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Kipling wrote two science fiction short stories, ''With the Night Mail'' (1905) and ''As Easy As A. B. C'' (1912), both set in the 21st century in Kipling's [[Aerial Board of Control]] universe. These read like modern [[hard science fiction]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Bennett, Arnold | title = Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 | location = London | publisher = Chatto & Windus | year = 1917 }}</ref> | Kipling wrote two science fiction short stories, ''With the Night Mail'' (1905) and ''As Easy As A. B. C'' (1912), both set in the 21st century in Kipling's [[Aerial Board of Control]] universe. These read like modern [[hard science fiction]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Bennett, Arnold | title = Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 | location = London | publisher = Chatto & Windus | year = 1917 }}</ref> | ||
In 1934 he published a short story in [[Strand Magazine]], "Proofs of Holy Writ", which postulated that | In 1934 he published a short story in [[Strand Magazine]], "Proofs of Holy Writ", which postulated that William Shakespeare had helped to polish the prose of the [[King James Bible]].<ref>''Short Stories from the Strand'', The Folio Society, 1992.</ref> In the non-fiction realm he also became involved in the debate over the British response to the rise in German [[navy|naval]] power, publishing a series of articles in 1898 which were collected as ''A Fleet in Being.'' | ||
=== Peak of his career === | === Peak of his career === | ||
