Compiled by Peter Ruber and Victor A. Berch
Draft 3.0 / 11-1-03
Georges Surdez
(1900 ? -- d. 11-5-1949)
Georges Surdez was a frequent contributor to ADVENTURE magazine. He is probably best known among pulp fans today as a writer of Foreign Legion stories.
ADVENTURE
The Yellow Streak (ss) -- 10-10-1922
A Game in the Bush ( ) -- 2-20-1923
Three Prongs ( ) -- 3-10-1923
Hell's Half-Way House ( ) -- 4-10-1923
A Sore Loser ( ) -- 4-30-1923
The Angel-Maker ( ) -- 5-20-1923
Outside the Walls ( ) -- 5-30-1923
The Ladders of Death ( ) -- 7-30-1923
West of Chad ( ) -- 11-10-1923
Out of the East ( ) -- 3-10-1924
The White Man's Way ( ) -- 4-10-1924
When the Sun Sat Down ( ) -- 5-30-1924
The Bridge ( ) -- 6-30-1924
What No Man Hears ( ) -- 8-10-1924
Black Honor ( ) -- 9-10-1924
The Mountaineer ( ) -- 10-20-1924
Sudanese Trails ( ) -- 1-10-1925
The Tool of Allah ( ) -- 2-10-1925
The Figurehead ( ) -- 6-30-1925
Knaves of Spades ( ) -- 7-30-1925
The Red Shadow ( ) -- 11-20-1925
Dregs of Defeat ( ) -- 1-20-1926
Post Palaver ( ) -- 7-8-1926
The Man Who Lived ( ) -- 8-8-1926
A Question of Faith ( ) -- 10-8-1926
The Well of Bitter Waters ( ) -- 4-15-1927
Charles the Bold ( ) -- 7-1-1927
The Gate of Life ( ) -- 9-1-1927
Renegade (ar) -- 11-15-1927
Inco (nv) -- 5-15-1928
Sons of the Sword ( ) -- 9-1-1928
The Door of Fear ( ) -- 3-15-1929
Off Shore ( ) -- 10-1-1929
Black, Red and White ( ) -- 10-15-1929
Instead ( ) -- 11-1-1929
They March From Yesterday (s-2)
-- 3-1-1930
-- 3-15-1930
Beyond Courage ( ) -- 8-1-1930
Taboo ( ) -- 10-15-1930
Five Rifles ( ) -- 11-15-1930
Wineskin ( ) -- 12-15-1930
The Unconquered ( ) -- 2-1-1931
Not in the Ritual ( ) -- 3-15-1931
Come On, Zouaves! ( ) -- 5-1-1931
Desert Ambush (ar) -- 7-15-1931
The Bufoon ( ) -- 9-1-1931
Guest of Honor (s-2)
-- 10-1-1931
-- 10-15-1931
By Special Request ( ) -- 1-1-1932
Khyada ( ) -- 2-1-1932
Sunstroke ( ) -- 4-1-1932
Tomtoms ( ) -- 5-15-1932
Cold Steel ( ) -- 8-1-1932
Once an Officer ( ) -- 9-15-1932
The Man From Nowhere ( ) -- 10-15-1932
Member-At-Large ( ) -- 1-1-1933
By Way of Gratitude ( ) -- 3-15-1933
Star of the Brave ( ) -- 7-1933
Legionaires Must Fight ( ) -- 9-1933
Luck Comes Last ( ) -- 11-1933
The Baturu Mandarin ( ) -- 2-1934
Suicide Patrol ( ) -- 8-1934
Fools for Glory ( ) -- 4-1-1935
Knuckles in Silk ( ) -- 9-15-1935
Sergeant Black Sheep ( ) -- 2-1936
Way of the Legion ( ) -- 6-1936
The Tower of Death ( ) -- 9-1936
Born to Fight ( ) -- 1-1937
Affair of Honor ( ) -- 4-1947
Nine Picked Men (s-4)
-- 5-1937
-- 6-1937
-- 7-1937
-- 8-1937
Gentlemen Pay ( ) -- 2-1938
The Nine of Spades (w-Pierre Chaine) ( ) -- 4-1938
A Head for the Game ( ) -- 8-1938
Under Contract ( ) -- 10-1938
A Lamp-Post for the Viscount ( ) -- 12-1938
Three Mad Sergeants ( ) -- 2-1939
Surprise Attack ( ) -- 4-1939
Man-At-Arms ( ) -- 8-1939
A Page of Glory ( ) -- 11-1939
Double Ambush ( ) -- 1-1940
The Knight of Old ( ) -- 3-1940
"--But a First-Class Fighting Man" ( ) -- 8-1940
War Cry ( ) -- 9-1940
Baptism of Fire ( ) -- 10-1940
What I Want, I Take! ( ) -- 4-1941
Wings Ocer Gibralter ( ) -- 7-1941
They Can Be Licked! ( ) -- 10-1941
Luck of the Legion ( ) -- 1-1942
Lord Tiger of Tonkin ( ) -- 2-1942
Tiger Wings ( ) -- 7-1942
Mission to Mauritania ( ) -- 11-1942
No Surrender ( ) -- 2-1943
The Deserter ( ) -- 4-1943
Sharper Than the Sword (s-2)
-- 11-1943
-- 12-1943
Lord of the Noon Sun ( ) -- 6-1944
The Wise Pick their Dead ( ) -- 8-1944
