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The Science in Science Fiction by David Langford, Peter Nicholls & Brian M. Stableford--- see under Peter Nicholls.

The Silence of the Langford by Dave Langford (NESFA Press, September 1996, 0-915368-62-5, $15.00, 278pp, tp, co)     Collection of 30 essays, mostly humorous takes on SF or fandom, and two stories. Portions previously appeared in the chapbook Let’s Hear if For the Deaf Man (NESFA 1992). There is an introduction by Teresa Nielsen Hayden, and a bio-bibliography. vii · Introduction · Teresa Nielsen Hayden · in 1 · The Dragonhiker’s Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune’s Edge: Odyssey Two · Dave Langford · ar Xyster #5, 1984 speech at Seacon ’84. 15 · Untrue Names · Dave Langford · ar Frontier Crossings ed. Robert Jackson, Conspiracy '87, 1987 19 · Contrivances · Dave Langford · ar Contrivance Programme Book ed. Steve Davies, Peter Wareham & Steve Bull, Contrivance, 1989 23 · What Are They Doing in There? · Dave Langford · ar Rastus Johnson’s Cakewalk #4, 1994 29 · This Does Not Compute 29 · 100 Years Ago · Dave Langford · ar 8000 Plus 1988 31 · Nebulous Statistics · Dave Langford · ar 8000 Plus 1988 35 · Hack’s Quest · Dave Langford · ar 8000 Plus 1988 39 · Misleading Cases · Dave Langford · ar 8000 Plus 1988 41 · Another Useful Review · Dave Langford · ar 8000 Plus 1988 45 · Trillion Year Sneer · Dave Langford · ar Xyster #13, 1987 originally presented as a talk at Conspiracy, the 1987 World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton. 57 · Follies of ’88 · Dave Langford · ar Pulp #11, 1989 61 · Endless Loops · Dave Langford · ar Pulp #12, 1989 65 · Some Informal Remarks Toward the Punctuational Calculus · Dave Langford · ar Diolch Yn Fawr 1989 speech at Orycon 11. 67 · Fun with Senseless Violence · Dave Langford · ar Diolch Yn Fawr 1989 adapted from a guest of honour speech delivered at Orycon 11 in Portland, Oregon in 1989. 79 · Best Foot Forward · Dave Langford · ar 8000 Plus September 1988 83 · Ansible Review of the Year · Dave Langford · ar Pulp #6, 1987 given as a speech at Conspiracy ’87. 93 · Somewhere Near Penrhyndeudraeth · Dave Langford · ar Science Fiction Five-Yearly #8, 1986 97 · Hugos and Critical Mass · Dave Langford · ar Confiction Souvenir Book ed. Johan-Martijn Flaton, Confiction, 1990 101 · The Moving Accident · Dave Langford · ar Cloud Chamber #13, 1982 (+1) 109 · The Leaky Establishment: The Final Drips · Dave Langford · ar Xyster #8, 1985 speech at Novacon 14. 119 · Fizz! Buzz! · Dave Langford · ar Trap Door #6, 1986 123 · Slightly Foxed: The Million Columns 123 · Slightly Foxed: Thud and Blunder · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine of Popular Fiction #1, January/February 1991 125 · Slightly Foxed: Banned in New York · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine of Popular Fiction #2, March/April 1991 127 · Slightly Foxed: Bound and Gagged · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine of Popular Fiction #3, May/June 1991 129 · Slightly Foxed: The Worst Crime in the World · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine of Popular Fiction #4, July/August 1991 131 · Slightly Foxed: Ancient Images · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine of Popular Fiction #5, September/October 1991 134 · Slightly Foxed: The Reader Is Warned · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #6, November/December 1991 136 · Slightly Foxed: On the Twilight Edge · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #7, January/February 1992 138 · Slightly Foxed: Gorey Stories · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #8, March/April 1992 [Ref. Edward Gorey] 141 · Slightly Foxed: The Rest of Chesterton · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #9, May/June 1992 [Ref. G. K. Chesterton] 143 · Slightly Foxed: Notes & Queries · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #11, September/October 1992 145 · Slightly Foxed: The Missing Bits · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #12, November/December 1992 147 · Slightly Foxed: Owl Stuffing Time · Dave Langford · cl Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #14, March/June 1993 151 · Me and Whitley and the Continuum · Dave Langford · ar Sglodion #2, 1990; revised. 159 · Tell Me the Old, Old Story · Dave Langford · ar Quantum #42, Summer/Fall 1992 delivered as a speech at Boskone 29. 169 · Foodies of the Gods · Dave Langford · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #58, June 1993 speech at Helicon. 173 · You Do It with Mirrors · Dave Langford · ar Mimosa #14, 1993 185 · The Great Con · Dave Langford · ar The Caprician #3, 1988 187 · The Arts of the Enemy · Dave Langford · ss Villains! ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK, 1992 195 · Wisdom of the Ancients · Dave Langford · ar Australian Science Fiction Review #20, 1989 revised from an earlier version (Focus #15, 1988). 201 · Leaks · Dave Langford · nv Temps Volume 1 ed. Neil Gaiman & Alex Stewart, Roc UK, 1991 217 · If Looks Could Kill · Dave Langford · nv Euro Temps ed. Alex Stewart, Roc UK, 1992 [Ref. Rex Stout] 231 · Lies, Damned Lies, and Ansible 231 · Obituary, 1979-1987 · Dave Langford · ar Sglodion #1, 1989 231 · The Ansible Review of the Year: 1992 · Dave Langford · ar Helicon Program Book, Helicon, 1993 237 · The Ansible Moose of the Year: 1994 · Dave Langford · ar Confabulation Programme Book, Confabulation, 1994 243 · Ansible Hyperlink, 2010 · Dave Langford · vi Interzone #94, April 1995 245 · What the Black Holes Foretell · Dave Langford · ar Nexus #3, Spring 1993 251 · Our Lady of Pain · Dave Langford · ar Chuch #1, 1986 257 · Highballs! · Dave Langford · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #8, April 1989, as “On High” 261 · Inside Outside · Dave Langford · ar New Worlds 4 ed. David Garnett, Gollancz, 1994 273 · Bio-Bibliography 273 · Langford in Exactly 100 Words · Dave Langford · bg 273 · Books and Chapbooks · Dave Langford · bi 274 · Short Stories · Dave Langford · bi 276 · Regular Columns and Miscellaneous · Dave Langford · bi 277 · Selected Fanzines · Dave Langford · bi

The Space Eater by David Langford (Arrow, June 1982, 0-09-928820-6, £1.75, 301pp, pb, n.)     Sf novel making use of various alarming side effects of an imagined matter transmission technology.

The Third Millennium: A History of the World: AD 2000-3000 by David Langford & Brian M. Stableford--- see under Brian M. Stableford.

The Transatlantic Hearing Aid by David Langford (Inca, 1985, no ISBN, £2.00, 72pp, ph, qf, cover by Jim Barker)     Report of Langford’s journey to the 1980 World SF Convention in Boston (Noreascon II) as elected delegate of TAFF.

The Unseen University Challenge: Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Quizbook by David Langford (Vista, May 23, 1996, 0-575-60000-4, £3.99, 224pp, pb, nf, cover by Josh Kirby) [Ref. Terry Pratchett]     Quizbook on the detail of the “Discworld” books. Includes an introduction by Pratchett.

Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 by David Langford (Cosmos Books, May 2003, 1-59224-055-0, $21.95, 310pp, tp, co) 9 · Foreword · David Langford · fw 11 · 1980 11 · Digging Up the Future: G.K. Chesterton · David Langford · ar infinity plus October 2001, as “David Langford Introduces…Digging Up the Future: On GK Chesterton” [Ref. G. K. Chesterton] 21 · Shadow of Earth · David Langford · br Foundation #19, June 1980 [Ref. Phyllis Eisenstein] 24 · Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? · David Langford · br Foundation #20, October 1980 [Ref. R. A. Lafferty] 26 · Ringworld Engineers · David Langford · br Arena SF #11, November 1980 [Ref. Larry Niven] 30 · Lagrange Five · David Langford · br Foundation #20, October 1980 [Ref. Mack Reynolds] 31 · Ladies from Hell · David Langford · br Foundation #20, October 1980 [Ref. Keith Roberts] 35 · 1981 35 · The Spirit of Dorsai · David Langford · br Foundation #23, October 1981 [Ref. Gordon Dickson] 36 · Expanded Universe · David Langford · br Foundation #23, October 1981 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 40 · “The Number of the Beast—” · David Langford · br Arena SF #12, Summer 1981 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 44 · Under Heaven’s Bridge · David Langford · br Vector April 1981 [Ref. Ian Watson & Michael Bishop] 47 · 1982 47 · Friday · David Langford · br Vector #111, 1982 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 49 · A Better Mantrap · David Langford · br Foundation #25, June 1982 [Ref. Bob Shaw] 52 · Alien Accounts · David Langford · br Vector #111, 1982 [Ref. John Sladek] 53 · Vaneglory · David Langford · br Vector February 1982 [Ref. George Turner] 55 · Deathhunter · David Langford · br Extro v1 #1, 1982, uncredited. [Ref. Ian Watson] 58 · 1983 58 · Aurelia · David Langford · br Foundation #28, July 1983 [Ref. R. A. Lafferty] 59 · The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich · David Langford · br Foundation #27, February 1983 [Ref. Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Cornell Woolrich] 62 · 1984 62 · On Anthony Boucher · David Langford · ar Bouchercon XVI Souvenir Programme Book, 1985 [Ref. Anthony Boucher] revised from the introduction to 4 Novels by Anthony Boucher (Zomba Books, 1984). 70 · The Michelin Guide to SF · David Langford · br Vector October 1984 74 · 1985 74 · The Robots of Dawn · David Langford · br Starburst July 1985 [Ref. Isaac Asimov] 75 · The Ball and the Cross · David Langford · br Foundation #34, Autumn 1985 [Ref. G. K. Chesterton] 78 · The Arabian Nightmare · David Langford · br Paperback Inferno August 1985 [Ref. Robert Irwin] 80 · Midas World · David Langford · br Foundation #33, Spring 1985 [Ref. Frederik Pohl] 82 · Green Eyes · David Langford · br Paperback Inferno April 1985 [Ref. Lucius Shepard] 84 · 1986 84 · Chapter House Dune · David Langford · br Starburst May 1986 [Ref. Frank Herbert] 86 · 1987 86 · Xorandor · David Langford · br Paperback Inferno #67, 1987 [Ref. Christine Brooke-Rose] 87 · Equal Rites · David Langford · br Foundation #40, Summer 1987 [Ref. Terry Pratchett] 90 · 1988 90 · Into the Parallel Universe · David Langford · ar 95 · L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? · David Langford · br Foundation #42, Spring 1988 [Ref. Bent Corydon & L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.] 99 · 1989 99 · Eternity · David Langford · br Foundation #45, Spring 1989 [Ref. Greg Bear] 102 · 1990 102 · Dangerous Thoughts: Asimov’s Robots · David Langford · ar Foundation #49, Summer 1990 [Ref. Isaac Asimov] 104 · Man After Man · David Langford · br The Skeptic September/October 1990 [Ref. Dougal Dixon] 105 · Proteus Unbound · David Langford · br Foundation #47, Winter 1989/1990 [Ref. Charles Sheffield] 107 · 1991 107 · Ernest Bramah: Crime and Chinoiserie · David Langford · ar Million: The Magazine of Popular Fiction #5, September/October 1991 [Ref. Ernest Bramah] 114 · Who Put Back the Clock? · David