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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: * "The Railways Up on Cannis" (''New Worlds'' October, 1959) * "The Subways of Tazoo" (''New Writings in SF 3'') * "The Pen and the Dark" (''New Writings in SF 8'') * "Getaway from Getawehi" (''New Writings in SF 16'') * "The Black Hole of Negrav" (''New Writings in SF 25''). Dobson Books published a collection of the stories as ''The Unorthodox Engineers'' in November 1979. The short story "The Pen and the Dark" was adapted into a text-based computer adventure game by Keith Campbell, with text by Colin Kapp. It was published in 1984 by Mosaic Software with the packaging for the game including a book copy of the original story. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unorthodox Engineers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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