Colin Kapp


Derek Ivor Colin Kapp, 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..
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!
  2. The Lost worlds of Cronus
  3. The Tyrant of Hades
  4. ''Star Search''

    Chaos series

Unorthodox Engineers

  • "The Railways Up On Cannis"
  • "The Subways of Tazoo"
  • "The Pen and the Dark"
  • "Getaway from Getawehi"
  • "The Black Hole of Negrav"
Collected in ''The Unorthodox Engineers''

Other stories

  • "Breaking Point"
  • "Survival Problem"
  • "Lambda I"
  • "The Night-Flame"
  • "Hunger Over Sweet Waters"
  • "Ambassador to Verdammt"
  • "The Imagination Trap"
  • "The Cloudbuilders"
  • ""
  • "Gottlos", notable for having inspired Steve Jackson's classic game of 21st century tank warfare Ogre.
  • "The Teacher"
  • "Letter from an Unknown Genius"
  • "What the Thunder Said"
  • "Which Way Do I Go For Jericho?"
  • "The Old King's Answers"
  • "Crimescan"
  • "What The Thunder Said"
  • "Mephisto and the Ion Explorer"
  • "War of the Wastelife"
  • "Cassius and the Mind-Jaunt"
  • "Something in the City"
  • "An Alternative to Salt"