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British science fiction author

Colin Kapp

Key facts

date of birthApril 3, 1928
date of deathAugust 3, 2007
occupationwriter, science fiction writer
place of birthLondon
place of deathChichester
described by sourceHistorical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Derek Ivor Colin Kapp (3 April 1928 – 3 August 2007), known also as Colin Kapp, was a British science fiction author known best for his stories about the Unorthodox Engineers.

He was born in Southwark, south London, 3 April 1928 to John L. F. Kapp and Annie M.A. (née Towner).

As an electronic engineer, he began his career with Mullard Electronics then specialised in electroplating techniques, eventually becoming a freelance consultant engineer.

Works

Cageworld series

  1. Search for the sun! (1982) (also published as Cageworld)
  2. The Lost worlds of Cronus (1982)
  3. The Tyrant of Hades (1984)
  4. Star Search (1984)

Chaos series

Standalone novels

  • The Dark Mind (1964) (also published as Transfinite Man)
  • The Wizard of Anharitte (1973)
  • The Survival Game (1976)
  • Manalone (1977)
  • The Ion War (1978)
  • The Timewinders (1980)

Short stories

Unorthodox Engineers

  • "The Railways Up On Cannis" (1959)
  • "The Subways of Tazoo" (1964)
  • "The Pen and the Dark" (1966)
  • "Getaway from Getawehi" (1969)
  • "The Black Hole of Negrav" (1975)

Collected in The Unorthodox Engineers (1979)

  • "Breaking Point" (1959)
  • "Survival Problem" (1959)
  • "Lambda I" (1962)
  • "The Night-Flame" (1964)
  • "Hunger Over Sweet Waters" (1965)
  • "Ambassador to Verdammt" (1967)
  • "The Imagination Trap" (1967)
  • "The Cloudbuilders" (1968)
  • "I Bring You Hands" (1968)
  • "Gottlos" (1969), notable for having (along with Keith Laumer's Bolo series) inspired Steve Jackson's classic game of 21st century tank warfare Ogre.
  • "The Teacher" (1969)
  • "Letter from an Unknown Genius" (1971)
  • "What the Thunder Said" (1972)
  • "Which Way Do I Go For Jericho?" (1972)
  • "The Old King's Answers" (1973)
  • "Crimescan" (1973)
  • "What The Thunder Said" (1973)
  • "Mephisto and the Ion Explorer" (1974)
  • "War of the Wastelife" (1974)
  • "Cassius and the Mind-Jaunt" (1975)
  • "Something in the City" (1984)
  • "An Alternative to Salt" (1986)

Read next

Unorthodox Engineers John Brunner (author)British science fiction author (1934–1995) Ray Bradbury bibliography Poul Anderson bibliography Colin Wilson bibliography Frederik Pohl bibliography

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