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Paul Capon

1912 – 1969

British writer

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Lived 1912 – 1969 (aged 56). Paul Capon was a British writer and science fiction writer.

Harry Paul Capon (18 December 1912, in Kenton, Suffolk – 24 November 1969) was a British author who wrote fiction in various genres. He also worked as an editor in three films for Maurice Elvey (1887–1967), co-directed Radio Lover, worked as an administrator in film and TV productions and was the head of the Film Department of Independent Television News (1963–1967). He began writing science fiction in the early 1950s with the Antigeos trilogy, dealing with the discovery of a Counter-Earth, usually hidden behind the Sun. He also wrote about utopias, time travel, lost civilizations, alien invasion and Martians.

Series

The Other Side Trilogy The Other Side of the Sun (1950) The Other Half of the Planet (1952) Down to Earth (1954)

Novels Battered Caravanserai (1942) Brother Cain (1945) Hosts of Midian (1946) Dead Man's Chest (1947) The Murder of Jacob Canansay (1947) Fanfare for Shadows (1947) O Clouds Unfold (1948) Image of a Murder (1949) Toby Scuffel (1949) Threescore Years (1950) Delay of Doom (1950) No Time for Death (1951) Death at Shinglestrand (aka Murder at Shinglestrand) (1951) Death on a Wet Sunday (1952) In All Simplicity (1953) The World at Bay (1953) The Seventh Passenger (1953) Malice Domestic (1954) Phobos, the Robot Planet (aka Lost: A Moon) (1955) Thirty Days Hath September (1955) The Wanderbolt (1955) Margin of Terror (1955) Into the Tenth Millennium (1956) The Cave of Cornelius (aka The End of the Tunnel) (1959) Flight of Time (1960) Warriors' Moon (1960) The Kingdom of the Bulls (1961) Amongst Those Missing (1959) Lord of the Chariots (1962) The Golden Cloak (1962) Strangers on Forlorn (1969) Roman Gold (1968) The Final Refuge (1969)

Non-fiction

The Great Yarmouth Mystery (1965)

Selected filmography Road House (1934) The Clairvoyant (1935) Play Up the Band (1935) Heat Wave (1935) Radio Lover (1936) – co-director The Trojan Brothers (1946)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Paul Capon?

British writer (1912–1969)

When was Paul Capon born?

Paul Capon was born on 18 December 1912 in Kenton Hall.

When did Paul Capon die?

Paul Capon died on 24 November 1969 in Hampstead.

What was Paul Capon's occupation?

Paul Capon was a writer and science fiction writer.

What nationality was Paul Capon?

Paul Capon was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Paul Capon

· Wikidata: Q7149709

· DBpedia: Paul Capon

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