Thomas Edson
born Whitwell, Derbyshire: 17 February 1928
died Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire: 17 July 2014
works (highly selected)
series
Bunduki
- Bunduki (London: Corgi Books, 1975) [Bunduki: pb/]
- Bunduki and Dawn (London: Corgi Books, 1976) [Bunduki: pb/]
- Sacrifice for the Quagga God (London: Corgi Books, 1976) [Bunduki: pb/]
- Fearless Master of the Jungle (London: Corgi Books, 1980) [Bunduki: pb/Chris Achilleos]
- Amazons of Zillikian (place not given: Piccadilly Publishing, 2023) [ebook: written 1975: Bunduki: na/]
individual titles
- Set a-Foot (London: Corgi Books, 1978) [pb/]
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