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Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor, Fan.<div class="browsingBtns"> <input class="button PNI previous" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?id=p&entry=langford_david'" value="Prev" /> <input class="button PNI next" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/next.php?&entry=langford_david'" value="Next" /> <input class="button PNI incoming" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='/incoming.php?entry=langford_david'" value="About This Entry" title="What links to the entry; contributor initials explained; how to cite; other information" /> <input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Checklist" onclick="window.location.hash='chklst'" > <input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Alpha" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=langford_david&abc'" > <input class="button PNI" type="button" value="Chron" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=langford_david'" > <img alt="Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com" style="margin: 0; position: relative; top:-2px;" src="/images/icon-gal.gif"></img> </div> <a href='/gallery.php?id=Kirby-Cosmic.jpg' target='_blank'> <img src='https://x.sf-encyclopedia.com/gal/thumbs/Kirby-Cosmic.jpg' alt='pic'></a> (1953-    ) UK author, critic, editor, publisher and sf fan, in the latter capacity recipient of 21 <a href="/entry/hugo">Hugo</a> awards for fan writing – some of the best of his several hundred pieces are assembled as Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (coll 1992 chap US; much exp vt The Silence of the Langford 1996; exp 2015 ebook) as Dave Langford, edited by Ben Yalow – plus five Best <a href="/entry/fanzine">Fanzine</a> Hugos and one <a href="/entry/semiprozine">Semiprozine</a> Hugo for his self-produced news magazine, <a href="/entry/ansible_publication">Ansible</a> (which see). His one fiction Hugo is for "Different Kinds of Darkness" (January 2000 <a href="/entry/fsf">F&SF</a>) as best short story. After some appearances in the <a href="/entry/amateur_magazine">Amateur Magazine</a> <a href="/entry/sfinx">SFinx</a> (from 1972) Langford began to publish sf professionally with "Heatwave" for New Writings in SF 27 (anth 1975) edited by Kenneth <a href="/entry/bulmer_kenneth">Bulmer</a>. His first book-length fiction, An Account of a Meeting with Denizens of Another World, 1871 (1979) as by William Robert Loosley and edited with mock-critical commentary by Langford, centres on a spoof nineteenth-century report of a <a href="/entry/ufos">UFO</a> Close Encounter; its main narrative was summarized as if factual, without permission or payment, by Whitley <a href="/entry/strieber_whitley">Strieber</a> in his "fiction based on fact", Majestic (1989). In Langford's one serious novel, The Space Eater (1982), emissaries from a devastated Earth are sent by a highly unpleasant form of <a href="/entry/matter_transmission">Matter Transmission</a> to a distant colony planet (see <a href="/entry/colonization_of_other_worlds">Colonization of Other Worlds</a>), where they must persuade the local military not to endanger the fabric of the Universe; there is some satire on <a href="/entry/military_sf">Military SF</a>. The Leaky Establishment (1984), borderline sf, hilariously examines a crisis involving misplaced nuclear warheads at what many readers have assumed is what was then the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston (where Langford, who has an MA in physics, worked as a weapons physicist 1975-1980). In Earthdoom! (1987) with John <a href="/entry/grant_john">Grant</a>, a <a href="/entry/parody">Parody</a> of the <a href="/entry/disaster">Disaster</a>-novel genre and of countless sf <a href="/entry/cliches">Clichés</a>, a multitude of catastrophes afflicts the world more or less simultaneously: these include catastrophic <a href="/entry/climate_change">Climate Change</a>, <a href="/entry/aliens">Alien</a> <a href="/entry/invasion">Invasion</a>, a threatened <a href="/entry/antimatter">Antimatter</a> <a href="/entry/comet">Comet</a> impact, the return via <a href="/entry/time_travel">Time Travel</a> of Hitler (who soon <a href="/entry/clones">Clones</a> himself), and so on. The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two (coll 1988) assembles parodies of sf and fantasy writers; its contents were incorporated into the much more substantial <a href="/entry/parody">Parody</a> and pastiche collection He Do the Time Police in Different Voices (coll 2003; exp 2015 ebook). Non-parodic fiction is assembled in the retrospective collection Different Kinds of Darkness: Short Stories (coll 2004; exp 2015 ebook) Though much of his short fiction is entirely serious, Langford was long best known for the witty and ironic humour of his fan writing – first effectively distilled in the <a href="/entry/fanzine">Fanzine</a> Twll-Ddu (1976-1983) – his numerous magazine columns, and most of his full-length fiction, although it is sometimes over-broad. Long-running columns have appeared in <a href="/entry/interzone">Interzone</a> – "Ansible Link", a digest of <a href="/entry/ansible_publication">Ansible</a> news (August 1992-September 2023) – and <a href="/entry/sfx">SFX</a>, comprising general sf commentary and humour in every issue from the magazine's launch in 1995 to #274 for July 