Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• Introduction (Ansible First Series 1979-1987) • essay by David Langford
• GUFF - A Message from Our Founder Chris Priest • essay by Christopher Priest (variant of A Message from Our Founder: Chris Priest 1979) [as by Chris Priest]
• Got Dem Ole Single Element Blues • (1979) • essay by Kevin Smith
• Seacon '79 • (1979) • essay by Pamela Boal and Dave Bridges and John Collick and Mike Dickinson and Alan Dorey and Alun Harries and John Harvey and Linda Hutchinson and David Langford and Alan Mattingly and Joseph Nicholas and Bob Shaw (I) and Cyril Simsa and Kevin Smith and Lisanne Sutherland
• Polycon • (1979) • essay by Phil James
• As Much Fun as a Wet Weekend in Birmingham • (1979) • essay by Paul Kincaid
• 10,000 Fanzines from Home • (1979) • essay by Alan Dorey
•  Letter (Ansible 5) • (1979) • essay by Christopher Priest [as by Chris Priest]
• Stop Press: Elmer T. Hack Retires! • (1980) • essay by Christopher Evans [as by Chris Evans (II)]
• Little-known Hazards of Fanzine Publishing: Part 2 • (1980) • essay by Steve Higgins [as by Steev Higgins]
• Bizarre Practices in High Wycombe • (1980) • essay by Christopher Evans [as by Chris Evans (II)]
•  Letter (Ansible 6) • (1980) • essay by Bob Shaw
• Rockcon – The Factoids • (1980) • essay by Sandy Brown
• Fear & Loathing in Sweden • (1980) • essay by Anders Bellis
• More Trouble in the Pictish Provinces • (1980) • essay by Sandy Brown and Bob Jewett
• Albacon: 31st British Eastercon, Easter 1980 • (1980) • essay by David Langford
• Unicon 80 • (1980) • essay by Peter Holdsworth
• Editorial: The Passing of a Golden Age • (1980) • essay by David Langford
• Milford 1980 • (1980) • essay by Christopher Evans [as by Chris Evans (II)]
•  Letter (Ansible 13) • (1980) • essay by Simon Ounsley
•  Letter (Ansible 13) • (1980) • essay by John Piggott
•  Letter (Ansible 13) • (1980) • essay by Ron Salomon
• Novacon 10: 31 Oct–2 Nov 1980 • (1980) • essay by David Langford
• Susan Wood, 1948–1980 • (1980) • essay by David Langford
• '"Darling, You're So Wonderful," He Ejaculated • (1980) • essay by David Langford
• Amazing Occurrence at the Royal Festival Hall • (1981) • essay by A. Witness
• The Plastic Lefty Column • (1981) • essay by Roz Kaveney
•  Letter (Ansible 17) • (1981) • essay by Richard Evans (editor)
•  Letter (Ansible 17) • (1981) • essay by Avedon Carol
•  Letter (Ansible 17) • (1981) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 17) • (1981) • essay by Pascal J. Thomas [as by Pascal Thomas]
•  Letter (Ansible 17) • (1981) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 17) [2] • (1981) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 17) • (1981) • essay by John Grant [as by Paul Barnett]
• Yorcon II: 32nd British Eastercon • (1981) • essay by Kevin Smith
• At the Nebula Ceremony • (1981) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 18) • (1981) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• Chris Evans on Yorcon • (1981) • essay by Christopher Evans [as by Chris Evans (II)]
• Jim Barker on the Channelcon Fan Room • (1981) • essay by Jim Barker
• Duncan Lunan on Paul Barnett on Bob (Glasgow) Shaw on Duncan Lunan • (1981) • essay by Duncan Lunan
• D. West on Yorcon • (1981) • essay by D. West
• The Dreamtime • (1981) • essay by Joseph Nicholas
• The One Tun, 2 July 1981 • (1981) • essay by Abigail Frost [as by Abi Frost]
• The Leaning News Column • (1981) • essay by D. West
•  Letter (Ansible 19) • (1981) • essay by Marc Ortlieb
•  Letter (Ansible 19) • (1981) • essay by Paul J. Stevens [as by Paul Stevens (Australia)]
•  Letter (Ansible 19) • (1981) • essay by Leigh Edmonds
•  Letter (Ansible 19) • (1981) • essay by Roger Weddall
• Fantasycon, Birmingham 10–12 July • (1981) • essay by Nic Howard
• Beccon, Basildon 31 July–2 August • (1981) • essay by Joseph Nicholas
• Faircon '81, Glasgow 24–27 July • (1981) • essay by John Dallman
• The One Tun (July) by One of Them • (1981) • essay by Jonathan Waite
• Magical Media Moments • (1981) • essay by Steve Green
•  Letter (Ansible 20) • (1981) • essay by Joseph Nicholas
•  Letter (Ansible 20) • (1981) • essay by Judith Hanna
•  Letter (Ansible 20) • (1981) • essay by Adrian Mellor
•  Letter (Ansible 20) • (1981) • essay by Pascal J. Thomas [as by Pascal Thomas]
