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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Ansible_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Ansible (disambiguation)">Ansible (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p> An <b>ansible</b> is a category of fictional devices or a technology capable of near-instantaneous or <a href="/wiki/Faster-than-light_communication" class="mw-redirect" title="Faster-than-light communication">faster-than-light communication</a>. It can send and receive messages to and from a corresponding device over any distance or obstacle whatsoever with no delay, even between star-systems. As a name for such a device, the word "ansible" first appeared in a 1966 novel by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a>. Since that time, the term has been broadly used in the works of numerous science-fiction authors, across a variety of settings and continuities.<sup id="cite_ref-Sheidlower_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheidlower-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A related term is <b>ultrawave</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coinage_by_Ursula_Le_Guin">Coinage by Ursula Le Guin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ansible&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Coinage by Ursula Le Guin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> <a href="/wiki/Neologism" title="Neologism">coined</a> the word "ansible" in her 1966 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Rocannon%27s_World" title="Rocannon's World">Rocannon's World</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sheidlower_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheidlower-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bernardo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bernardo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word was a contraction of "answerable", as the device would allow its users to receive answers to their messages in a reasonable amount of time, even over <a href="/wiki/Interstellar_communication" title="Interstellar communication">interstellar</a> distances.<sup id="cite_ref-Quinion_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quinion-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ansible was the basis for creating a specific kind of interstellar civilization – one where communications between far-flung stars are instantaneous, but humans can only travel at relativistic speeds. Under these conditions, a full-fledged <a href="/wiki/Galactic_empire" title="Galactic empire">galactic empire</a> is not possible, but there is a looser interstellar organization, in which several of Le Guin's protagonists are involved. </p><p>Although Le Guin invented the name "ansible" for this type of device (fleshed out with specific details in her fictional works), the broader concept of instantaneous or <a href="/wiki/Faster-than-light_communication" class="mw-redirect" title="Faster-than-light communication">faster-than-light communication</a> had previously existed in science fiction. Similar communication functions were included in a device called an interocitor in the 1952 novel <i><a href="/wiki/This_Island_Earth_(novel)" title="This Island Earth (novel)">This Island Earth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Raymond_F._Jones" title="Raymond F. Jones">Raymond F. Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/This_Island_Earth" title="This Island Earth">the 1955 film</a> based on that novel. Also in the "Dirac Communicator" which first appeared in <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a>'s short story "Beep" (1954) and was later expanded into the novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Quincunx_of_Time" title="The Quincunx of Time">The Quincunx of Time</a></i> (1973).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Heinlein" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Time_for_the_Stars" title="Time for the Stars">Time for the Stars</a></i> (1958) employed instantaneous telepathic communication between identical twin pairs over interstellar distances, and like Le Guin, provided a technical explanation based on a non-Einsteinian principle of simultaneity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Le_Guin's_works"><span id="In_Le_Guin.27s_works"></span>In Le Guin's works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ansible&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In Le Guin's works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In her subsequent works, Le Guin continued to develop the concept of the ansible: </p> <ul><li>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness" title="The Left Hand of Darkness">The Left Hand of Darkness</a></i> (1969), Le Guin writes that the ansible "doesn't involve radio waves, or any form of energy. The principle it works on, the constant of <a href="/wiki/Absolute_simultaneity" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolute simultaneity">simultaneity</a>, is analogous in some ways to <a href="/wiki/Gravity" title="Gravity">gravity</a> ... One point has to be fixed, on a planet of certain mass, but the other end is portable."</li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Word_for_World_Is_Forest" title="The Word for World Is Forest">The Word for World Is Forest</a></i> (1972), Le Guin explains that in order for communication to work with any pair of ansibles, at least one "must be on a large-mass body, the other can be anywhere in the cosmos".</li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dispossessed" title="The Dispossessed">The Dispossessed</a></i> (1974), Le Guin tells of the development of the theory leading up to the ansible.<sup id="cite_ref-LeGuin1974_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeGuin1974-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Any ansible may be used to communicate through any other, by setting its coordinates to those of the receiving ansible. They have a limited <a href="/wiki/Bandwidth_(computing)" title="Bandwidth (computing)">bandwidth</a>, which only allows for at most a few hundred characters of text to be communicated in any transaction of a dialog session, and are attached to a keyboard and small display to perform text messaging. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_by_later_authors">Use by later authors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ansible&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use by later authors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since Le Guin's conception of the ansible, the name of the device has been borrowed by numerous authors. While Le Guin's ansible was said to communicate "instantaneously",<sup id="cite_ref-LeGuin1974_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeGuin1974-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the name has also been adopted for devices capable of communication at finite speeds that are faster than light. <a href="/wiki/David_Langford" title="David Langford">David Langford</a> publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter <a href="/wiki/Ansible_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ansible (magazine)">Ansible (magazine)</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orson_Scott_Card's_works"><span id="Orson_Scott_Card.27s_works"></span>Orson Scott Card's works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ansible&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Orson Scott Card's works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a>, in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Ender%27s_Game" title="Ender's Game">Ender's Game</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Ender%27s_Game_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ender's Game (series)">its sequels</a>, used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<sup id="cite_ref-Card1977_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Card1977-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i>Ender's Game</i>, Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name <i>ansible</i> out of an old book somewhere".