The King of Dupes ( ) -- 12-1944
A Star on Bronze ( ) -- 11-1945
One for France and One for Me ( ) -- 1-1946
Ten Minutes With the Great ( ) -- 8-1946
Spite Corner ( ) -- 12-1946
The Fakir of Marrakesh
(w-Bernard Simiot) (ss) -- 11-1947
Restricted! (s-4)
-- 12-1947
-- 1-1948
-- 2-1948
-- 3-1948
Eagle's Dust (ar) -- 6-1948
A Kepi for France ( ) -- 10-1948
The Code of Captain Corvain ( ) -- 11-1948
(Posthumous publication)
Captain of the Damned ( ) -- 7-1957
The Last Command ( ) -- 9-1957
For Valor! ( ) -- 11-1957
Legion of Hell ( ) -- 10-1959
Code of the Legion ( ) -- 8-1960
ALL-AMERICAN FICTION
For Merit ( ) -- 9/10-1938
ALL STAR ADVENTURE MAGAZINE
Fighting in Blockhouse Six ( ) -- 12-1926
Blood in the Sands ( ) -- 2-1937
ARGOSY ALL-AMERICAN FICTION MAGAZINE
The Point of Honor (n) -- 12-10-1938
ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY
Six Good Men (ss) -- 10-18-1922
Swords of Sudan (s-4)
-- 1-27-1923
-- 2-3-1923
-- 2-10-1923
-- 2-17-1923
The Lantern Bearer (ss) -- 3-31-1923
Night Brings Wisdom (ss) -- 11-7-1931
Helgvor of the Blue River
(w-J. H. Rosney, Aine) (s-4)
-- 5-28-1932
-- 6-4-1932
-- 6-11-1932
-- 6-18-1932
Jacket Number 6984 (nt) -- 3-4-1933
The Badge of Hate (nt) -- 11-11-1933
Another Man's Chevrons (ss) -- 6-9-1934
Military Prisoner (nt) -- 9-29-1934
The Living Lose (nt) -- 4-20-1935
Clarions of Youth (nt) -- 9-28-1935
Madame X of the Legion (nt) -- 6-27-1936
Long Live the Enmperor (nt) -- 6-26-1937
A Hole In the Moon (nt) -- 8-28-1937
The Junkman Calls (nt) -- 10-16-1937
The Third Meeting (ss) -- 1-22-1938
The Coat of M'Sieur Picart (ss) -- 2-12-1938
Captain's Cup (w-A. t'Serstevens) (ss) -- 10-1-1938
The Point of Honor (nt) -- 12-10-1938
A Family Council (ss) -- 3-18-1939
The Blood Call (nt) -- 9-30-1939
All Survivors Report (n) -- 7-27-1940
No Medals for Heroes (nt) -- 1-25-1941
Soldiers' Pay (nt) -- 1-1943
The Legion Fights Again (ss) -- 3-1943
Forever Glory (s-4)
-- 5-1943
-- 6-1943
-- 7-1943
-- 8-1943
THE BIG MAGAZINE
Clay in Khaki ( ) -- 3-1935
BLUE BOOK
Legionaire Pro Tem (nt) -- May 1939
Lady of the Legion (S-3)
-- Mar 1940
-- Apr 1940
-- May 1940
Heat of Battle (nv) -- Apr 1941
Madame Takes Over (ss) -- 8-1941
The Free Shall Live (nt) -- 9-1941
Combat Group (nt) -- 3-1942
Wild Hint (nt) -- 4-1942
The Captain Knows the Book (sn) -- 9-1942
Africa Landing (ss) -- 2-1943
Sahara Stratagem (nt) -- 10-1943
France in Their Hearts (na) -- 12-1943
Brother to a Horse (nt) -- 4-1945
These Proud Sons of Gault (sn) -- 6-1945
Such Things Happen Easily (ss) -- 8-1945
The Phenomenal Casimir (ss) -- 9-1945
Time Fuse (n) -- 9-1946
The Smell of Money (ss) -- 1-1947
An Ounce of Prevention (ss) -- 7-1947
Lady With the Checks (ss) -- 3-1948
Thanks, Judas! (ss) -- 8-1948
A Dog's Life (ss) -- 6-1949
Unknown Legionaire (ss) -- 8-1949
There Once Was a Gendarme (nt) -- 10-1949
One Night in Alsace (na) -- 11-1949
Boomr's End (ss) (w-Erik Pennell) -- 8-1948
Afterglow (ss) -- 9-1950
COLLIER'S
A Job in the Legion (ss) -- 12-23-1933
The End of the Rope (vi) -- 8-25-1934
Change of Weapons ( ) -- 11-19-1938
Tradition ( ) -- 1-14-1939
Men of Yore ( ) -- 2-1-1941
The Latest Method (ss) -- 3-29-1941
The Men of Yore (ss) -- 2-1-1941
Legionaire's Way ( ) -- 4-5-1941
Strong of Heart ( ) -- 7-19-1941
Man Over Machine ( ) -- 9-27-1941
Haunted Wall ( ) -- 11-1-1941
Price of Fish ( ) -- 7-22-1944
Horse Sense ( ) -- 12-30-1944
Unknown ( ) -- 7-12-1947
Burai Champion ( ) -- 10-4-1947
