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Need help picking some Kipling,

Started by cnath.rm, February 24, 2007, 10:33:21 PM

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cnath.rm

February 24, 2007, 10:33:21 PM
Wanting to read up on some Kipling, I've been reading a bunch of John Ringo's books and he puts quotes from Kipling into most of them. I'm wanting to check them out for myself.  Can anyone recommend me a particular version or edition?
I found this on Amazon, wondering if would be a good choice.  Rudyard Kipling: Complete Verse
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droog

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February 24, 2007, 10:59:24 PM
There are no particularly good versions of Kipling unless things like print and format influence you. You can probably find many of his books in secondhand shops. Also, a bit of Googling will find you his works online for free (best way to read his poetry).

My favourite is Stalky and Co., but his best-loved works are probably Kim, The Jungle Books and Just So Stories.


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cnath.rm

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February 24, 2007, 11:09:03 PM
Quote from: droog[EDIT: Oh, fuck, broke my own promise without even thinking.]
Promise? I'm missing something here.

I'd like hardcopy to be able to read when I'm away from a computer, but yeah I'll be checking with HalfPriceBooks and such.
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February 24, 2007, 11:14:39 PM
Quote from: cnath.rmPromise? I'm missing something here.
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droog

#4
February 25, 2007, 01:20:24 AM
Damn you, Lower-Basch!

At least it's only literature.
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Mr. Analytical

#5
February 25, 2007, 04:11:33 AM
Mr. Kipling does make exceedingly good cakes...

Dominus Nox

#6
February 25, 2007, 05:25:06 AM
There was a little ditty quoted in the movie "The beast" about a russian tank in afghainistan. It went something like: "When yer fall on afghanistan's plains, and the women come to pick yer remains, just hitch up yer rifle and blow out yer brains, and go to yer god like a soldier ought."

I kinda liked it.
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droog

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February 25, 2007, 05:50:29 AM
Also, George Orwell's essay on Kipling gives some context, and resonates with the geopolitical situation today.
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Zachary The First

#8
February 25, 2007, 08:06:04 AM
Project Gutenberg has a large portion of Kipling's work readily available.

I know it's the obvious choices, but I always liked the poems "If", "Gunga Din", and "Mandalay".
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February 25, 2007, 03:29:34 PM
Quote from: cnath.rmI found this on Amazon, wondering if would be a good choice.  Rudyard Kipling: Complete Verse
I've got it.  Good stuff in it; I like some of the lesser known works as well as the better.

I read a lot onscreen, but I usually read poetry before I fall asleep, so it's handy to have a book.

flyingmice

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February 25, 2007, 10:09:00 PM
Any of it - it's all great. I've never been disappointed by Kipling yet.

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February 26, 2007, 08:03:56 AM
Quote from: flyingmiceAny of it - it's all great. I've never been disappointed by Kipling yet.
 
-clash

I hear you.  He's most likely my 2nd favorite author, right after Mark Twain.
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February 26, 2007, 02:47:31 PM
Thanks for all the feedback!!  After reading Ringo's "A Hymn Before Battle" with all of the bits of Kipling's original in the chapter headings I started getting interested, and reading more of Ringo and a few others who like to quote it has me even more interested. (for what it's worth a bunch of Ringo's stuff is in the Baen books Free Library for download, totally recommend it.)
"Dr.Who and CoC are, on the level of what the characters in it do, unbelievably freaking similar. The main difference is that in Dr. Who, Nyarlathotep is on your side, in the form of the Doctor."
-RPGPundit, discovering how BRP could be perfect for a DR Who campaign.

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Ian Absentia

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February 26, 2007, 04:32:44 PM
Wait.  We're on page 2, and while we've gotten this...

...no one has made the "you naughty boy" joke?  Slackers.

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