Dear Fred The first might be As Easy as ABC but America not Europe. The second more like Edgar Rice Burroughs than RK. No obvious matches, though . All best, John R Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Mar 2017, at 19:50, Fred Lerner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > A friend relayed a note that he received from an acquaintance of his: “I have this vague impression that I am aware of at least two Kipling science fiction stories, one involving a devastated Europe after a future war, and the other a fellow who escapes with his lady-love in an airship of some sort to a tropical jungle paradise. At a rough guess, I read them both 50 years ago, and do not remember any more details of either of them.” > > These don’t sound like any Kipling story that I’ve ever heard of, but before telling my friend to tell his correspondent that these stories are certainly not by Kipling, I thought it would be a good idea to see what list members say about the matter. > > Fred > > Fred Lerner, D.L.S. > 81 Worcester Avenue > White River Junction, Vermont 05001 > > [log in to unmask] > (802) 295 6548 > www.fredlerner.org >