Langford · br Mexicon IV Programme Book, 1991; spoof review of a non-existent book. 115 · Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction · David Langford · br Foundation #52, Summer 1991 [Ref. Michael Shallis, Michael Shortland & Robert Lambourne] 120 · 1992 120 · A Gadget Too Far · David Langford · ar New Worlds 2 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1992 130 · A Stout Fellow · David Langford · ar Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction #10, July/August 1992 [Ref. Rex Stout] 135 · One Side Laughing: Stories Unlike Other Stories · David Langford · br Foundation #55, Summer 1992 [Ref. Damon Knight] 139 · 1993 139 · Key Reading · David Langford · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #63, November 1993 142 · Forward the Foundation · David Langford · br Starburst May 1993 [Ref. Isaac Asimov] 143 · 1994 143 · Lord Kelvin’s Machine · David Langford · br Foundation #60, Spring 1994 [Ref. James Blaylock] 145 · The Iron Dragon’s Daughter · David Langford · br Vector #178, 1994 [Ref. Michael Swanwick] 146 · Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun · David Langford · br Vector #177, 1994 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 150 · 1995 150 · The Badger Game · David Langford · in Down the Badger Hole by Debbie Cross, Wrigley-Cross Books, 1995 [Ref. R. Lionel Fanthorpe] 153 · Hollywood Times Three · David Langford · gp (r); written for the projected Hollywood: The 100 Best Novels edited by David Pringle. _153 · The Ecstasy Business · David Langford · ar Cloud Chamber January 1997 [Ref. Richard Condon] _156 · Moving Pictures · David Langford · ar [Ref. Terry Pratchett] _158 · The Four of Hearts · David Langford · ar [Ref. Ellery Queen] 160 · Everville: The Second Book of the Art · David Langford · br SFX #1, June 1995 [Ref. Clive Barker] 162 · The Time Ships · David Langford · br SFX #2, July 1995 [Ref. Stephen Baxter] 163 · Engineman · David Langford · br Foundation #62, Winter 1994/1995 [Ref. Eric Brown] 165 · Mirror Dance · David Langford · br SFX #6, November 1995 [Ref. Lois McMaster Bujold] 166 · The Unnatural · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #78, February 1995 [Ref. David Prill] 168 · Caldé of the Long Sun · David Langford · br Vector #183, 1995 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 170 · 1996 170 · Ancient Prophets: Criswell Predicts · David Langford · ar Fortean Times #89, August 1996 172 · SF Books of the Damned: Eric Frank Russell’s Fortean SF · David Langford · ar [Ref. Eric Frank Russell] a heavily cut version was published in Fortean Times Weird Year 1996 ed. Tim McNally & James Wallis, John Brown Publishing, 1996. 176 · Wreath of Stars: Remembering Bob Shaw · David Langford · ar Apparatchik March 1996 [Ref. Bob Shaw] 179 · Ring · David Langford · br SFX #11, April 1996 [Ref. Stephen Baxter] 180 · Urantia: The Great Cult Mystery · David Langford · br The Skeptic v9 #6, 1996 [Ref. Martin Gardner] 182 · The Prestige · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #98, October 1996 [Ref. Christopher Priest] 185 · 1997 185 · James White and Sector General · David Langford · ar Odyssey #1, November/December 1997 [Ref. James White] 188 · Unspeakable Horrors: The Necronomicon · David Langford · ar Fortean Times #95, February 1997 190 · Vacuum Diagrams: Stories of the Xeelee Sequence · David Langford · br SFX #26, June 1997 [Ref. Stephen Baxter] 191 · / (Slant) · David Langford · br Foundation #70, Summer 1997 [Ref. Greg Bear] 193 · Foundation’s Fear · David Langford · br Odyssey #0, September 1997 [Ref. Gregory Benford] 197 · 3001: The Final Odyssey · David Langford · br SFX #25, May 1997 [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke] 198 · Open Sesame · David Langford · br SFX #28, August 1997 [Ref. Tom Holt] 199 · Earthquake Weather · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #108, August 1997 [Ref. Tim Powers] 202 · Night Lamp · David Langford · br Vector #193, 1997 [Ref. Jack