Allen Kim Lang

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on July 31, 1928, Allen Kim Lang was an American writer of science fiction. Reference works on the field note that he began publishing in 1950, with "Machine of Klamugra" appearing in Planet Stories under the byline Allen K. Lang.

He went on to publish a substantial run of short fiction during the 1950s and 1960s, building a reputation for energetic, accessible storytelling. His best-known longer work is Wild and Outside (1966), and many of his shorter pieces have remained available through public-domain and library-based collections.

Lang's work sits comfortably in the tradition of classic magazine science fiction: imaginative, fast-moving, and full of big speculative ideas. For listeners who enjoy rediscovering lesser-known voices from the pulp and paperback era, his stories offer a vivid glimpse of that world.