The Evolution of Science Fiction discussion

Used These Alternate Names:

Gordon Aghill
Janet Argo
Sam Argo
Grandall Barretton
Alexander Blade
Ralph Burke
Randell Garrett
Gordon Randall Garrett
Gordon Garrett
G. R. Garrett
David Gordon
Джонс Гордон?
Richard Greer
ランドル・ギャレット?
Ivar Jorgensen
Jonathan Blake Mac Kenzie
Johnathan Blake Mac Kenzie
Darrell T. Langart
Darrel T. Langart
Johnathan Blake MacKenzie
Jonathan Blake MacKenzie
Seaton McKettrig
Clyde Mitchell
Mark Phillips
Robert Randall
Leonard G. Spencer
S. M. Tenneshaw
Gerald Vance

Here at GR we don't recognize that Alexander Blade, just to name one instance, was Garrett's pseudonym. The introduction to Starship Death says this about the matter:

"Most of the readers who have helped make Randall Garrett's three Lord Darcy books science fiction bestsellers have never heard of Jonathan Blake MacKenzie, David Gordon, Walter Bupp, Mark Phillips or any of the more than seventeen pseudonyms under which he has also written in the field.

A prolific writer, until his recent illness, he has sold so many stories to one high-paying editor, that he was forced to resort to subterfuge, resulting in Earth Invader, another Randall Garrett book available in a Leisure edition....

In the early 1950s he was one of a stable of "house writers"--including Robert Silverberg, Milton Lesser, Harlan Ellison, and Paul Fairman--for the Ziff-Davis magazines....

Most of the pseudonyms under which Mr. Garrett has written reveal his sense of humor, such as Darrel T. Langert (which is an anagram of his own name), or Gordon Aghill (for a collaboration with Robert Silverberg)."

Dan wrote: "Used These Alternate Names:

Gordon Aghill
Janet Argo
Sam Argo
Grandall Barretton
Alexander Blade
Ralph Burke
Randell Garrett
Gordon Randall Garrett
Gordon Garrett
G. R. Garrett
David Gordon
Джонс..."

Wow.
What was the "house name" used at various magazines for a utility pseudonym? Ivar Jorgenson?

That's really interesting, Dan. What a prolific guy! Incredible.