num_pages: 178
description: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, the celebrated author of The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, and Just So Stories, and one of the finest storytellers in the English language - is rediscovered in these pages as a science fiction pioneer. The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling is sure to surprise, delight, and inspire: ten tales whose themes are time travel, sentient machines, alternate history, and other classic science fiction topics. Among the vivid stories included here are "The Eye of Allah," "With the Night Mail," and "As Easy as A.B.C." Also included is valuable and illuminating background information on each tale. Now, discover why noted science fiction writer Poul Anderson praised these stories as "some of the best work in the entire field."Contents:With the Night Mail (1905)Unprofessional (1930)The Ship That Found Herself (1992)The Fairies' Siege (1901) poemThe Eye of Allah (1926)In the Same Boat (1911)As Easy as A.B.C. (1912)A Matter of Fact (1892)"Wireless" (1902).007 (1897)
language: English
title: The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling
titlecomplete: The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling
genres: Fantasy, Steampunk, Science Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Carol Publishing Group