2016. A tenth-anniversary collection of the latter columns is The SEX Column and other misprints (coll 2005; exp 2016 ebook); further SFX columns appear amid much other material in Starcombing (coll 2009; exp 2016 ebook) and as almost the entire content of the concluding All Good Things: The Last SFX Visions (coll 2017). An early "nonfiction" book appearance is in The Necronomicon (anth 1978) edited by George <a href="/entry/hay_george">Hay</a>, Langford's contribution being to construct a hoax history of <a href="/entry/computers">Computer</a> decipherment of the eponymous "lost occult text" invented by H P <a href="/entry/lovecraft_h_p">Lovecraft</a> but in this book supposedly known to and enciphered by John <a href="/entry/dee_john">Dee</a>. Langford has also written, often in collaboration, a variety of nonfiction texts of sf interest, all imaginatively conceived and soundly based: War in 2080: The Future of Military Technology (1979), Facts and Fallacies: A Book of Definitive Mistakes and Misguided Predictions (1981; exp 2017 ebook) with Chris <a href="/entry/morgan_chris">Morgan</a>, The Science in Science Fiction (1982) with Peter <a href="/entry/nicholls_peter">Nicholls</a> and Brian <a href="/entry/stableford_brian_m">Stableford</a>, Micromania: The Whole Truth about Home Computers (1984) with Charles <a href="/entry/platt_charles">Platt</a>, and The Third Millennium (A History of the World: AD 2000-3000) (1985) with Brian <a href="/entry/stableford_brian_m">Stableford</a>. His introduction to the posthumous John <a href="/entry/sladek_john_t">Sladek</a> collection Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek (coll 2002), edited by Langford, won a <a href="/entry/bsfa_award">BSFA Award</a> for nonfiction; Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 (coll 2003; exp 2016 ebook) is a substantial retrospective collection of one hundred reviews and critical essays. Following some self-published titles using his software trading name Ansible Information, Langford's <a href="/entry/small_presses_and_limited_editions">Small Press</a> was launched in 2003 as Ansible E-ditions in partnership with Christopher <a href="/entry/priest_christopher">Priest</a>, publishing new and newly collected work by David I <a href="/entry/masson_david_i">Masson</a> and John T <a href="/entry/sladek_john_t">Sladek</a>; as Ansible Editions with Greg <a href="/entry/pickersgill_greg">Pickersgill</a> it focused on Algis <a href="/entry/budrys_algis">Budrys</a>'s <a href="/entry/fsf">F&SF</a> review columns, collected in three volumes 2012-2013; the imprint continues as a solo operation, mainly reissuing Langford backlist works and fandom-related compilations as ebooks (some with paperback editions sold to benefit the fan funds), but with further printed titles by Budrys, Sladek, Ted <a href="/entry/white_ted">White</a> and others [see Checklist below]. Langford was nonfiction editor of the short-lived professional incarnation of <a href="/entry/extro">Extro</a> from 1982 to its demise, and edited the early <a href="/entry/online_magazines">Online Magazine</a> <a href="/entry/starlight_sf">Starlight SF</a> from 1982 to 1985. He has been sf reviewer for the UK newspapers The Guardian 1994-1995 and The Sunday Telegraph 2011-2013. He currently devotes most of his time to nonfiction and editorial work, principally <a href="/entry/ansible_publication">Ansible</a>, Ansible Editions, and the present Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current web), edited with John <a href="/entry/clute_john">Clute</a>, which won a <a href="/entry/hugo">Hugo</a> as Best Related Work in 2012 – Langford's 29th and perhaps final Hugo award. A late collection of articles written for fanzines and other venues (including Fortean Times and various books with Langford introductions), is Beachcombing and Other Oddments (coll 2020). He has published no fiction since 2011. For his long-term contributions to <a href="/entry/fanzine">Fanzines</a> and <a href="/entry/fandom">Fandom</a> Langford received the <a href="/entry/faan_award">FAAn Award</a> for lifetime achievement in 2021 and entered the <a href="/entry/first_fandom_hall_of_fame">First Fandom Hall of Fame</a> in 2024. [JC/NT/DRL] see also: <a href="/entry/anthropology">Anthropology</a>; <a href="/entry/black_holes">Black Holes</a>; <a href="/entry/cosmology">Cosmology</a>; <a href="/entry/doc_weir_award">Doc Weir Award</a>; <a href="/entry/eastercon">Eastercon</a>; <a href="/entry/fan_funds">Fan Funds</a>; <a href="/entry/games_workshop">Games Workshop</a>; <a href="/entry/genetic_engineering">Genetic Engineering</a>; <a href="/entry/humour">Humour</a>; <a href="/entry/hyperspace">Hyperspace</a>; <a href="/entry/immortality">Immortality</a>; The <a href="/entry/infinite_matrix_the">Infinite Matrix</a>; <a href="/entry/loch_ness_monster">Loch Ness Monster</a>; <a href="/entry/new_writings_in_sf">New Writings in SF</a>; <a href="/entry/nova_awards">Nova Awards</a>; <a href="/entry/prediction">Prediction</a>; <a href="/entry/pseudoscience">Pseudoscience</a>; <a href="/entry/pulp">Pulp</a>; <a href="/entry/seti">SETI</a>; <a href="/entry/skylark_award">Skylark Award</a>; <a href="/entry/tuckerisms">Tuckerisms</a>; <a href="/entry/upload">Upload</a>; <a href="/entry/utopias">Utopias</a>; <a href="/entry/wandering_jew">Wandering Jew</a>; <a href="/entry/weapons">Weapons</a>; <a