I. O. Evans
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Idrisyn Oliver Evans (1894–1977) was an Orange Free State-born editor and writer. He lived in the UK from an early age, and was a UK civil servant from 1912. He retired in 1956, but continued working as an editor.[1]
Evans was noted as a translator of the works of Jules Verne.[2] He also wrote about inventions, and penned historical novels featuring inventions. In 1966, Evans edited a work called Science Fiction through the Ages.[3]
Works
Fiction
- Gadget City: A Story of Ancient Alexandria (1944)
- The Heavens Declare: A Story of Galileo Scientist-Astronomer (1949)
- Strange Devices: A Story of the Siege of Syracuse (1950)
- The Coming of a King; A Story of the Stone Age (1950)
Non-fiction
- The World of Tomorrow – A Junior Book of Forecasts (1933)
- Inventors of the World (1962)
- Jules Verne and his Work (1965)
Works as editor
- Anthology of Armageddon (1935)
- Jules Verne – Master of Science Fiction (1956)
- Science Fiction through the Ages (1966) – two volumes
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