A.B.C.

Of which great things He willeth that we have knowing here as it were in an A.B.C., that is to say, that we have a little knowing; whereof we shall have fulness in Heaven.

Revelations of Divine Love 1901

The A.B.C. was a sort of forbidden fruit to Connie, but Agnes had been there before, and Agnes had described the delight of the place.

Sue, A Little Heroine L. T. Meade 1884

What did survive, was the Aërated Bread Company or A.B.C., which was founded in 1862 by Dr. John Dauglish.

The Tea Rooms of London | Edwardian Promenade 2009

“As Easy as A.B.C.,” a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912)

sfawardswatch: Prometheus Award Finalists sfawardswatch 2010

“As Easy as A.B.C.,” a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912)

Science Fiction Awards Watch » Blog Archive » Prometheus Award Finalists 2010

Soon, tea rooms opened up all over, and a rival to the A.B.C. firm arrived as well: that owned by Joseph Lyons, who opened his first tea shop on Piccadilly in 1894, and the first of his famous Corner Houses 15 years later.

The Tea Rooms of London | Edwardian Promenade 2009

“As Easy as A.B.C.,” a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912)

Batman Wins BAFTA sfawardswatch 2010

“As Easy as A.B.C.,” a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912)

sfawardswatch: Prometheus Hall of Fame Nominees sfawardswatch 2010

“As Easy as A.B.C.,” a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912)

Million Writers Award 2010 Opens sfawardswatch 2010

There are quite similar anti-democracy themes in “As Easy as A.B.C.” (one of the most brilliant science fiction stories ever written) and in “The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Books that Influenced Me the Most 2010