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With the Night Mail
With the Night Mail: A Story of 2,000 A.D. : Together with Extracts from the Contemporary Magazine in which it Appeared | Rudyard Kipling
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With the Serial Reader app, I'm discovering quite a few forgotten gems like this one! When I think of Rudyard Kipling, I think of British Empire India; but "With the Night Mail" is *Science Fiction!* Kipling imagines a world ruled by dirigibles ("digs") that are powered by a new gaseous technology... The short is very technical but I feel like I've discovered the wellspring of steampunk!

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A sci-fi story from 1905 envisioning the year 2000 where the Aerial Board of Control - an air traffic control organization - has become a world government of sorts. Upon this narrative backdrop an intercontinental mail dirigible battles the perfect storm.

A quick 5 issue read in Serial Reader.

Biljana ❤️ Rudyard Kipling 8y
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