<sup id="cite_ref-Card1977_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Card1977-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an answer on the question-and-answer website <a href="/wiki/Quora" title="Quora">Quora</a>, Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one: "In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels. Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word."<sup id="cite_ref-QuoraOrsonScottCard_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuoraOrsonScottCard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the universe of the <i>Ender's Game</i> series, the ansible's functions involved a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.<sup id="cite_ref-Card1991_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Card1991-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two <a href="/wiki/Quark" title="Quark">quarks</a> inside a <a href="/wiki/Pion" title="Pion">pi meson</a> can be separated by an arbitrary distance, while remaining connected by "philotic rays".<sup id="cite_ref-Card1991_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Card1991-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This concept is similar to <a href="/wiki/Quantum_teleportation" title="Quantum teleportation">quantum teleportation</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Quantum_entanglement" title="Quantum entanglement">entanglement</a>; however, in reality, <a href="/wiki/Quark_confinement" class="mw-redirect" title="Quark confinement">quark confinement</a> prevents quarks from being separated by any observable distance. </p><p>Card's version of the ansible was also featured in the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Advent_Rising" title="Advent Rising">Advent Rising</a></i>, for which Card helped write the story, and in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Ender%27s_Game_(film)" title="Ender's Game (film)">Ender's Game</a></i>, which was based on the book.<sup id="cite_ref-EnderScript_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnderScript-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_writers">Other writers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ansible&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other writers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Refexample_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>gives <a href="/wiki/Template:Self-sourcing_examples#Self-sourcing_examples" title="Template:Self-sourcing examples">self-sourcing popular culture examples</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ansible&action=edit">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing_with_Wiki_Markup/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing with Wiki Markup/1">adding citations to reliable sources</a> and remove less pertinent examples. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Unsourced</a> or poorly sourced material may be challenged or removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Numerous other writers have included faster-than-light communication devices in their fictional works. Notable examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Rowley" title="Christopher Rowley">Christopher Rowley</a>, in his 1986 novel <i>Starhammer</i>, describes the Deep Link, an instantaneous interstellar communicator. Most commonly used for messaging, it is capable of voice and video conversations as well, although the latter only at great expense.<sup id="cite_ref-Rowley1986_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rowley1986-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a>, in the 1988 short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Blabber" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blabber">The Blabber</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Vinge_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vinge-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Moon" title="Elizabeth Moon">Elizabeth Moon</a>, in the 1995 novel <i>Winning Colors</i><sup id="cite_ref-Moon1995_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moon1995-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Jones_(programmer)" title="Jason Jones (programmer)">Jason Jones</a>, in the 1995 computer game <i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_2:_Durandal" title="Marathon 2: Durandal">Marathon 2: Durandal</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Jones_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L.A._Graf" class="mw-redirect" title="L.A. Graf">L.A. Graf</a>, in the 1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a></i> novel <i>Time's Enemy</i><sup id="cite_ref-Graf1996_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graf1996-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Jedi_Order" title="The New Jedi Order">The New Jedi Order</a>, 1999, featured enemies, the Yuuzhan Vong, use organic communication devices known as villips, which can transmit over infinite distances thanks to telepathic connections formed while being harvested in groups</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Pullman" title="Philip Pullman">Philip Pullman</a>, in the 2000 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Amber_Spyglass" title="The Amber Spyglass">The Amber Spyglass</a></i>, part of the <i><a href="/wiki/His_Dark_Materials" title="His Dark Materials">His Dark Materials</a></i> trilogy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Asher" title="Neal Asher">Neal Asher</a>, in his Polity series of novels including <i><a href="/wiki/Gridlinked" title="Gridlinked">Gridlinked</a></i> (2001), in which the <a href="/wiki/Runcible" title="Runcible">runcible</a>, named in homage to the ansible, is an interstellar wormhole generator/teleporter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Simmons" title="Dan Simmons">Dan Simmons</a>, in the 2003 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Ilium_(novel)" title="Ilium (novel)">Ilium</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Simmons_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simmons-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Cixin" title="Liu Cixin">Liu Cixin</a>, in the 2008 trilogy <i><a href="/wiki/Remembrance_of_Earth%27s_Past" title="Remembrance of Earth's Past">Remembrance of Earth's Past</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</a>, in the 2012 novel <i><a href="/wiki/2312_(novel)" title="2312 (novel)">2312</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Robinson2012_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robinson2012-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Chambers_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Becky Chambers (author)">Becky Chambers</a>, in her Wayfarer novels, including the 2014 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Way_to_a_Small,_Angry_Planet" title="The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet">The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet</a></i>, and 2016 novel <i><a href="/wiki/A_Closed_and_Common_Orbit" title="A Closed and Common Orbit">A Closed and Common Orbit</a></i></li> <li>L.J Cohen in the 2014 novel <i>Derelict</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neon_Yang" title="Neon Yang">Neon Yang</a>, in the 2017 novella <i>Waiting on a Bright Moon</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._M._McDermott" title="J. 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(July 6, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/16">"ansible n."</a> <i>Science Fiction Citations for the <a href="/wiki/OED" class="mw-redirect" title="OED">OED</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 15,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Science+Fiction+Citations+for+the+OED&rft.atitle=ansible+n.&rft.date=2008-07-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jessesword.com%2Fsf%2Fview%2F16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPrucher2007" class="citation book cs1">Prucher, Jeff (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bravenewwordsoxf00pruc/page/254/mode/2up">"ultrawave"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Brave_New_Words:_The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Science_Fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction">Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-530567-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-530567-8"><bdi>978-0-19-530567-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=ultrawave&rft.btitle=Brave+New+Words%3A+The+Oxford+Dictionary+of+Science+Fiction&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-19-530567-8&rft.aulast=Prucher&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbravenewwordsoxf00pruc%2Fpage%2F254%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLangford2011" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Langford" title="David Langford">Langford, David</a> (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ultrawave">"Ultrawave"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/John_Clute" title="John Clute">Clute, John</a>; <a href="/wiki/David_Langford" title="David Langford">Langford, David</a>; <a href="/wiki/Graham_Sleight" title="Graham Sleight">Sleight, Graham</a> (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_of_Science_Fiction" title="The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction">The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction</a></i> (4th ed.)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 4,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ultrawave&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction&rft.edition=4th&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Langford&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsf-encyclopedia.com%2Fentry%2Fultrawave&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bernardo-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bernardo_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBernardoMurphy2006" class="citation book cs1">Bernardo, Susan M.; Murphy, Graham J. (2006). <i>Ursula K. Le Guin: A Critical Companion</i> (1st ed.). Westport, CT: <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwood Press">Greenwood Press</a>. p. 18. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-33225-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-33225-8"><bdi>0-313-33225-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ursula+K.+Le+Guin%3A+A+Critical+Companion&rft.place=Westport%2C+CT&rft.pages=18&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-313-33225-8&rft.aulast=Bernardo&rft.aufirst=Susan+M.&rft.au=Murphy%2C+Graham+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Quinion-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Quinion_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFQuinion" class="citation web cs1">Quinion, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ans1.htm">"Ansible"</a>. <i>World Wide Words</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=World+Wide+Words&rft.atitle=Ansible&rft.aulast=Quinion&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwidewords.org%2Fweirdwords%2Fww-ans1.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nicholls, Peter "Dirac Communicator" in <a href="/wiki/John_Clute" title="John Clute">Clute, John</a> and Nicholls, Peter eds. (1995) <i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_of_Science_Fiction" title="The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction">The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction</a></i>. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, p. 337. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-13486-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-13486-X">0-312-13486-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LeGuin1974-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LeGuin1974_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeGuin1974_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLe_Guin2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Le Guin, Ursula K.</a> (2001) [June 1974]. <i>The Dispossessed</i> (mass ppb. ed.). New York: Eos/<a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>. p. 276. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-105488-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-105488-7"><bdi>0-06-105488-7</bdi></a>. <q>They print Reumere's plans for the ansible. 'What is the ansible?' 'It's what he's calling an instantaneous communication device.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Dispossessed&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=276&rft.edition=mass+ppb.&rft.pub=Eos%2FHarperCollins&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-06-105488-7&rft.aulast=Le+Guin&rft.aufirst=Ursula+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Card1977-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Card1977_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Card1977_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCard1994" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Card, Orson Scott</a> (1994) [August 1977]. <i><a href="/wiki/Ender%27s_Game" title="Ender's Game">Ender's Game</a></i> (mass ppb. ed.). New York: <a href="/wiki/Tor_Books" title="Tor Books">Tor Books</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/endersgame00card_1/page/249">249</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8125-5070-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8125-5070-6"><bdi>0-8125-5070-6</bdi></a>. <q>What matters is we built the ansible. The official name is <i>Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator</i>, but somebody dredged the name ansible out of an old book somewhere and it caught on.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ender%27s+Game&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=249&rft.edition=mass+ppb.&rft.pub=Tor+Books&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-8125-5070-6&rft.aulast=Card&rft.aufirst=Orson+Scott&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-QuoraOrsonScottCard-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-QuoraOrsonScottCard_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one">"Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora"</a>. <i>Quora</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 18,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Quora&rft.atitle=Why+did+Orson+Scott+Card+choose+to+reuse+the+word+%22ansible%22+for+an+FTL+communication+device+instead+of+developing+a+new+in-universe+name+for+one+--+Quora&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhy-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Card1991-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Card1991_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Card1991_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCard1991" class="citation book cs1">Card, Orson Scott (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FKkPEODeDT0C&pg=PA40"><i>Xenocide</i></a>. Orbit. pp. 40–46. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85723-858-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85723-858-7"><bdi>978-1-85723-858-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Xenocide&rft.pages=40-46&rft.pub=Orbit&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-1-85723-858-7&rft.aulast=Card&rft.aufirst=Orson+Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFKkPEODeDT0C%26pg%3DPA40&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EnderScript-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EnderScript_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=Enders-game">"<i>Ender's Game</i> (2013) movie script"</a>. <i>Springfield! Springfield!</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180419122304/https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=Enders-game">Archived</a> from the original on April 19, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Springfield%21+Springfield%21&rft.atitle=Ender%27s+Game+%282013%29+movie+script&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springfieldspringfield.co.uk%2Fmovie_script.php%3Fmovie%3DEnders-game&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rowley1986-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rowley1986_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRowley1986" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Rowley" title="Christopher Rowley">Rowley, Christopher</a> (1986) [1986]. <i><a href="/wiki/Starhammer" class="mw-redirect" title="Starhammer">Starhammer</a></i> (mass ppb. ed.). New York: <a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine Books</a>. p. 151. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-31490-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-31490-5"><bdi>0-345-31490-5</bdi></a>. <q>...the technology of the Deep Link, which gives us instant communications access across the deeps.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Starhammer&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=151&rft.edition=mass+ppb.&rft.pub=Ballantine+Books&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-345-31490-5&rft.aulast=Rowley&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vinge-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Vinge_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVinge1988" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vinge, Vernor</a> (1988). "<a href="/wiki/The_Blabber" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blabber">The Blabber</a>". <i>Threats & Other Promises</i>. Riverdale, NY: Baen. p. 254. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-69790-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-69790-0"><bdi>0-671-69790-0</bdi></a>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'It's an ansible.' 'Surely they don't call it that!' 'No. But that's what it is.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Blabber&rft.btitle=Threats+%26+Other+Promises&rft.place=Riverdale%2C+NY&rft.pages=254&rft.pub=Baen&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-671-69790-0&rft.aulast=Vinge&rft.aufirst=Vernor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Moon1995-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Moon1995_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoon1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Moon" title="Elizabeth Moon">Moon, Elizabeth</a> (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/winningcolors00eliz/page/89"><i>Winning Colors</i></a> (mass ppb. ed.). Riverdale, NY: Baen. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/winningcolors00eliz/page/89">89</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-87677-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-87677-5"><bdi>0-671-87677-5</bdi></a>. <q>...when I was commissioned, we didn't have FTL communications except from planetary platforms. I was on <i>Boarhound</i> when they mounted the first shipboard ansible, and at first it was only one-way, from the planet to us.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Winning+Colors&rft.place=Riverdale%2C+NY&rft.pages=89&rft.edition=mass+ppb.&rft.pub=Baen&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-671-87677-5&rft.aulast=Moon&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwinningcolors00eliz%2Fpage%2F89&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jones-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jones_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones,_JasonKirkpatrick,_Greg1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Jones_(programmer)" title="Jason Jones (programmer)">Jones, Jason</a>; Kirkpatrick, Greg (November 24, 1995). <i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_2:_Durandal" title="Marathon 2: Durandal">Marathon 2: Durandal</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a>. <q>A connection [?ansible] was left; awaiting the next quiet [?peace]; and though destroyed by the threes, it will scream over the void one time.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Marathon+2%3A+Durandal&rft.pub=Bungie&rft.date=1995-11-24&rft.au=Jones%2C+Jason&rft.au=Kirkpatrick%2C+Greg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Graf1996-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Graf1996_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGraf1996" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Graf, L.A. [Cercone, Karen Rose; Ecklar, Julia] (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LCKooiecpz0C&pg=PT161"><i>Time's Enemy</i></a>. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Vol. <i>Invasion</i>, Book 3. Simon and Schuster. p. 203. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-6715-4150-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-6715-4150-7"><bdi>978-0-6715-4150-7</bdi></a>. <q>The two Dax symbionts can communicate with each other across space, instantaneously, because they're composed of identical quantum particles. I've become a living ansible, Benjamin.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Time%27s+Enemy&rft.series=Star+Trek%3A+Deep+Space+Nine&rft.pages=203&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-6715-4150-7&rft.aulast=Graf&rft.aufirst=L.A.+%5BCercone%2C+Karen+Rose%3B+Ecklar%2C+Julia%5D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLCKooiecpz0C%26pg%3DPT161&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Simmons-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Simmons_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSimmons2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Simmons" title="Dan Simmons">Simmons, Dan</a> (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98"><i>Ilium</i></a> (hbk. ed.). New York: Eos/<a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98">98</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-380-97893-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-380-97893-8"><bdi>0-380-97893-8</bdi></a>. <q>I can see Nightenhelser madly taking notes on his recorder ansible.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ilium&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=98&rft.edition=hbk.&rft.pub=Eos%2FHarperCollins&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-380-97893-8&rft.aulast=Simmons&rft.aufirst=Dan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Filium00simm%2Fpage%2F98&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Robinson2012-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Robinson2012_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobinson2012" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Robinson, Kim Stanley</a> (2012). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/23120000robi"><i>2312</i></a></span>. Orbit. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/23120000robi/page/227">227</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-316-19280-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-316-19280-4"><bdi>978-0-316-19280-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=2312&rft.pages=227&rft.pub=Orbit&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-316-19280-4&rft.aulast=Robinson&rft.aufirst=Kim+Stanley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2F23120000robi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYang2017" class="citation web cs1">Yang, JY Neon (July 12, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tor.com/2017/07/12/waiting-on-a-bright-moon/">"Waiting on a Bright Moon"</a>. <i>Tor.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 10,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Tor.com&rft.atitle=Waiting+on+a+Bright+Moon&rft.date=2017-07-12&rft.aulast=Yang&rft.aufirst=JY+Neon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tor.com%2F2017%2F07%2F12%2Fwaiting-on-a-bright-moon%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McDermott2017-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McDermott2017_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcDermott2017" class="citation book cs1">McDermott, Joe M. (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gYvUDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT5"><i>The Fortress at the End of Time</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Tor_Books" title="Tor Books">Tom Doherty Associates</a>. p. 1. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7653-9280-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7653-9280-0"><bdi>978-0-7653-9280-0</bdi></a>. <q>We are born as memories and meat. The meat was spontaneously created in the ansible's quantum re-creation mechanism, built up from water vapor, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and various other gases out of storage. The memory is what we carry across from one side of the ansible to the other, into the new flesh.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fortress+at+the+End+of+Time&rft.pages=1&rft.pub=Tom+Doherty+Associates&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0-7653-9280-0&rft.aulast=McDermott&rft.aufirst=Joe+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgYvUDAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ansible&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/ansible" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/ansible">ansible</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Bloom, Harold, ed. (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ursulakleguin00bloo"><i>Ursula K. Le Guin</i></a> (1st ed.). New York, NY: <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Chelsea House">Chelsea House</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87754-659-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-87754-659-2"><bdi>0-87754-659-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ursula+K.+Le+Guin&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Chelsea+House&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-87754-659-2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fursulakleguin00bloo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnsible" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Le Guin bibliography">Bibliography</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Earthsea" title="Earthsea">Earthsea</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Wizard_of_Earthsea" title="A Wizard of Earthsea">A Wizard of Earthsea</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tombs_of_Atuan" title="The Tombs of Atuan">The Tombs of Atuan</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Farthest_Shore" title="The Farthest Shore">The Farthest Shore</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tehanu" title="Tehanu">Tehanu</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Wind" title="The Other Wind">The Other Wind</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Word_of_Unbinding" title="The Word of Unbinding">The Word of Unbinding</a>" (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Rule_of_Names" title="The Rule of Names">The Rule of Names</a>" (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragonfly_(short_story)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dragonfly (short story) (page does not exist)">Dragonfly</a>" (1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Darkrose_and_Diamond&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Darkrose and Diamond (page does not exist)">Darkrose and Diamond</a>" (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Daughter_of_Odren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Daughter of Odren (page does not exist)">The Daughter of Odren</a>" (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Firelight_(short_story)" class="mw-redirect" title="Firelight (short story)">Firelight</a>" (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_Earthsea" title="Tales from Earthsea">Tales from Earthsea</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Books_of_Earthsea" title="The Books of Earthsea">The Books of Earthsea</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earthsea_(miniseries)" title="Earthsea (miniseries)"><i>Earthsea</i> (miniseries)</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_Earthsea_(film)" title="Tales from Earthsea (film)"><i>Tales from Earthsea</i> (film)</a> (2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earthsea_(universe)" title="Earthsea (universe)">Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Earthsea" title="List of characters in Earthsea">Characters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ged_(Earthsea)" title="Ged (Earthsea)">Ged</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin_bibliography#Earthsea_Revisioned" title="Ursula K. Le Guin bibliography">Earthsea Revisioned</a></i> (1993)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Hainish_Cycle" title="Hainish Cycle">Hainish <br /> Cycle</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rocannon%27s_World" title="Rocannon's World">Rocannon's World</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_Exile" title="Planet of Exile">Planet of Exile</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Illusions" title="City of Illusions">City of Illusions</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness" title="The Left Hand of Darkness">The Left Hand of Darkness</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dispossessed" title="The Dispossessed">The Dispossessed</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Word_for_World_Is_Forest" title="The Word for World Is Forest">The Word for World Is Forest</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Ways_to_Forgiveness" title="Four Ways to Forgiveness">Four Ways to Forgiveness</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Telling" title="The Telling">The Telling</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dowry_of_Angyar" title="The Dowry of Angyar">The Dowry of Angyar</a>" (1964)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Winter%27s_King" title="Winter's King">Winter's King</a>" (1969)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vaster_than_Empires_and_More_Slow" title="Vaster than Empires and More Slow">Vaster than Empires and More Slow</a>" (1971)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_Before_the_Revolution" title="The Day Before the Revolution">The Day Before the Revolution</a>" (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shobies%27_Story" title="The Shobies' Story">The Shobies' Story</a></i> (1990)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Matter_of_Seggri" title="The Matter of Seggri">The Matter of Seggri</a>" (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Man_of_the_People_(short_story)" title="A Man of the People (short story)">A Man of the People</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Karhide" title="Coming of Age in Karhide">Coming of Age in Karhide</a>" (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mountain_Ways&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mountain Ways (page does not exist)">Mountain Ways</a>" (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Music_and_the_Slave_Women" title="Old Music and the Slave Women">Old Music and the Slave Women</a>" (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ansible</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Annals_of_the_Western_Shore" title="Annals of the Western Shore">Annals of the Western Shore</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Novels" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gifts_(novel)" title="Gifts (novel)">Gifts</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voices_(Le_Guin_novel)" title="Voices (Le Guin novel)">Voices</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Powers_(novel)" title="Powers (novel)">Powers</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other <br /> fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lathe_of_Heaven" title="The Lathe of Heaven">The Lathe of Heaven</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Very_Far_Away_from_Anywhere_Else" title="Very Far Away from Anywhere Else">Very Far Away from Anywhere Else</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_Heron" title="The Eye of the Heron">The Eye of the Heron</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Malafrena" title="Malafrena">Malafrena</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beginning_Place" title="The Beginning Place">The Beginning Place</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Always_Coming_Home" title="Always Coming Home">Always Coming Home</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lavinia_(novel)" title="Lavinia (novel)">Lavinia</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas" title="The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas">The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas</a>" (1973)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_the_Rose" title="The Diary of the Rose">The Diary of the Rose</a>" (1976)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wife%27s_Story" title="The Wife's Story">The Wife's Story</a>" (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Paradises_Lost" title="Paradises Lost">Paradises Lost</a>" (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wind%27s_Twelve_Quarters" title="The Wind's Twelve Quarters">The Wind's Twelve Quarters</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orsinian_Tales" title="Orsinian Tales">Orsinian Tales</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Compass_Rose" title="The Compass Rose">The Compass Rose</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Gals_and_Other_Animal_Presences" title="Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences">Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Fisherman_of_the_Inland_Sea" title="A Fisherman of the Inland Sea">A Fisherman of the Inland Sea</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unlocking_the_Air_and_Other_Stories" title="Unlocking the Air and Other Stories">Unlocking the Air and Other Stories</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Birthday_of_the_World_and_Other_Stories" title="The Birthday of the World and Other Stories">The Birthday of the World</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Changing_Planes" title="Changing Planes">Changing Planes</a></i> (2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Children's books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Catwings" title="Catwings">Catwings</a></i> (series) (1988–1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cat_Dreams_(Le_Guin_book)" title="Cat Dreams (Le Guin book)">Cat Dreams</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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studies">Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_speculative_fiction" title="Women in speculative fiction">Women in SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worldcon" title="Worldcon">Worldcon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Region</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_science_fiction" title="Australian science fiction">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_science_fiction" title="Bengali science fiction">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_science_fiction" title="Brazilian science fiction">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_science_fiction" title="Canadian science fiction">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_science_fiction" title="Chilean science fiction">Chilean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_science_fiction" title="Chinese science fiction">Chinese</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="Russian science fiction and fantasy">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_science_fiction" title="Serbian science fiction">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_science_fiction" title="Spanish science fiction">Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_science_fiction" title="Yugoslav science fiction">Yugoslav</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cinematic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Verne_Awards" title="Jules Verne Awards">Jules Verne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Awards" title="Saturn Awards">Saturn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literary, art,<br />and audio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astounding_Award_for_Best_New_Writer" title="Astounding Award for Best New Writer">Astounding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurealis_Award" title="Aurealis Award">Aurealis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BSFA_Award" title="BSFA Award">BSFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Campbell_Memorial_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel" title="John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel">Campbell Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesley_Awards" title="Chesley Awards">Chesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke_Award" title="Arthur C. Clarke Award">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compton_Crook_Award" title="Compton Crook Award">Crook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Science_Fiction_Preis" title="Deutscher Science Fiction Preis">Deutscher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Dick_Award" title="Philip K. Dick Award">Dick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ditmar_Award" title="Ditmar Award">Ditmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endeavour_Award" title="Endeavour Award">Endeavor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FantLab%27s_Book_of_the_Year_Award" title="FantLab's Book of the Year Award">FantLab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Award_(China)" title="Galaxy Award (China)">Galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gaughan_Award" title="Jack Gaughan Award">Gaughan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geffen_Award" title="Geffen Award">Geffen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Duck_Award" title="Golden Duck Award">Golden Duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damon_Knight_Memorial_Grand_Master_Award" title="Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award">Grand Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_prix_de_l%27Imaginaire" title="Grand prix de l'Imaginaire">Grand Prix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Harland_Prize" title="Paul Harland Prize">Harland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein_Award" title="Robert A. Heinlein Award">Heinlein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premio_Ignotus" title="Premio Ignotus">Ignotus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitschies" title="Kitschies">Kitschies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Lambda_Literary_Awards_winners_and_nominees_for_science_fiction,_fantasy_and_horror" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror">Lambda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurd_La%C3%9Fwitz_Award" title="Kurd Laßwitz Award">Laßwitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locus_Award" title="Locus Award">Locus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nautilus_Award" title="Nautilus Award">Nautilus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebula_Award" title="Nebula Award">Nebula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nommo_Awards" title="Nommo Awards">Nommo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Norton_Award" title="Andre Norton Award">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsec_Awards" title="Parsec Awards">Parsec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prometheus_Award" title="Prometheus Award">Prometheus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhysling_Award" title="Rhysling Award">Rhysling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SFERA_Award" title="SFERA Award">SFERA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidewise_Award_for_Alternate_History" title="Sidewise Award for Alternate History">Sidewise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_E._Smith_Memorial_Award" title="Edward E. Smith Memorial Award">Skylark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Sturgeon_Award" title="Theodore Sturgeon Award">Sturgeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunburst_Award" title="Sunburst Award">Sunburst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A4htivaeltaja_Award" title="Tähtivaeltaja Award">Tähtivaeltaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TBD_Science_Fiction_Story_Award" title="TBD Science Fiction Story Award">TBD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tiptree_Jr._Award" class="mw-redirect" title="James Tiptree Jr. Award">Tiptree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prix_Apollo_Award" title="Prix Apollo Award">Tour-Apollo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Fiction_%26_Fantasy_Translation_Awards" title="Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards">Translation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urania_Award" title="Urania Award">Urania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Julius_Vogel_Award" title="Sir Julius Vogel Award">Vogel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers_of_the_Future" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers of the Future">Writers and Illustrators of the Future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janusz_A._Zajdel_Award" title="Janusz A. Zajdel Award">Zajdel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multimedia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aurora_Awards" title="Aurora Awards">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler_Award" title="Chandler Award">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Awards" title="Dragon Awards">Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award" title="Hugo Award">Hugo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seiun_Award" title="Seiun Award">Seiun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylactic_Spectrum_Awards" title="Gaylactic Spectrum Awards">Spectrum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_film" title="Science fiction film">Film</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_science_fiction_films" title="History of science fiction films">Film history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_science_fiction_films" title="Lists of science fiction films">Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_films_in_India" title="Science fiction films in India">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_science_fiction" title="Japanese science fiction">Japanese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_anime" title="List of science fiction anime">Anime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">Tokusatsu</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_comics" title="Science fiction comics">Comics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_magazine" title="Science fiction magazine">Magazines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_novels" title="List of science fiction novels">Novels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_publishers" title="List of science fiction publishers">Publishers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_short_stories" title="List of science fiction short stories">Short stories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_opera" title="Science fiction opera">Opera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_theatre" title="Science fiction theatre">Theatre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television" title="Science fiction on television">Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_television_programs" title="List of science fiction television programs">List of TV shows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_science_fiction_television" title="Australian science fiction television">Australasian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_television_science_fiction" title="British television science fiction">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_science_fiction_television" title="Canadian science fiction television">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television#Continental_European_science_fiction_series" title="Science fiction on television">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_science_fiction" title="Japanese science fiction">Japanese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_anime" title="List of science fiction anime">Anime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokusatsu" title="Tokusatsu">Live-action</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._television_science_fiction" title="U.S. television science fiction">U.S.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_themes" title="List of science fiction themes">Themes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Space_architecture" title="Space architecture">Architectural</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_colonization" title="Space colonization">Colonization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyson_sphere" title="Dyson sphere">Dyson sphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matrioshka_brain" title="Matrioshka brain">Matrioshka brain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_stations_and_habitats_in_fiction" title="Space stations and habitats in fiction">Space stations and habitats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stellar_engine" title="Stellar engine">Stellar engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terraforming_in_popular_culture" title="Terraforming in popular culture">Terraforming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Biology_in_fiction" title="Biology in fiction">Biological</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biological_warfare_in_popular_culture" title="Biological warfare in popular culture">Biological warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_being" title="Energy being">Energy being</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_in_fiction" title="Evolution in fiction">Evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrials_in_fiction" title="Extraterrestrials in fiction">Extraterrestrials</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_fictional_extraterrestrials" title="Lists of fictional extraterrestrials">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_in_speculative_fiction" title="Gender in speculative fiction">Gender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetic_engineering_in_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Genetic engineering in science fiction">Genetic engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invisibility_in_fiction" title="Invisibility in fiction">Invisibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanotechnology_in_fiction" title="Nanotechnology in fiction">Nanotechnology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organ_transplantation_in_fiction" title="Organ transplantation in fiction">Organ transplantation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasites_in_fiction" title="Parasites in fiction">Parasites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosthetics_in_fiction" title="Prosthetics in fiction">Prosthetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_and_sexuality_in_speculative_fiction" title="Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction">Sex and sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbiosis_in_fiction" title="Symbiosis in fiction">Symbiosis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Physical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ansible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_holes_in_fiction" title="Black holes in fiction">Black holes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extrasolar_planets_in_fiction" title="Extrasolar planets in fiction">Extrasolar planets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Force_field_(technology)" title="Force field (technology)">Force field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperspace" title="Hyperspace">Hyperspace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inertialess_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Inertialess drive">Inertialess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiverse" title="Multiverse">Multiverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallel_universes_in_fiction" title="Parallel universes in fiction">Parallel universes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portable_hole" title="Portable hole">Portable hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_travel_in_science_fiction" title="Space travel in science fiction">Space travel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(device)" title="Stargate (device)">Stargate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stars_in_fiction" title="Stars in fiction">Stars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teleportation_in_fiction" title="Teleportation in fiction">Teleportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_travel_in_fiction" title="Time travel in fiction">Time travel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_viewer" title="Time viewer">Viewer</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warp_drive" title="Warp drive">Warp drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wormholes_in_fiction" title="Wormholes in fiction">Wormhole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Psychological</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Group_mind_(science_fiction)" title="Group mind (science fiction)">Group mind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mind_uploading_in_fiction" title="Mind uploading in fiction">Mind uploading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psionics" title="Psionics">Psionics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simulated_consciousness_in_fiction" title="Simulated consciousness in fiction">Simulated consciousness</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Social</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Africanfuturism" title="Africanfuturism">Africanfuturism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afrofuturism" title="Afrofuturism">Afrofuturism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_invasion" title="Alien invasion">Alien invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_language" title="Alien language">Alien language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_astronauts_in_popular_culture" title="Ancient astronauts in popular culture">Ancient astronauts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_science_fiction" title="Black science fiction">Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evil_corporation" title="Evil corporation">Evil corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_contact_(science_fiction)" title="First contact (science fiction)">First contact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein_complex" title="Frankenstein complex">Frankenstein complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galactic_empire" title="Galactic empire">Galactic empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_speculative_fiction" title="LGBT themes in speculative fiction">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Message_from_space_(science_fiction)" title="Message from space (science fiction)">Message from space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transhumanism_in_fiction" title="Transhumanism in fiction">Transhumanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uplift_(science_fiction)" title="Uplift (science fiction)">Uplift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xenoarchaeology" title="Xenoarchaeology">Xenoarchaeology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technological</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_in_fiction" title="Artificial intelligence in fiction">Artificial intelligence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AI_takeover_in_popular_culture" title="AI takeover in popular culture">AI takeover</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_engineering" title="Astronomical engineering">Astroengineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holography_in_fiction" title="Holography in fiction">Holography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fictional_robots_and_androids" title="List of fictional robots and androids">Robots</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyborgs_in_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyborgs in fiction">Cyborgs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-replicating_machines_in_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-replicating machines in fiction">Self-replicating machines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simulated_reality" title="Simulated reality">Simulated reality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fictional_spacecraft" title="List of fictional spacecraft">Spacecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachyons_in_fiction" title="Tachyons in fiction">Tachyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapons_in_science_fiction" title="Weapons in science fiction">Weapons</a></li></ul> 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