•  Letter (Ansible 20) • (1981) • essay by Roelof Goudriaan
• Milford (UK) Writers' Conference 1981 • (1981) • essay by Geoff Ryman
• Denvention II: Worldcon, September 3–7 1981 • (1981) • essay by Joyce Scrivner
• Almost Credible Rumours • (1981) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
• Hillcon (Beneluxcon 1981) • (1981) • essay by Joseph Nicholas
• Silicon 5: 28–31 Aug • (1981) • essay by Rob Hansen
• Cymrucon 1981: Cardiff, 14–15 Nov • (1981) • essay by Brian Stableford
• Novacon 11, 30 Oct–2 Nov 1981 • (1981) • essay by Malcolm Edwards
• Garnett's Dictionary of Science Fiction: A Serial in Twenty-Six Parts • (1981) • essay by David Garnett [as by Dave Garnett]
• British Fanzines of 1981 • (1982) • essay by Abigail Frost
• Scousecon 1: Liverpool 12–14 Feb • (1982) • essay by Rog Peyton
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Lisa Tuttle
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Jim Barker
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Richard Barycz [as by R. I. Barycz]
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by D. West
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Pascal J. Thomas [as by Pascal Thomas]
•  Letter (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by Colin Wilson
• What's on at the ICA • (1982) • essay by David Langford
• Me (Ansible 25) • (1982) • essay by David Langford
• Channelcon: 33rd British Eastercon • (1982) • essay by Judith Hanna
• Making the Best of It: January–April Fanzines • (1982) • essay by Abigail Frost [as by Abi Frost]
• The Pieria Mob Goes West Again • (1982) • essay by Kevin Smith
• Who Will Rid Me of These Turbulent Awards? • (1982) • essay by David Langford
• Mythcon 1982, 2–4 July, Birmingham • (1982) • essay by Chris Morgan
•  Letter (Ansible 27) • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 27) [2] • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 27) [3] • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 27) [4] • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
• "The Strange Pilgrimage": A Commemoration for Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) • (1982) • essay by Joseph Nicholas
• Judith Hanna at the One Tun (June 1982) • (1982) • essay by Judith Hanna
• Faircon 82 • (1982) • essay by Colin Fine
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Pascal J. Thomas [as by Pascal Thomas]
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Peter Roberts
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Charles N. Brown
• Ansible Goes to the Movies • (1982) • essay by Andrew M. Stephenson [as by Andrew Stephenson]
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Avedon Carol
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Pete Lyon
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Andrew Porter [as by Andy Porter]
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Dick Smith
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Ted White
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Ahrvid Engholm
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by Christopher Priest [as by Chris Priest]
•  Letter (Ansible 28) • (1982) • essay by George Hay
• Festival Der Fantastik/Eurocon VII • (1982) • essay by Ahrvid Engholm
• Albacon II • (1982) • essay by David Langford
• Unicon (10–12 Sept) • (1982) • essay by Colin Fine
• Silicon 6 (27–30 Aug, Newcastle) • (1982) • essay by Judith Hanna
• The Garnett Report • (1982) • essay by David Garnett [as by David S. Garnett]
• Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The Ansible Controversy • (1982) • essay by John Brunner and Harry Harrison and David Langford
• Beneluxcon/SFancon 13, Sept 3–5, Gent, Belgium • (1982) • essay by Judith Hanna
• Novacon 12, Birmingham 5–8 Nov • (1982) • essay by David Langford and Joseph Nicholas
• Fencon, Cambridge 16 October • (1982) • essay by Judith Hanna
• Science Fiction Unlimited: Brighton 23 October • (1982) • essay by David Garnett and Joseph Nicholas [as by David S. Garnett and Joseph Nicholas]
•  Letter (Ansible 30) • (1982) • essay by Peter Nicholls
•  Letter (Ansible 30) • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 30) • (1982) • essay by Joyce Scrivner
•  Letter (Ansible 31) • (1983) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 31) • (1983) • essay by Charles Platt
