The Cloudbuilders and Other Marvels (Classics of SFcience Fiction and Fantasy)

Kapp, Colin

ISBN 10: 1605436976 / ISBN 13: 9781605436975

Published by Ramble House, 2013

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Seller Inventory # ZBV.1605436976.LN

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cloudbuilders and Other Marvels (Classics of SFcience Fiction and Fantasy)
• Publisher: Ramble House
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605436976
• ISBN 13: 9781605436975
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: O'Keefe, Gavin L.
• Condition: like_new

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Synopsis

John Pelan has collected eight short stories from Colin Kapp, who was known for his SF novels, that show what an innovative writer he was. His series of stores about the Unorthodox Engineers hasn't been available since the 70s and in his introduction, John traces the provenance of each story. The stories and their sources are: The Cloudbuilders, New Writings in SF #12, 1968 Ambassador to Verdammt, Analog, April 1968 The Railways on Cannis, New Worlds, 87 1959 The Subways of Tazoo, New Writings in SF #3 1964 The Pen and the Dark, New Writings in SF #8 1966 Getaway from Getawehi, New Writings in SF #16 1969 The Black Hole of Negrav, New Writings in SF #25 1975 Something in the City, Analog, November, 1984

About the Author

Colin Kapp, a British writer who was known for his novels in the 70s, is covered in detail in John Pelan's introduction.