Colin Kapp

Derek Ivor Colin Kapp (born April 3, 1928 in South London , UK ; died August 3, 2007 in Chichester , Sussex ) was a British science fiction writer.

Life

Kapp was the son of John LF Kapp and Annie MA Kapp, nee Towner. He worked as an electrical engineer, initially at Mullard Radio Valve Company and later as a freelance electroplating specialist , and wrote science fiction as a sideline. His first short story, Life Plan , appeared in New Worlds magazine in 1958 . In 2007, Kapp died at the age of 79.

bibliography

Cageworld (series)

• 1 Search for the Sun! (1982)
  • English: The search for the sun . Heyne SF&F # 5975, 1998, ISBN 3-453-14006-0 .
• 2 The Lost Worlds of Cronus (1982)
  • English: The Lost Worlds of Cronus . Heyne SF&F # 5976, 1998, ISBN 3-453-14007-9 .
• 3 The Tyrant of Hades (1982)
  • English: The Tyrant of Hades . Heyne SF&F # 5977, 1998, ISBN 3-453-14871-1 .
• 4 Star Search (1983)
  • English: The search for the stars . Heyne SF&F # 5978, 1999, ISBN 3-453-14898-3 .

Chaos (series)

• 1 Patterns of Chaos (1972)
  • German: The Master of Chaos. Translated by Gerd David. Bastei Lübbe # 21033, 1973, ISBN 3-404-00182-6 .
• 2 The Chaos Weapon (1977)

Unorthodox Engineers (short story series)

• 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)
• The Unorthodox Engineers (1979, collection)

Novels

• The Dark Mind (1963, also as Transfinite Man , 1964)
  • German: Dimensions of Satan. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Paperback # 18, 1972, ISBN 3-404-00007-2 .
• The Wizard of Anharitte (1972)
  • English: The Wizard of Anharitte. Translated by Michael K. Iwoleit. Heyne SF&F # 5947, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13976-3 .
• The Survival Game (1976)
• Manalone (1977)
• The Ion War (1978)
  • German: The Ion War. Translated by Irene Holicki. Heyne SF&F # 4437, 1987, ISBN 3-453-00465-5 .

collection

• The Cloudbuilders and Other Marvels (2013)

Short stories

• Life Plan (1958)
• Survival Problem (1959, also as a problem: survival )
• Calling Mr. Francis (1959)
• Breaking Point (1959)
• Enigma (1960)
• The Exposing Eye (1960)
• The Glass of Iargo (1960)
• The Bell of Ethicona (1960)
• For the Love of Pete (1961)
• Lambda I (1962)
  • German: The phase of horror. In: John Carnell (ed.): The phase of terror. Pabel (Utopia Future # 277), 1966.
• The Night-Flame (1964)
• Hunger Over Sweet Waters (1965)
• The Imagination Trap (1967)
• Ambassador to Damn (1967)
  • English: An envoy for damned. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 33. Ullstein 2000 # 61 (3021), 1974, ISBN 3-548-03021-1 .
• The Cloudbuilders (1968)
  • German: Breakthrough through the clouds. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 52. Ullstein 2000 # 99 (3166), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03166-8 .
• I Bring You Hands (1968)
  • German: The programmed hands. In: Walter Ernsting , Thomas Schlück (Eds.): Galaxy 13. Heyne SF&F # 3155, 1969.
• The Teacher (1969)
• Godless (1969)
• Letter from an Unknown Genius (1971)
• What the Thunder Said (1972)
• Which Way Do I Go For Jericho? (1972)
• Crimescan (1973)
  • German: Crimescan. In: Herbert W. Franke (Ed.): Science Fiction Story Reader 4. Heyne SF&F # 3451, 1975, ISBN 3-453-30344-X .
• The Old King's Answers (1973)
• War of the Wastelife (1974)
• Mephisto and the Ion Explorer (1974)
  • German: Down into the sea of ​​flames. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 76. Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31002, 1979, ISBN 3-548-31002-8 .
• Cassius and the Mind-Jaunt (1975)
• Something in the City (1984)
• An Alternative to Salt (1986)

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 224 f.
• Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 594.
• John Clute , David Langford : Kapp, Colin. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated April 4, 2017.
• Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , p. 249.
• Gene Phillips: Kapp, Colin . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3 , pp. 425 f.

Web links

• Colin Kapp in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Colin Kapp at Open Library
• Colin Kapp in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• Don D'Ammassa: Colin Kapp , accessed March 31, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FreeBMD entry