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Unorthodox Engineers
The Unorthodox Engineers were the subject of a series of science fiction short stories by Colin Kapp. They were a misfit bunch of engineers who solved problems of alien technology/weird planets in the future. The stories had a very large grain-of-salt-type humor. They were commanded by maverick engineer Fritz van Noon and included, amongst others, a convicted bank robber as quartermaster (on the entirely-sound grounds that he was likely to be the most capable person for the job). The Unorthodox Engineers originally appeared in various British SF magazines and anthologies: * "The Railways Up on Cannis" (''New Worlds New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz Albums and EPs * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartn ...'' October, 1959) * "The Subways of Tazoo" ('' New Writings in SF 3'') * "The Pen and the Dark" ('' New Writings in SF 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unorthodox Engineers
The Unorthodox Engineers were the subject of a series of science fiction short stories by Colin Kapp. They were a misfit bunch of engineers who solved problems of alien technology/weird planets in the future. The stories had a very large grain-of-salt-type humor. They were commanded by maverick engineer Fritz van Noon and included, amongst others, a convicted bank robber as quartermaster (on the entirely-sound grounds that he was likely to be the most capable person for the job). The Unorthodox Engineers originally appeared in various British SF magazines and anthologies: * "The Railways Up on Cannis" (''New Worlds New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz Albums and EPs * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartn ...'' October, 1959) * "The Subways of Tazoo" ('' New Writings in SF 3'') * "The Pen and the Dark" ('' New Writings in SF 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Kapp
Derek Ivor Colin Kapp (3 April 1928"C Kapp birth record transcription" freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – 3 August 2007), Known as Colin Kapp, was a British best known for his stories about the Unorthodox Engineers. As an electronic engineer, he began his career with Electronics then specialised in |
New Worlds (magazine)
''New Worlds'' was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called ''Novae Terrae''. John Carnell, who became ''Novae Terrae''s editor in 1939, renamed it ''New Worlds'' that year. He was instrumental in turning it into a professional publication in 1946 and was the first editor of the new incarnation. It became the leading UK science fiction magazine; the period to 1960 has been described by science fiction historian Mike Ashley as the magazine's "Golden Age". Carnell joined the British Army in 1940 following the outbreak of the Second World War and returned to civilian life in 1946. He negotiated a publishing agreement for the magazine with Pendulum Publications, but only three issues of ''New Worlds'' were produced before Pendulum's bankruptcy in late 1947. A group of science fiction fans formed a company called Nova Publications to revive the magazine; the first issue under their management appeared in mid-1949. ''New Worlds'' continued to appear on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Writings In SF 3
''New Writings in SF 3'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the third volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in 1965, followed by a paperback edition by Corgi the same year, and an American paperback edition by Bantam Books in February 1967. Selections from this volume, together with others from volumes 1-2 and 4 of the series, were later included in ''The Best from New Writings in SF'', issued by Dobson in 1971 and Corgi in 1972. The book collects eight novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. Contents *"Foreword" (John Carnell) *"The Subways of Tazoo" (Colin Kapp) *"The Fiend" (Frederik Pohl) *"Manipulation" ( John Kingston) *"Testament" ( John Baxter) *"Night Watch" (James Inglis) *"Boulter's Canaries" (Keith Roberts) *"Emreth" (Dan Morgan Daniel Thomas Morgan, Jr. (born December 19, 1978) is an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Writings In SF 8
''New Writings in SF 8'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the eighth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in the United Kingdom in 1966, followed by a paperback edition by Corgi the same year, and an American paperback edition with different contents by Bantam Books in December 1971. The United Kingdom edition collects six novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. The American edition contains four pieces from the UK edition of '' New Writings in SF 10'', three from the UK edition of '' New Writings in SF 11'', and two from the UK edition of '' New Writings in SF 12''. The first story from the UK edition was reprinted in the American edition of '' New Writings in SF 7''. Contents (UK edition) *"Foreword" (John Carnell) *"The Pen and the Dark" (Colin Kapp) *"Spacemen Live Forever" (Gerald W. Page) *"The Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Writings In SF 16
''New Writings in SF 16'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the sixteenth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in 1970, followed by a paperback edition issued under the slightly variant title ''New Writings in SF -- 16'' by Corgi the same year. The book collects six novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. Contents *"Foreword" (John Carnell) *"Getaway from Getawehi" (Colin Kapp) *"All Done by Mirrors" ( Douglas R. Mason) *"Throwback" ( Sydney J. Bounds) *"The Perihelion Man" ( Christopher Priest) *"R26/5/PSY and I" (Michael G. Coney Michael Greatrex Coney (28 September 1932 - 4 November 2005) was a British science fiction writer, best known for his novel ''Hello Summer, Goodbye.'' Life Coney was born in Birmingham, England, on 28 September 1932. As an adult, he worked as ...) *"Meatball" ( James Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Writings In SF 25
''New Writings in SF 25'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Kenneth Bulmer, the fourth volume of nine he oversaw in the ''New Writings in SF'' series in succession to the series' originator, John Carnell. It was first published in hardcover by Sidgwick & Jackson in April 1975, followed by a paperback edition issued by Corgi in 1976. The book collects nine novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Bulmer. Contents *"Foreword" (Kenneth Bulmer) *"Rice Brandy" ( Michael Stall) *"The Cat and the Coin" ( Keith Wells) *"The Debris of Recent Lives" ( Charles Partington) *"Talent Spotter" ( Sydney J. Bounds) *"The Black Hole of Negrav" (Colin Kapp) *"A Little More Than Twelve Minutes" (Wolfgang Jeschke) *"The Enemy Within" (Donald Malcolm Donald Malcolm (1930–2013) was a Scottish author of science fiction and fact who was active as a writer from the mid-1950s until the mid-1970s. Some of his nonfiction was written unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Short Story Collections
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's European operations, which are based in Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border, ending large-scale fighting. * January 8 – Whiddy Island Disaster: The French tanke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Short Story Collections
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age and later by the efforts of Byzantine Greek scholars who brought Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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