• Cymrucon: 27–28 November 1982, Central Hotel, Cardiff • (1983) • essay by Phil Palmer
• Dazed They Were, and Bleary Eyed • (1983) • essay by Richard Downes [as by Dick Downes]
•  Letter (Ansible 32) • (1983) • essay by Christopher Priest [as by Chris Priest]
•  Letter (Ansible 32) • (1983) • essay by Ian Watson
• More 1984 • (1983) • essay by David Langford
• Several Words on Albacon II • (1983) • essay by Avedon Carol
• The SF Lunch Club Shock Horror Supplement: or, Fear and Loathing on June 1st • (1983) • essay by David Langford
• Constellation • (1983) • essay by Malcolm Edwards
• Novacon 13 • (1983) • essay by David Langford
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Charles Platt
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Gian Paolo Cossato
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Bob Shaw (I)
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Marta Randall
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Joe Beedell
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Alex Stewart
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by Richard Barycz [as by R. I. Barycz]
•  Letter (Ansible 36) • (1983) • essay by John F. Carr
•  Letter (Ansible 37) • (1984) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 37) • (1984) • essay by Neil Gaiman
•  Letter (Ansible 39) • (1984) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 39) • (1984) • essay by Bob Shaw
•  Letter (Ansible 39) • (1984) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 39) • (1984) • essay by Sue Thomason
•  Letter (Ansible 39) • (1984) • essay by D. West
•  Letter (Ansible 40) • (1984) • essay by Colin Fine
•  Letter (Ansible 40) • (1984) • essay by Charles Platt
•  Letter (Ansible 40) • (1984) • essay by Peter Nicholls
• Come to Sunny Milford • (1984) • essay by Paul Kincaid
• Cassandra Workshop 1984 • (1984) • essay by Charles Stross
•  Letter (Ansible 40) • (1984) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 40) • (1984) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
• Novacon 14: Birmingham 9–12 Nov 1984 • (1984) • essay by David Langford
• Frankie Comes from Hollywood • (1984) • essay by Neil Gaiman
•  Letter (Ansible 41) • (1984) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
•  Letter (Ansible 41) • (1984) • essay by John Brosnan
•  Letter (Ansible 41) • (1984) • essay by Malcolm Edwards
•  Letter (Ansible 41) • (1984) • essay by Maxim Jakubowski
•  Letter (Ansible 41) • (1984) • essay by Ian Watson
• The Usual Vile Lies and Slander • (1984) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
• Cymrucon 2–4 November 1984 • (1984) • essay by Dave Wood
• A Statement by D. West • (1984) • essay by D. West
• Woostergram (Ansible 42) • (1985) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
• The Obligatory David Garnett Puff • (1985) • essay by David Garnett
• Our Man with the Popcorn (Ansible 42) • (1985) • essay by Richard Barycz [as by R. I. Barycz]
• Schizophrenia at Yorcon III • (1985) • essay by David Langford
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Colin Greenland
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Bruce Sterling [as by Vincent Omniaveritas]
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Terry Carr
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Ann Looker
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Avedon Carol
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Stephen Jones
• Paul Barnett Has Fun at the Fair • (1985) • essay by John Grant [as by Paul Barnett]
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Charles Platt
•  Letter (Ansible 43) • (1985) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
• Silent Summer • (1985) • essay by David Langford
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Teresa Nielsen Hayden
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Ted White
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Gregory Benford [as by Greg Benford]
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by David Pringle
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Joseph Nicholas
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Charles Platt
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Benedict S. Cullum