href="/entry/white_holes">White Holes</a>; <a href="/entry/worldcon">Worldcon</a>. <h3 id="chklst">David Rowland Langford</h3> born Newport, Monmouthshire: 10 April 1953 works <input type="button" value="Alphabetical" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=langford_david&abc'"> <input type="button" value="Chronological" class="button PNI" onclick="window.location.href='/chron.php?id=langford_david'"> <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=An+Account+of+a+Meeting+with+Denizens+of+Another&field-author=William+Robert+Loosley" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">An Account of a Meeting with Denizens of Another World, 1871</a> (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1979) as by William Robert Loosley [presented as a historical <a href="/entry/ufos">UFO</a> account with extensive Langford commentary: hb/photographic]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Space+Eater&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Space Eater</a> (London: Arrow, 1982) [pb/uncredited]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Leaky+Establishment&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Leaky Establishment</a> (London: Frederick Muller, 1984) [hb/nonpictorial]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Earthdoom&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Earthdoom!</a> (London: Grafton Books, 1987) with John <a href="/entry/grant_john">Grant</a> [pb/Paul Sample]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Guts+A+Comedy+of+Manners&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Guts: A Comedy of Manners</a> (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2001) with John <a href="/entry/grant_john">Grant</a> [hb/]</li> </ul> collections <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=A+Novacon+Garland&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">A Novacon Garland</a> (Birmingham, England: The Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1985) [coll: chap: dos: pb/nonpictorial]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Dragonhiker+Guide+to+Battlefield+Covenant&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two</a> (Birmingham, England: Drunken Dragon Press, 1988) [coll: incorporates A Novacon Garland above: hb/nonpictorial] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=He+Do+the+Time+Police+in+Different+Voices+SF&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">He Do the Time Police in Different Voices: SF Parody and Pastiche</a> (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2003) [coll: much exp from the above: hb/J T Lindroos] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=He+Do+the+Time+Police+in+Different+Voices+SF&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">He Do the Time Police in Different Voices: SF Parody and Pastiche</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2015) [coll: ebook: exp of the above with 1 added story and other material: na/photographic]</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Irrational+Numbers&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Irrational Numbers</a> (West Warwick, Rhode Island: Necronomicon Press, 1994) [coll: chap: illus/pb/Jason C Eckhardt]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Different+Kinds+of+Darkness+Short+Stories&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Different Kinds of Darkness: Short Stories</a> (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2004) [coll: hb/J T Lindroos] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Different+Kinds+of+Darkness+Short+Stories&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Different Kinds of Darkness: Short Stories</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2015) [coll: ebook: exp of the above with 6 added stories: na/ChaosPro fractal generator]</li> </ul></li> </ul> nonfiction series Discworld <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Unseen+University+Challenge+Terry&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Unseen University Challenge: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook</a> (London: Victor Gollancz/Vista, 1996) [nonfiction: Terry <a href="/entry/pratchett_terry">Pratchett</a>: Discworld: pb/Josh <a href="/entry/kirby_josh">Kirby</a>] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Unseen+University+Challenge+Terry&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Unseen University Challenge: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook</a> (London: Victor Gollancz, 2005) [nonfiction: rev of the above, wrongly dated 1996: Terry <a href="/entry/pratchett_terry">Pratchett</a>: Discworld: hb/David Wyatt]</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Wyrdest+Link+The+Second+DiscworldR+Quizbook&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Wyrdest Link: The Second Discworld® Quizbook</a> (London: Victor Gollancz, 2002) [nonfiction: Terry <a href="/entry/pratchett_terry">Pratchett</a>: Discworld: pb/Josh <a href="/entry/kirby_josh">Kirby</a>] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Wyrdest+Link+The+Second+DiscworldR+Quizbook&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Wyrdest Link: The Second Discworld® Quizbook</a> (London: Victor Gollancz, 2006) [nonfiction: rev of the above: Terry <a href="/entry/pratchett_terry">Pratchett</a>: Discworld: hb/David