Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: Citadel Press ISBN: 9780806515083 Category : Science fiction, English. Languages : en Pages : 178
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Ten stories, each preceded by background information, by a time-honored storyteller and a pioneer of the science fiction genre explore time travel, sentient machines, alternative history, and other perennial science fiction themes. Original.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: ISBN: 9781846771286 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 232
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Kipling's Science Fiction. From one of the greatest storytellers of all time - a collection of fantastic tales of things that might have been. In the late 19th and early 20th century, before science fiction and fantasy was pushed into a ghetto, the most literary and respected authors would write fantastic tales without a thought for labels and genres. Rudyard Kipling was no exception! This collection contains a selection of Kipling stories that push and cross the boundaries of the mundane, everyday world. Included are "With the Night Mail" and its sequel "As Easy as ABC," two renowned dystopian tales that have strongly influenced the vision of other writers. Kipling's SF is an essential book that demonstrates a profoundly different aspect of this master storyteller.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780312853556 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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"One of the finest writers in the English language, Rudyard Kipling was the first British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (in 1907). From children's stories to adult romances, from tales of ordinary men and women to tales of the supernatural, the scope and breadth of his work has rarely been equalled." "Kipling's mastery of his craft lies in his eye for telling detail. Whether he writes of an exotic land at the ends of the earth or of everyday England, of heaven or hell or anywhere in between, he brings it all home to the reader." "This selection of his science fiction includes some of his best-loved stories." "Rudyard Kipling has tales to tell, and he tells them with a sure hand. They have been and continue to be an enduring delight and inspiration to many generations of readers and writers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1365831744 Category : Languages : en Pages : 66
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1905 Dystopian Science Fiction, in two stories 'What under the stars are you doing here, you sky-scraping chimney-sweep?' he shouts as we two drift side by side. 'Do you know this is a Mail lane? You call yourself a sailor, sir? You ain't fit to peddle toy balloons to an Esquimaux. Your name and number! Report and get down, and be --!' 'I've been blown up once, ' the shock-headed man cries, hoarsely, as a dog barking. 'I don't care two flips of a contact for anything you can do, Postey.' 'Don't you, sir? But I'll make you care. I'll have you towed stern first to Disko and broke up. You can't recover insurance if you're broke for obstruction. Do you understand that?' Then the stranger bellows: 'Look at my propellers! There's been a wulli-wa down below that has knocked us into umbrella-frames! We've been blown up about forty thousand feet! We're all one conjuror's watch inside! My mate's arm's broke; my engineer's head's cut open; my Ray went out when the engines smashed; and... and...
Author: David Drake Publisher: ISBN: 9780671698324 Category : Languages : en Pages : 278
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Rudyard Kipling's style was so powerful that it influenced generations of science fiction readers and writers. Now diverse stylists such as David Drake, Poul Anderson and Robert Heinlein have joined together in this volume honoring Kipling.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: ISBN: 9781074519582 Category : Languages : en Pages : 124
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Imagine an alternate reality where the man who gave the world The Jungle Book and Gunga Din and The Phantom 'Rickshaw was a science fiction writer - generations before Hugo Gernsbeck and Amazing; before the pulp SF that dominated the thirties; before intellectually prescient Astounding in the forties and sophisticated literary SF magazines like Galaxy and The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction fifties. Think of it: a world where Rudyard Kipling was a science fiction writer, long before SF as we understand it was invented. Well actually, he was. And the book you have in your hands - Actions And Reactions - is a wonderful example of it. It feels a lot like the sort of sophisticated SF - literary without being precious - we all remember from the Golden Age of Galaxy and The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction. Imagine that. We live in an alternate universe.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781718666573 Category : Languages : en Pages : 154
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Imagine an alternate reality where the man who gave the world The Jungle Book and Gunga Din and The Phantom 'Rickshaw was a science fiction writer - generations before Hugo Gernsbeck and Amazing; before the pulp SF that dominated the thirties; before intellectually prescient Astounding in the forties and sophisticated literary SF magazines like Galaxy and The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction fifties. Think of it: a world where Rudyard Kipling was a science fiction writer, long before SF as we understand it was invented. Well actually, he was. And the book you have in your hands - Actions And Reactions - is a wonderful example of it. It feels a lot like the sort of sophisticated SF - literary without being precious - we all remember from the Golden Age of Galaxy and The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction. Imagine that. We live in an alternate universe. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: David Drake
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling