Allen Kim Lang

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on July 31, 1928, Allen Kim Lang is an American science fiction writer. He began publishing in the field with "Machine of Klamugra" in Planet Stories in 1950 and went on to place a steady run of short fiction in magazines during the 1950s and 1960s.

Reference sources on speculative fiction credit him with energetic, idea-driven stories and note the novel Wild and Outside (1966) among his book-length work. Several of his shorter pieces, including "Blind Man's Lantern," have also remained available through public-domain and library projects, helping new readers discover his work long after its first magazine appearances.

Lang may not be one of the best-known names from his era, but he is part of the rich bench of magazine-era science fiction writers who helped shape the field one story at a time.