Vance] 204 · Exodus from the Long Sun · David Langford · br Vector #195, 1997 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 207 · 1998 207 · Gene Wolfe and Lexicon Urthus · David Langford · ar Odyssey #3, 1998 [Ref. Michael Andre-Driussi] 210 · George Hay Remembered · David Langford · ar Odyssey #2, 1998, as “Remembering George Hay” [Ref. George Hay] 214 · Inversions · David Langford · br SFX #40, July 1998 [Ref. Iain M. Banks] 215 · The Second Uplift Trilogy · David Langford · br Odyssey #6, September/October 1998 [Ref. David Brin] 218 · Deep Secret · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #118, June 1998 [Ref. Diana Wynne Jones] 221 · The Cassini Division · David Langford · br SFX #38, May 1998 [Ref. Ken MacLeod] 222 · Glimmering · David Langford · br Foundation #73, Summer 1998 [Ref. Elizabeth Hand] 223 · O Pioneer! · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #122, October 1998 [Ref. Frederik Pohl] 224 · A World of Difference · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #123, November 1998 [Ref. Harry Turtledove] 227 · 1999 227 · Hacking the Brain · David Langford · ar T3 1999, as “What If…The Human Brain Could Be Hacked Into” 229 · Time · David Langford · br Foundation #77, Autumn 1999 [Ref. Stephen Baxter] 231 · Trio for Slide Rule and Typewriter · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #130, June 1999 [Ref. Hal Clement] 234 · The Castle of the Winds · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #128, April 1999 [Ref. Michael Scott Rohan] 236 · Architects of Emortality · David Langford · br Foundation #77, Autumn 1999 [Ref. Brian Stableford] 238 · Starfish · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #134, October 1999 [Ref. Peter Watts] 240 · On Blue’s Waters · David Langford · br Nova Express Fall/Winter 1999 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 243 · 2000 243 · Growing Up, Striking Back: Jack Vance · David Langford · ar Jack Vance: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography by A. E. Cunningham, The British Library, 2000 [Ref. Jack Vance] 256 · Introduction to Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature · David Langford · fw Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature ed. Andrew M. Butler, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn, The Science Fiction Foundation, 2000 [Ref. Terry Pratchett] 262 · A Civil Campaign · David Langford · br Foundation #80, Autumn 2000 [Ref. Lois McMaster Bujold] 265 · The Light of Other Days · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #145, September 2000 [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter] 268 · Science Fiction of the 20th Century · David Langford · br Foundation #80, Autumn 2000 [Ref. Frank M. Robinson] 271 · In Green’s Jungles · David Langford · br Vector July/August 2000 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 273 · 2001 273 · Maps: Collecting John Sladek · David Langford · ar Foundation #83, Autumn 2001 [Ref. John Sladek] adapted from the introduction to Maps. 283 · Psychohistorical Crisis · David Langford · br Vector January/February 2001 [Ref. Donald Kingsbury] 285 · The Other Side · David Langford · br Steam Engine Time #3, December 2001 [Ref. Alfred Kubin] 288 · Return to the Whorl · David Langford · br Foundation #83, Autumn 2001 [Ref. Gene Wolfe] 292 · 2002 292 · Tom Holt: Man or Myth? · David Langford · ar Boskone 39 Programme Book, 2002 [Ref. Tom Holt] 294 · Hidden Empire · David Langford · br [Ref. Kevin J. Anderson] expanded from The New York Review of Science Fiction #170, Oct-2002, itself expanded from Cloud Chamber #129, June 2002. 295 · The Merchants of Souls · David Langford · br Nova Express Summer 2002 [Ref. John Barnes] 298 · The Scar · David Langford · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #169, September 2002 [Ref. China Miéville] 302 · Original Appearances · David Langford · bi 305 · Title Index · David Langford · ix 308 · Author Index · David Langford · ix