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A Separate Star: A Science Fiction Tribute to Rudyard Kipling
| Author: | David Drake Sandra Miesel |
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Baen, 1989 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Each story included here represents the author's personal tribute to Rudyard Kipling, the story he or she feels was most directly influence by Kipling's work. It's a literary feast for those who themselves were influenced by and appreciate Kipling, as well as for those merely looking for top-flight science fiction by the greatest in the field.
Table of Contents:
- Beyond the Loom of the Last Lone Star... - essay by Poul Anderson
- Introduction: No Truce With Kings - essay by Poul Anderson
- No Truce With Kings - (1963) - novella by Poul Anderson
- Introduction: Continuing Westward - essay by Gene Wolfe
- Continuing Westward - (1973) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
- Soldiers' Stories - essay by David Drake
- Under the Hammer - (1974) - shortstory by David Drake
- Introduction: Saul's Death - essay by Joe Haldeman
- Saul's Death - (1983) - poem by Joe Haldeman
- The Art of Things as They Are - essay by Gordon R. Dickson and Sandra Miesel
- Carry Me Home - (1954) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
- Of Kipling and Me - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- Ghost Ships - (1968) - poem by L. Sprague de Camp
- What Kipling Meant to Richard McKenna - essay by Gordon R. Dickson
- The Night of Hoggy Darn - (1958) - novelette by Richard McKenna
- Introduction: The Long Watch - essay by David Drake
- The Long Watch - (1949) - shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
- Introduction: An Interview with Mark Twain - essay by David Drake
- Prologue: An Interview with Mark Twain - shortfiction by Robert A. Heinlein
- An Interview with Mark Twain - essay by Rudyard Kipling
- With the Night Mail - (1905) - novelette by Rudyard Kipling
- As Easy as A.B.C. - (1912) - novelette by Rudyard Kipling
- MacDonough's Song - (1912) - poem by Rudyard Kipling
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