Steven Spielberg's directorial debut was the 1974 crime film The Sugarland Express.
The Unorthodox Engineers were the subject of a series of science fiction short stories by Colin Kapp .. science fiction. science fiction. Colin Kapp. Colin Kapp. They were a misfit bunch of engineers who solved problems of alien technology / weird planets in the future .. The stories had a very large grain-of-salt-type humor .. They were commanded by maverick engineer Fritz van Noon and included , amongst others , a convicted bank robber as quartermaster -LRB- on the entirely-sound grounds that he was likely to be the most capable person for the job -RRB- .. The Unorthodox Engineers originally appeared in various British SF magazines  :. `` The Railways Up on Cannis '' -LRB- New Worlds October , 1959 -RRB-. New Worlds. New Worlds ( magazine ). `` The Subways of Tazoo '' -LRB- New Writings in SF 3 -RRB-. New Writings in SF 3. New Writings in SF 3. `` The Pen and the Dark '' -LRB- New Writings in SF 8 -RRB-. New Writings in SF 8. New Writings in SF 8. `` Getaway from Getawehi '' -LRB- New Writings in SF 16 -RRB-. New Writings in SF 16. New Writings in SF 16. `` The Black Hole of Negrav '' -LRB- New Writings in SF 25 -RRB- .. New Writings in SF 25. New Writings in SF 25. Dobson Books published a collection of the stories as The Unorthodox Engineers -LCB- ISBN 0-234-72072-7 -RCB- in November 1979 .. The short story `` The Pen and the Dark '' was adapted into a text-based computer adventure game by Keith Campbell , with text by Colin Kapp .. Colin Kapp. Colin Kapp. It was published in 1984 by Mosaic Publishing with the packaging for the game including a book copy of the original story .