David Langford (Ansible)
@ansiblemag.bsky.social
Writer, editor of sf newsletter Ansible, co-editor with John Clute of the SF Encyclopedia, publisher as Ansible Editions. See https://ansible.uk/ -- Ansible Editions, https://ae.ansible.uk/ -- Ansible website with all back issues, https://news.ansible.uk.
It is the season of skulls, bats, demonic pumpkins, giant spiders, eldritch intimations and Ansible 460.
news.ansible.uk/a460.html
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October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It is the season of skulls, bats, demonic pumpkins, giant spiders, eldritch intimations and Ansible 460.
news.ansible.uk/a460.html
news.ansible.uk/a460.html
Ansible 459, October 2025 ...
news.ansible.uk/a459.html
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October 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ansible 459, October 2025 ...
news.ansible.uk/a459.html
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Another month, another Ansible.
news.ansible.uk/a458.html
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September 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Another month, another Ansible.
news.ansible.uk/a458.html
news.ansible.uk/a458.html
Oh no, it's August, and that means Ansible 457....
news.ansible.uk/a457.html
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August 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Oh no, it's August, and that means Ansible 457....
news.ansible.uk/a457.html
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Too hot here for any clever comment, but here's the July Ansible:
news.ansible.uk/a456.html
news.ansible.uk/a456.html
July 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Too hot here for any clever comment, but here's the July Ansible:
news.ansible.uk/a456.html
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You are trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom ... and to make matters worse, here's Ansible 455.
news.ansible.uk/a455.html
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May 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You are trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom ... and to make matters worse, here's Ansible 455.
news.ansible.uk/a455.html
news.ansible.uk/a455.html
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, but who cares: here's Ansible 454. news.ansible.uk/a454.html
May 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, but who cares: here's Ansible 454. news.ansible.uk/a454.html
The April issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a453.html
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The April issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a453.html
Ansible 452 for March 2025 ... news.ansible.uk/a452.html
February 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Ansible 452 for March 2025 ... news.ansible.uk/a452.html
Here we go again: news.ansible.uk/a451.html
January 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Here we go again: news.ansible.uk/a451.html
Random book cover of the day: 1955 Penguin paperback of a serial-killer crime novel from 1933. Absolutely nothing to do with unhinged billionaires giving ill-informed advice to British royalty.
January 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Random book cover of the day: 1955 Penguin paperback of a serial-killer crime novel from 1933. Absolutely nothing to do with unhinged billionaires giving ill-informed advice to British royalty.
Slightly belated Happy New Year sentiments accompanied by a slightly belated Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a450.html
January 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Slightly belated Happy New Year sentiments accompanied by a slightly belated Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a450.html
Christmas starts earlier every year, and so does the "December" issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a449.html
November 29, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Christmas starts earlier every year, and so does the "December" issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a449.html
"Deep Thought says the answer to life, the universe and everything is ... Ansible 448!" "Try turning it off and on again."
news.ansible.uk/a448.html
news.ansible.uk/a448.html
November 1, 2024 at 4:11 PM
"Deep Thought says the answer to life, the universe and everything is ... Ansible 448!" "Try turning it off and on again."
news.ansible.uk/a448.html
news.ansible.uk/a448.html
Here's the October issue of Ansible:
news.ansible.uk/a447.html
news.ansible.uk/a447.html
October 1, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Here's the October issue of Ansible:
news.ansible.uk/a447.html
news.ansible.uk/a447.html
Suddenly it's Ansible 446. news.ansible.uk/a446.html
August 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Suddenly it's Ansible 446. news.ansible.uk/a446.html
Things people use as bookmarks, number 5,271,009.
August 23, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Things people use as bookmarks, number 5,271,009.
Last issue before the Glasgow Worldcon: Ansible 445. news.ansible.uk/a445.html
August 1, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Last issue before the Glasgow Worldcon: Ansible 445. news.ansible.uk/a445.html
Random book cover of the day, inside out: Kingsley Amis's The Book of Bond; Or, Every Man His Own 007 (Jonathan Cape, 1965), as by Lt-Col William ("Bill") Tanner, has a reversible dust-jacket "for use in the field."
July 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Random book cover of the day, inside out: Kingsley Amis's The Book of Bond; Or, Every Man His Own 007 (Jonathan Cape, 1965), as by Lt-Col William ("Bill") Tanner, has a reversible dust-jacket "for use in the field."
Random convention badge of the day: Novacon 6 (1976). Gnome Press artwork by Edd Cartier, supplied by guest of honour Dave Kyle.
July 8, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Random convention badge of the day: Novacon 6 (1976). Gnome Press artwork by Edd Cartier, supplied by guest of honour Dave Kyle.
Amid a flurry of Ansible Editions book royalty statements and updates to the SF Encyclopedia, I somehow managed to sneak in the July issue of Ansible. Here:
news.ansible.uk/a444.html
news.ansible.uk/a444.html
July 1, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Amid a flurry of Ansible Editions book royalty statements and updates to the SF Encyclopedia, I somehow managed to sneak in the July issue of Ansible. Here:
news.ansible.uk/a444.html
news.ansible.uk/a444.html
Here we go again with Ansible 443....
news.ansible.uk/a443.html
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May 31, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Here we go again with Ansible 443....
news.ansible.uk/a443.html
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Mayday! Mayday! Help is urgently needed but all you get is Ansible 442 ... news.ansible.uk/a442.html
May 1, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Mayday! Mayday! Help is urgently needed but all you get is Ansible 442 ... news.ansible.uk/a442.html
Random hardback cover of the day, from 1958. The "Julian Prescot" (John Budd) books were a solicitor version of Henry Cecil's insider novels about barristers and judges, and went on until 1967. All published by Arthur Barker. Most of my copies are signed "J.P." for a particular friend of the author.
April 27, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Random hardback cover of the day, from 1958. The "Julian Prescot" (John Budd) books were a solicitor version of Henry Cecil's insider novels about barristers and judges, and went on until 1967. All published by Arthur Barker. Most of my copies are signed "J.P." for a particular friend of the author.
Random book cover of the day: 1008 pages of, er, sanctity.
April 16, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Random book cover of the day: 1008 pages of, er, sanctity.