The cloudbuilders and other marvels book review

Colin Derek Ivor Kapp was a popular UK science fiction author but one who never became a success in the USA He was active though not prolific as an author in the 1960s through to the 1980s He is best known for his Unorthodox Engineers stories which recount an eccentric group of engineers who accomplish impossible feats of engineering against all odds Pen names Colin Papp Colin Capp Colin Derek Ivor Kapp was a popular UK science fiction author but one who never became a success in the USA He was active though not prolific as an author in the 1960s through to the 1980s He is best known for his Unorthodox Engineers stories which recount an eccentric group of engineers who accomplish impossible feats of engineering against all odds Pen names Colin Papp Colin Capp site_link THE CLOUDBUILDERS and Other Marvels was collected by John Pelan and it contains all five of the Unorthodox Engineers series first published in New Writings in SF In his introduction John traces the history of each story and places them in historical context The stories 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 The Cloudbuilders and Other Marvels Classics of SFcience Fiction and Fantasy