Derek Ivor Colin Kapp (3 April 1928"C Kapp birth record transcription"
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best known for his stories about the

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. As an electronic engineer, he began his career with

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Electronics then specialised in

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techniques, eventually becoming a freelance consultant engineer. He was born in

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, south London, 3 April 1928 to John L. F. Kapp and Annie M.A. (née Towner)."Parents marriage record transcription"
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Works

Cageworld series

# ''Search for the sun!'' (1982) (also published as ''Cageworld'') # ''The Lost worlds of Cronus'' (1982) # ''The Tyrant of Hades'' (1984) # ''Star Search'' (1984)

Chaos series

* ''

The Patterns of Chaos ''The Patterns of Chaos'' is a 1972 science fiction novel by British writer Colin Kapp. It originally appeared in '' If'' magazine, serialized in three parts. It combines grand space operatic themes of battle between space empires and interga ...

'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1977)

Standalone novels

* ''

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'' (1964) (also published as ''Transfinite Man'') * ''

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'' (1973) * ''The Survival Game'' (1976) * '' Manalone'' (1977) * ''The Ion War'' (1978) * ''The Timewinders'' (1980)

Short stories

Unorthodox Engineers

*"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) Collected in '' The Unorthodox Engineers'' (1979)

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