author
G. K. Hawk
Best known for the short science fiction story Lost Art, this little-documented writer left behind a neat mid-century idea: what happens when a world that depends on machines forgets basic human skills.
1 Audiobook
Lost Art
by G. K. Hawk
About the author
Very little confirmed biographical information appears to be publicly available about G. K. Hawk. Reliable catalog and library-style sources consistently connect the name with "Lost Art," a science fiction short story that was published in March 1955 in Worlds of If Science Fiction.
Project Gutenberg and other bibliographic sources suggest that "Lost Art" is the only widely documented work currently associated with this author. The story has stayed in circulation through public-domain and audiobook readings, which has helped preserve Hawk's name even though the person behind it remains obscure.
Because so little verifiable personal history is available, G. K. Hawk is remembered mainly through the fiction itself: a compact, satirical piece of 1950s science fiction about technological dependence and forgotten know-how.