title: I. O. Evans
text: # 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
  