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Rudyard Kipling

For the mirror universe counterpart, see Rudyard Kipling (mirror).

Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was a British short story writer, poet and novelist who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Legacy[]

Most of what Roberta Lincoln knew about 20th century India came from childhood memories of Kipling. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)

In 2268, when Spock was split into separate entities, his Human self mentioned Kipling's The Thousandth Man to his Vulcan self, expressing that James T. Kirk was that one person in a thousand who would be their ally to the death. (TOS - The New Voyages short story: "Ni Var")

In the 2270s and 2280s, Kipling was a favorite author of Captain Jomo Murumbi. (TOS reference: Star Trek II Biographies)

Beverly Crusher and Jack R. Crusher sometimes likened their young son Wesley to the title character in Kipling's The Elephant's Child, as both were insatiably curious. (TNG novel: The Eyes of the Beholders)

Captain Jean-Luc Picard regarded Kipling's work as "idiosyncratic." (TNG novel: Dark Mirror) Picard memorized several of Kipling's poems, including Recessional, and was familiar with the writer's Poems of Empire. (TNG - Strange New Worlds I short story: "The First")

In 2365, Picard was reminded of Kipling's The Man Who would Be King while on Lorca, a planet where everyone wore masks, as locating the Wisdom Mask would make him the world's king. (TNG novel: Masks)

In 2371, the Furies reminded Kathryn Janeway of Kipling's The Mark of the Beast, which her mother had read to her when she was young. (VOY - Invasion! novel: The Final Fury)

In 2374, Geordi LaForge quoted from Kipling's Gunga Din when talking to Sam Lavelle. (TNG - The Dominion War novel: Tunnel Through the Stars)

Notable works[]

  • The Elephant's Child
  • Gunga Din
  • The Man Who would Be King
  • The Mark of the Beast
  • Poems of Empire
  • Recessional
  • The Thousandth Man

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Background[]

VOY - The Captain's Table novel: Fire Ship began with a quote from Kipling, as did Part Five of TOS novel: First Frontier.

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