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by George Hay
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Richard Barycz [as by R. I. Barycz]
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Charles Stross
• The Beccon Scenario • (1985) • essay by Marcus L. Rowland [as by Marcus Rowland]
• My Bit • (1985) • essay by David Langford
• Manual for an Atomic Swede • (1985) • essay by Ahrvid Engholm
•  Letter (Ansible 45) • (1986) • essay by William Gibson
•  Letter (Ansible 45) • (1986) • essay by Joseph Nicholas
•  Letter (Ansible 45) • (1986) • essay by John Brosnan
•  Letter (Ansible 45) • (1986) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
• Sue Thomason's Milford Report • (1986) • essay by Sue Thomason
• Do You Remember Novacon 15? • (1986) • essay by David Langford
• Our Man with the Popcorn (Ansible 45) • (1986) • essay by Richard Barycz [as by R. I. Barycz]
• Me (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by David Langford
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by Marise Morland [as by Marise Morland-Chapman]
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by D. M. Sherwood
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by John Jarrold
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by Dave Wood
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by Lisa Tuttle
•  Letter from America • (1986) • essay by Stephen P. Brown [as by Steve Brown]
• The Well-Tempered Plot Device • (1986) • essay by Nick Lowe
• Brad Berry (1920-1986) • (1986) • short story by David Garnett [as by David S. Garnett]
• Me (Ansible 47) • (1986) • essay by David Langford
• Milford 1986, or 15 Characters in Search of a Volume Control for Neil Gaiman • (1986) • essay by John Grant [as by Paul Barnett]
•  Letter (Ansible 47) • (1986) • essay by Greg Bear
•  Letter (Ansible 47) • (1986) • essay by Barrington J. Bayley [as by Barry Bayley]
•  Letter (Ansible 47) • (1986) • essay by Ahrvid Engholm
•  Letter (Ansible 47) • (1986) • essay by Marcus L. Rowland [as by Marcus Rowland]
• 13th French National SF Convention (Lille, 3-7 Sept 86) • (1986) • essay by Ian Watson
• Woostergram (Ansible 47) • (1986) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
• London Fandom Meets Its Waterloo • (1987) • essay by David Langford
• Me and H.G. Wells and the Continuum • (1987) • essay by Christopher Evans [as by Chris Evans (II)]
•  Letter (Ansible 48) • (1987) • essay by Dave Collins
•  Letter (Ansible 48) • (1987) • essay by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• Novacon 16 • (1987) • essay by David Langford
• The Insanity Offence: The Fleisher/Ellison/Comics Journal Libel Case • (1987) • essay by Charles Platt
• Fairy Gold Department • (1987) • essay by David Langford
• Eastercon Report • (1987) • essay by David Garnett [as by Dav Garnett]
• Eggcon • (1987) • essay by David Langford
•  Letter (Ansible 49) • (1987) • essay by Avedon Carol
•  Letter (Ansible 49) • (1987) • essay by Michael Cobley [as by Mike Cobley]
• Star Trek IV: the Film Review • (1987) • essay by Andrew M. Stephenson [as by Andrew Stephenson]
• Running Down: The Me Column • (1987) • essay by David Langford
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Bruce Sterling
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Dennis Virzi
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Harry Harrison
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Arthur D. Hlavaty [as by Arthur Hlavaty]
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Malcolm Edwards
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Martin Morse Wooster
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Christopher Priest [as by Chris Priest]
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Neil Gaiman
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by David Garnett [as by David S. Garnett]
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by Mal Ashworth
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by George Hay
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by David R. Smith
•  Letter (Ansible 50) • (1987) • essay by W. E. Cooper
• Beccon '87 Ghost of Honour Speech • (1987) • essay by Patrick Parrinder
• Alien Christmas Beccon '87 After-Dinner Speech • (1987) • essay by Terry Pratchett