I. O. Evans
# I. O. Evans

Idrisyn Oliver Evans (1894–1977) was an Orange Free State-born editor and writer. He lived in the UK from an early age, and was a UK civil servant from 1912. He retired in 1956, but continued working as an editor.

Evans was noted as a translator of the works of Jules Verne. He also wrote about inventions, and penned historical novels featuring inventions. In 1966, Evans edited a work called Science Fiction through the Ages.

## Works

### Fiction

* Gadget City: A Story of Ancient Alexandria (1944)
* The Heavens Declare: A Story of Galileo Scientist-Astronomer (1949)
* Strange Devices: A Story of the Siege of Syracuse (1950)
* The Coming of a King; A Story of the Stone Age (1950)

### Non-fiction

* The World of Tomorrow – A Junior Book of Forecasts (1933)
* Inventors of the World (1962)
* Jules Verne and his Work (1965)

### Works as editor

* Anthology of Armageddon (1935)
* Jules Verne – Master of Science Fiction (1956)
* Science Fiction through the Ages (1966) – two volumes
