Georges Surdez

Georges Arthur Surdez (1900–1949) was a writer of adventure stories.[1] He was born in Bienne, Switzerland, of French descent. He first visited America at the age of thirteen, and went to school in New York.[2] He invented the term "Russian Roulette" in a story of the same name published in Collier's magazine.[3]

He was a regular contributor to Adventure, with over 100 stories appearing. [4] [5]

His short story A Game in the Bush was filmed as South Sea Love in 1927.[3] His novel "The Demon Caravan" was filmed as Desert Legion starring Alan Ladd.[1]

He married an older schoolteacher, Edith McKenna, in 1922.[3] They divorced after she left him for another man in 1943.[3]

Works

Novels
  • Swords of the Soudan, 1923.[3]
  • The Demon Caravan, 1927
  • They March from Yesterday (1 March 1930, published by Adventure magazine).[6]
  • Homeland, 1946 (autobiographical novel).[3]

Short stories
  • Dinner for Monsieur Martin.[7]
  • The Yellow Streak
  • Sons Of The Sword, 1928, published in Adventure.[3]
  • A Game In The Bush
  • Hell's Half-Way House
  • Russian roulette, 1937, published in Collier's.[3]
  • The Haunted Wall, 1941[8]
gollark: I need to know if someone randomly mentioned me or actually is saying a longer thing.
gollark: To avoid having to actually jump?
gollark: I want to know whether it's worth doing so!
gollark: Yes.
gollark: Idea: asm.js-like thing where the interpreter can detect what your compiler output is *meant* to do and run it in an optimised way.

References
  1. Wagner, Jack (May 7, 2011). "Short Biography of Georges Surdez".
  2. "Blue Book Stories of Adventure for MEN, by MEN". 73 (5). September 1941. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Othen, Christopher. "The Man Who Invented Russian Roulette".
  4. Penzler, Otto (2011). The Big Book of Adventure Stories. Vintage. p. 399. ISBN 0-307-47450-X.
  5. "Georges Surdez - Writer of French Foreign Legion stories". 10 June 2012.
  6. "Adventure 1930-03-01". Magazineart.org.
  7. Best Short Shorts. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1958. Print.
  8. "The Haunted Wall". Collier's Weekly. November 1, 1941.



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