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[[Image:Ansible 13 (1980).jpg|frame|Cover of ''Ansible #13'', published November 1980 (logo by Taral).]] | [[Image:Ansible 13 (1980).jpg|frame|Cover of ''Ansible #13'', published November 1980 (logo by Taral).]] | ||
| − | '''''Ansible''''' is an award-winning British [[newszine]] published by author and fanwriter [[Dave Langford]], taking its title from a communications device featured in Ursula K LeGuin's 1966 science fiction novel ''Rocannon's World''. | + | '''''Ansible''''' is an award-winning British [[newszine]] published by author and fanwriter [[Dave Langford]], taking its title from a communications device featured in Ursula K LeGuin's 1966 science fiction novel ''Rocannon's World''. Langford is quoted as having likened it to the satirical magazine ''Private Eye''. |
The first series (50 issues) ran from August 1979 (distributed at the third UK world sf convention) until August/September 1987 (coinciding with the fourth UK world sf convention); it was relaunched in October 1991 (resuming the original numbering) and currently appears monthly, usually on the first Thursday (issue #245 was published in December 2007). Although a limited quantity of hardcopies are distributed, most readers use the online version. | The first series (50 issues) ran from August 1979 (distributed at the third UK world sf convention) until August/September 1987 (coinciding with the fourth UK world sf convention); it was relaunched in October 1991 (resuming the original numbering) and currently appears monthly, usually on the first Thursday (issue #245 was published in December 2007). Although a limited quantity of hardcopies are distributed, most readers use the online version. | ||
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Arthur "ATom" Thomson's logo for Ansible #49, published April 1987.
File:Ansible 13 (1980).jpg
Cover of Ansible #13, published November 1980 (logo by Taral).
Ansible is an award-winning British newszine published by author and fanwriter Dave Langford, taking its title from a communications device featured in Ursula K LeGuin's 1966 science fiction novel Rocannon's World. Langford is quoted as having likened it to the satirical magazine Private Eye.
The first series (50 issues) ran from August 1979 (distributed at the third UK world sf convention) until August/September 1987 (coinciding with the fourth UK world sf convention); it was relaunched in October 1991 (resuming the original numbering) and currently appears monthly, usually on the first Thursday (issue #245 was published in December 2007). Although a limited quantity of hardcopies are distributed, most readers use the online version.
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