Allen Kim Lang

Allen Kim Lang was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on July 31, 1928. He began publishing science fiction with “Machine of Klamugra” in Planet Stories in 1950 and continued writing for genre magazines through the 1950s and 1960s.

His fiction appeared in publications including Amazing, If, Fantastic, and Analog. Lang’s stories often combine fast-moving adventure with inventive ideas about technology, society, colonization, and human behavior.

His book-length work includes Wild and Outside (1966) and The Chemically Pure Warriors. Several of his shorter works, including “Blind Man’s Lantern” and “The Great Potlatch Riots,” remain available through digital public-domain collections.