Wyatt]</li> </ul></li> </ul> individual titles: nonfiction <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Necronomicon&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Necronomicon</a> (St Helier, Jersey: Neville Spearman, 1978) with George <a href="/entry/hay_george">Hay</a>, Robert Turner and Colin <a href="/entry/wilson_colin">Wilson</a> [nonfiction: anth: H P <a href="/entry/lovecraft_h_p">Lovecraft</a>: <a href="/entry/cthulhu_mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a>: hb/nonpictorial]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=War+in+2080+The+Future+of+Military+Technology&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">War in 2080: The Future of Military Technology</a> (Newton Abbot, Devon: David and Charles/Westbridge Books, 1979) [nonfiction: hb/Andrew Farmer]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Facts+and+Fallacies+A+Book+of+Definitive&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Facts and Fallacies: A Book of Definitive Mistakes and Misguided Predictions</a> (Exeter, Devon: Webb and Bower, 1981) with Chris <a href="/entry/morgan_chris">Morgan</a> [nonfiction: hb/nonpictorial] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Facts+and+Fallacies+A+Book+of+Definitive+Mistakes&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Facts & Fallacies: A Book of Definitive Mistakes and Misguided Predictions</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2017) with Chris <a href="/entry/morgan_chris">Morgan</a> [nonfiction: ebook: exp rev of the above: na/L A Vaught]</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Science+in+Science+Fiction&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Science in Science Fiction</a> (London: Michael Joseph, 1982) with Peter <a href="/entry/nicholls_peter">Nicholls</a> and Brian <a href="/entry/stableford_brian_m">Stableford</a> [nonfiction: hb/Chris <a href="/entry/foss_chris">Foss</a>]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Micromania+The+Whole+Truth+about+Home+Computers&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Micromania: The Whole Truth about Home Computers</a> (London: Victor Gollancz, 1984) with Charles <a href="/entry/platt_charles">Platt</a> [nonfiction: reworking for the UK market of Platt's solo The Whole-Truth Home Computer Handbook (1984): illus/Borin van Loon: hb/uncredited]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Third+Millennium+A+History+of+the+World+AD&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Third Millennium (A History of the World: AD 2000-3000)</a> (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1985) with Brian <a href="/entry/stableford_brian_m">Stableford</a> [hb/David Jefferis]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Transatlantic+Hearing+Aid&field-author=Dave+Langford" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Transatlantic Hearing Aid</a> (Chichester, Sussex: Inca Press, 1985) as Dave Langford [nonfiction: chap: illus/various: pb/Jim Barker]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+End+of+Harry+Potter&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The End of Harry Potter?</a> (London: Gollancz, 2006) [nonfiction: hb/David Wyatt]</li> </ul> nonfiction collections series Critical Assembly <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Critical+Assembly+The+First+50+White+Dwarf&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Critical Assembly: The First 50 White Dwarf Columns</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Information, 1987) [nonfiction: coll: chap: book reviews: Critical Assembly: pb/nonpictorial]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Critical+Assembly+II+The+Rest+of+the+White+Dwarf&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Critical Assembly II: The Rest of the White Dwarf (and GM, and GMI) Review Columns</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Information, 1992) [nonfiction: coll: chap: book reviews: Critical Assembly: pb/nonpictorial] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Complete+Critical+Assembly+The+Collected&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Complete Critical Assembly: The Collected White Dwarf (and GM, and GMI) SF Review Columns</a> (Gillette, New Jersey: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2001) [nonfiction: omni of both Critical Assembly volumes above: Critical Assembly: hb/nonpictorial] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Complete+Critical+Assembly+The+Collected&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Complete Critical Assembly: The Collected White Dwarf (and GM, and GMI) SF Review Columns</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2015) [nonfiction: omni: ebook: rev of the above: Critical Assembly: na/photographic]</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Ansible <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Ansible+First+Series+1979-1987&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Ansible First Series 1979-1987</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2016) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: first 50 issues of <a href="/entry/ansible_publication">Ansible</a>: Ansible: na/D <a href="/entry/west_d">West</a>]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Ansible+Second+Series+1991-2000&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Ansible