Dinner for Monsieur Martin ( ) -- 3-19-1949
Translator of "No Boat for Four Months," by M. van der Meersch, Collier's, 7-12-1947
COMPLETE STORIES
Hoofs Against the Stones (n) -- Second 3-1929
DELINEATOR
Reunions ( ) -- 8-1932
Street & Smith's
DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE
One Hundred Francs ( ) -- 5-1939
ESQUIRE
The Gears of Doom (nt) -- 12-1940
Korkuff Sang for the Japanese (ss) -- 8-1945
HARDBOILED
Death Watch ( ) -- 1-1937
HUTCHINSON'S ADVENTURE & MYSTERY STORY MAGAZINE
Inco (nv) -- 9-1928
LIBERTY
The Weight of Evidence (ss) -- Aug 26, 1939
HUTCHINSON'S ADVENTURE-STORY MAGAZINE
Six Good Men (ss) -- 2-1923
MASTER THRILLER
Tale of the Foreign Legion:
1. Send No Flowers -- 7-1933
NATIONS BANS
Ricochet (ss) -- 2-1950
SATURDAY EVENING POST
Wings of Fame ( ) -- 12-17-1932
Job in the Legion ( ) -- 12-23-1933
Honorable Man ( ) -- 6-16-1934
End of the Rope ( ) -- 8-25-1934
With Glory (w-E.L. McKenna) ( ) -- 9-22-1934
Never a Soldier ( ) -- 12-1-1934
Russian Roulette ( ) -- 1-30-1937
Legion Feud ( ) -- 5-8-1937
Portrait ( ) -- 10-16-1937
Highest Stakes (ss) -- 10-23-1937
SCHOLASTIC
It Worked Like a Clock (ss) -- 10-14-1953
TOP-NOTCH
Fertal Loses His Head (ss) -- 3-1934
THRILLING WONDER STORIES
Five After Five, by Maurice Renard (ss) -- 4-1941
(trans by Surdez)
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BOOKS: (complete)
The Demon Caravan.
a. New York: The Dial Press, 1927.
b. New York: A. L. Burt Co., 1928.
c. New York: Dell, 1951. (p/b)
Swords of the Sudan.
a. New York: L. H. Allen, 1926
They March from Yesterday
(no data available)
Homeland.
a. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Inc., 1946.
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Copyright 2003 by Peter Ruber and Victor A. Berch
LINKS:
"Escape"
Larry Estep's PulpGen site has an e-text of this Georges Surdez story available for download. It appeared in the March 1937 issue of The Popular. As Larry's note says, "Although this title was published by Street & Smith, it is not a continuation of The Popular Magazine. In fact, it wasn't really even a pulp. It was actually more of a digest and was the successor to Hard Boiled. This is the story of a couple of escaped convicts, one of whom is on a personal mission." Click here to see the story.
Prehistoric Fiction
An e-text version of Surdez’s translation of J.H. Rosney Aine‘s novel, Helgvor of the Blue River –- which was serialized in ARGOSY -- appears on the Prehistoric Fiction web site. It’s a pretty interesting site for pulp fans, as Edgar Rice Burroughs, among others, gets some mention there. Click here for the site. Click here for the e-text of the novel.
“Russian Roulette”
A short story by that title, written by Georges Surdez, in the January 30, 1937, issue of Collier's magazine gets mentioned on The Straight Dope web site. The article claims that Surdez’s story is the earliest known reference to this lethal practice of gunplay as “Russian roulette.” Click here to visit the site and read the article, which includes a short passage from Surdez’s story. (The Take Our Word For It website also mentions Surdez’s story and discusses The Straight Dope’s discussion of the term. To see this essay, click here.)
Robert Stanley
To view a thumbnail scan of Robert Stanley’s cover painting for the Dell paperback edition of Surdez’s novel, The Demon Caravan, click here.
Posted by ds at December 12, 2003 01:50 PM
