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

The Patterns of Chaos
  • ''The Chaos Weapon''

Standalone novels

The Dark Mind The Wizard of Anharitte The Survival Game Manalone The Ion War
  • ''The Timewinders''

Short stories

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"