Second Series 1991-2000</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2017) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: issues 51-161 of <a href="/entry/ansible_publication">Ansible</a>: Ansible: na/Dan <a href="/entry/steffan_dan">Steffan</a>]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Ansible+Second+Series+2001-2010&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Ansible Second Series 2001-2010</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2017) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: issues 162-281 of <a href="/entry/ansible_publication">Ansible</a>: Ansible: na/Steve <a href="/entry/stiles_steve">Stiles</a>]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Ansible+Second+Series+2011-2020&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Ansible Second Series 2011-2020</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2020) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: issues 282-401: Ansible: na/Arthur <a href="/entry/thomson_arthur">Thomson</a> as Atom]</li> </ul> individual titles: nonfiction collections <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Platen+Stories&field-author=Dave+Langford" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Platen Stories</a> (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Conspiracy '87, 1987) as Dave Langford [coll: chap: <a href="/entry/fanzine">Fanzine</a> writings published by the 1987 <a href="/entry/worldcon">Worldcon</a>: pb/Jim Barker]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Let+Hear+It+for+the+Deaf+Man&field-author=Dave+Langford" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man</a> (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1992) as Dave Langford [nonfiction: coll: chap: edited by Ben Yalow: pb/Merle Insinga] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Silence+of+the+Langford+Essays+and+some&field-author=Dave+Langford" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Silence of the Langford: Essays (and some stories)</a> (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1996) as Dave Langford [nonfiction: coll: much exp from the above; includes three stories: edited by Ben Yalow: pb/photographic: John D Rickett] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Silence+of+the+Langford+Essays+and+some&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Silence of the Langford: Essays (and some stories)</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2015) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: further exp with 5 more articles: na/photographic: John D Rickett]</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Pieces+of+Langford+A+Collection+of+Short+Essays&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Pieces of Langford: A Collection of Short Essays</a> (Tonwell, Hertfordshire: Harvey Consultancy/Auld Lang Fund, 1998) [nonfiction: coll: chap: 25 selected columns from <a href="/entry/sfx">SFX</a>: pb/]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Up+Through+an+Empty+House+of+Stars+Reviews+and&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002</a> (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2003) [nonfiction: coll: hb/J T Lindroos] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Up+Through+an+Empty+House+of+Stars+Reviews+and&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2016) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: exp rev of the above with 5 added pieces: na/photographic]</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+SEX+Column+and+other+misprints&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The SEX Column and other misprints</a> (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2005) [nonfiction: coll: columns and features from <a href="/entry/sfx">SFX</a>: hb/Garry Nurrish] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+SEX+Column+and+other+misprints&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The SEX Column and other misprints</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2016) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: exp of the above with 3 added pieces: columns and features from <a href="/entry/sfx">SFX</a>: na/Garry Nurrish]</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Apricot+Files+The+Disinformation+Columns&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Apricot Files: The "Disinformation" Columns</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Information, 2007) [nonfiction: coll: columns from Apricot computer magazines 1985-1988: pb/nonpictorial]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Limbo+Files+Writing+Freelancing+and+the&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Limbo Files: Writing, Freelancing and the Amstrad PCW</a> (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2009) [nonfiction: coll: columns from Amstrad PCW computer magazines 1986-2002: pb/J T Lindroos]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Starcombing+Columns+Essays+Reviews+and+More&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Starcombing: Columns, Essays, Reviews and More</a> (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2016) [nonfiction: coll: includes four short-short stories from <a href="/entry/nature">Nature</a>: pb/J T Lindroos] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Starcombing+Columns+Essays+Reviews+and+More&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Starcombing: Columns, Essays, Reviews and More</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2009) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: exp of the above with 2 added pieces: na/photographic]</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Crosstalk+Interviews+Conducted+by+David+Langford&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Crosstalk: Interviews Conducted by David Langford</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2015) [nonfiction: coll: pb/L A Vaught]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Dont+Try+This+at+Home+Selected+Convention&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Don't Try This at Home: Selected Convention Reports</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2015) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: na/photographic] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Dont+Try+This+at+Home+Convention+Reports&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Don't Try This at Home: Convention Reports</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2021) [nonfiction: coll: exp vt of the above: pb/photographic]</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=All+Good+Things+The+Last+SFX+Visions&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">All Good Things: The Last SFX Visions</a> (Alconbury Weston, Cambridgeshire: NewCon Press/Steel Quill, 2017) [nonfiction: coll: illus/hb/Andy Watt] <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=All+Good+Things+The+Last+SFX+Visions&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">All Good Things: The Last SFX Visions</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2023) [nonfiction: coll: exp of the above: pb/Arthur <a href="/entry/thomson_arthur">Thomson</a> as Atom]</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Short+Shrift+A+Big+Book+of+Little+Reviews&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Short Shrift: A Big Book of Little Reviews 1976-2017</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2017) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: na/photographic]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Beachcombing+and+Other+Oddments&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Beachcombing and Other Oddments</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2020) [nonfiction: coll: pb/Dan <a href="/entry/steffan_dan">Steffan</a>]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Work+for+Hire&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Work for Hire</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2024) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: na/D <a href="/entry/west_d">West</a>]</li> </ul> works as editor series The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction+Third+Edition&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Third Edition</a> (London: Gollancz, 2011-2021) with John <a href="/entry/clute_john">Clute</a>, Peter <a href="/entry/nicholls_peter">Nicholls</a> and Graham <a href="/entry/sleight_graham">Sleight</a> [encyclopedia: online: recast and much enlarged version of all previous editions of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: revisions and additions added regularly: na/]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction+Fourth&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Fourth Edition</a> (London: SFE Ltd/Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2021-current) [encyclopedia: online: much enlarged version of the Third Edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction above: revisions and additions added regularly: na/]</li> </ul> Benchmarks <ul class="x"> <li>Algis <a href="/entry/budrys_algis">Budrys</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Benchmarks+Continued+The+FandSF+Books+Columns&field-author=Budrys+Algis" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Benchmarks Continued: The F&SF "Books" Columns Volume 1: 1975-1982</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2012) edited with Greg <a href="/entry/pickersgill_greg">Pickersgill</a> [nonfiction: coll: first appeared September 1975-November 1982 <a href="/entry/fsf">F&SF</a>: Benchmarks: pb/clipart]</li> <li>Algis <a href="/entry/budrys_algis">Budrys</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Benchmarks+Revisited+The+FandSF+Books+Columns&field-author=Budrys+Algis" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Benchmarks Revisited: The F&SF "Books" Columns Volume 2: 1983-1986</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2013) edited with Greg <a href="/entry/pickersgill_greg">Pickersgill</a> [nonfiction: coll: first appeared January 1983-December 1986 <a href="/entry/fsf">F&SF</a>: Benchmarks: pb/Tom Bevans]</li> <li>Algis <a href="/entry/budrys_algis">Budrys</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Benchmarks+Concluded+The+FandSF+Books+Columns&field-author=Budrys+Algis" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Benchmarks Concluded: The F&SF "Books" Columns Volume 3: 1987-1993</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2013) edited with Greg <a href="/entry/pickersgill_greg">Pickersgill</a> [nonfiction: coll: first appeared January 1987-January 1993 <a href="/entry/fsf">F&SF</a>: Benchmarks: pb/Tom Bevans]</li> </ul> individual titles as editor <ul class="x"> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Wrath+of+the+Fanglord&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Wrath of the Fanglord</a> (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Rune Press, 1998) [nonfiction: anth: chap: selected articles published in Langford <a href="/entry/fanzine">Fanzines</a>: pb/Steve <a href="/entry/stiles_steve">Stiles</a>]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=TAFF+Trip+Report+Anthology&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">TAFF Trip Report Anthology</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2017) [nonfiction: anth: ebook: unfinished TransAtlantic Fan Fund reports (see <a href="/entry/fan_funds">Fan Funds</a>): na/Anne Stokes]</li> <li>(As consultant editor) <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Astounding+Illustrated+History+of+Science&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Astounding Illustrated History of Science Fiction</a> (London: Flame Tree, 2017) [nonfiction: anth: introductions by Langford and Pat Mills: hb/photocollage]</li> <li><a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=New+Worlds+Profiles&field-author=Langford+David" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">New Worlds Profiles</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2024) [nonfiction/biography: coll: assembles all author/artist Profile features from <a href="/entry/new_worlds">New Worlds</a> in the John <a href="/entry/carnell_john">Carnell</a> era: pb/photocollage]</li> </ul> single-author collections as editor <ul class="x"> <li>John T <a href="/entry/sladek_john_t">Sladek</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Maps+The+Uncollected+John+Sladek&field-author=Sladek+John+T" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek</a> (Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Big Engine, 2002) [coll: with introduction by Langford: pb/Deirdre Counihan]</li> <li>A Vincent <a href="/entry/clarke_a_v">Clarke</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=A+Vince+Clarke+Treasury&field-author=Clarke+A+V" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">A Vince Clarke Treasury</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2015) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: na/photographic] <ul class="x"> <li>A Vincent <a href="/entry/clarke_a_v">Clarke</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=A+Vince+Clarke+Treasury&field-author=Clarke+A+V" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">A Vince Clarke Treasury</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2024) [nonfiction: coll: exp of the above with corrections: pb/photographic]</li> </ul></li> <li>Ron <a href="/entry/bennett_ron">Bennett</a>, editor. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Complete+Skyrack&field-author=Bennett+Ron" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Complete Skyrack</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2017) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: introduction by Rob <a href="/entry/hansen_rob">Hansen</a>: <a href="/entry/skyrack">Skyrack</a>: na/Arthur <a href="/entry/thomson_arthur">Thomson</a> as Atom]</li> <li>R L <a href="/entry/fanthorpe_r_l">Fanthorpe</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Down+the+Badger+Hole+R+Lionel+Fanthorpe+The&field-author=Fanthorpe+R+L" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Down the Badger Hole: R. Lionel Fanthorpe: The Badger Years</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2018) with Debbie Cross [nonfiction and fiction: omni: ebook: combines Down the Badger Hole (coll 1995) and its Bibliographic Supplement (coll 1999 chap) with corrections and much added material: na/photographic]</li> <li>Peter Roberts et al, editors. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Complete+Checkpoint&field-author=Peter+Roberts+et+al" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Complete Checkpoint</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2018) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: <a href="/entry/checkpoint">Checkpoint</a>: na/Bruce Townley]</li> <li>John T <a href="/entry/sladek_john_t">Sladek</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=New+Maps+More+Uncollected+John+Sladek&field-author=Sladek+John+T" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">New Maps: More Uncollected John Sladek</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2019) [nonfiction: coll: with some stories and poems: pb/photographic]</li> <li>Terry <a href="/entry/carr_terry">Carr</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Fandom+Harvest+II&field-author=Carr+Terry" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Fandom Harvest II</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2019) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: <a href="/entry/fandom">Fandom</a>: na/Steve <a href="/entry/stiles_steve">Stiles</a>] <ul class="x"> <li>Terry <a href="/entry/carr_terry">Carr</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Fandom+Harvest+II&field-author=Carr+Terry" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Fandom Harvest II</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2024) [nonfiction: coll: exp of the above: <a href="/entry/fandom">Fandom</a>: pb/Steve <a href="/entry/stiles_steve">Stiles</a>]</li> </ul></li> <li>Bruce <a href="/entry/sterling_bruce">Sterling</a> as "Vincent Omniaveritas". <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Complete+Cheap+Truth&field-author=Sterling+Bruce" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Complete Cheap Truth</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2019) [coll: ebook: assembling all issues of <a href="/entry/cheap_truth">Cheap Truth</a>: na/nonpictorial]</li> <li>Charles <a href="/entry/platt_charles">Platt</a>, editor. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Complete+Patchin+Review&field-author=Platt+Charles" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Complete Patchin Review</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2019) [coll: ebook: assembling all issues of The <a href="/entry/patchin_review_the">Patchin Review</a> plus 2 additional Platt articles: na/nonpictorial]</li> <li>Bob <a href="/entry/shaw_bob">Shaw</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Serious+Scientific+Talks&field-author=Shaw+Bob" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Serious Scientific Talks</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2019) edited with Rob Jackson [nonfiction: coll: ebook: Serious Scientific Talks: na/Jim Barker]</li> <li>Algis <a href="/entry/budrys_algis">Budrys</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Beyond+the+Outposts+Essays+on+SF+and+Fantasy&field-author=Budrys+Algis" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2020) edited with Greg <a href="/entry/pickersgill_greg">Pickersgill</a> [nonfiction: coll: includes contents of Budrys's Outposts: Literatures of Milieux (coll 1997): pb/from Camille <a href="/entry/flammarion_camille">Flammarion</a>]</li> <li>Algis <a href="/entry/budrys_algis">Budrys</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=A+Budrys+Miscellany+Occasional+Writing+1954-2000&field-author=Budrys+Algis" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">A Budrys Miscellany: Occasional Writing 1954-2000</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2020) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: pb/from Budrys's <a href="/entry/fanzine">Fanzine</a> dubious]</li> <li>Bob <a href="/entry/shaw_bob">Shaw</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Full+Glass+Bushel&field-author=Shaw+Bob" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Full Glass Bushel</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2020) edited with Rob Jackson [nonfiction: coll: ebook: all the "Glass Bushel" columns plus other articles from <a href="/entry/hyphen">Hyphen</a>: The Glass Bushel: illus/na/Jim Barker]</li> <li>Bob <a href="/entry/shaw_bob">Shaw</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Slow+Pint+Glass&field-author=Shaw+Bob" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Slow Pint Glass</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2020) edited with Rob Jackson [nonfiction: coll: ebook: further <a href="/entry/fanzine">Fanzine</a> writings: illus/na/Jim Barker]</li> <li>Chuck <a href="/entry/harris_chuck">Harris</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Creative+Random+Harris&field-author=Harris+Chuck" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Creative Random Harris</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2021) edited with Rob <a href="/entry/hansen_rob">Hansen</a> [nonfiction: coll: ebook: na/photographic]</li> <li>Peter <a href="/entry/nicholls_peter">Nicholls</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=Genre+Fiction+The+Roaring+Years+A+Collection+of&field-author=Nicholls+Peter" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2022) [nonfiction: coll: introduction by John <a href="/entry/clute_john">Clute</a>: pb/photographic]</li> <li>Walt <a href="/entry/willis_walt">Willis</a> and Madeleine Willis. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=TAWF+Times+Two+The+1962+Trip+Reports&field-author=Willis+Walt" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">TAWF Times Two: The 1962 Trip Reports</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2022) edited with Rob <a href="/entry/hansen_rob">Hansen</a> [nonfiction: omni: ebook: accounts by Willis and his wife of their "Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund" visit to the USA: na/photographic]</li> <li>Ted <a href="/entry/white_ted">White</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Amazing+Editorials&field-author=White+Ted" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Amazing Editorials</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2023) [nonfiction: coll: introduction by Mike <a href="/entry/ashley_mike">Ashley</a>: <a href="/entry/amazing">Amazing Stories</a>: pb/photomontage of covers]</li> <li>Ted <a href="/entry/white_ted">White</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Fantastic+Editorials&field-author=White+Ted" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Fantastic Editorials</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible Editions, 2023) [nonfiction: coll: introduction by White: <a href="/entry/fantastic">Fantastic</a>: pb/photomontage of covers]</li> <li>Walt <a href="/entry/willis_walt">Willis</a>. <a href="/sfeshop.php?field-keywords=The+Harp+in+England&field-author=Willis+Walt" class="link-amazon" target="_blank">The Harp in England</a> (Reading, Berkshire: Ansible 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