LANGFORD, David

LANGFORD, David. British, b. 1953. Genres: Science fiction/Fantasy, Literary criticism and history. Career: Freelance writer, 1980-; managing director, Ansible Information, 1987-; columnist, Interzone, SFX and Fortean Times; weapons physicist, Atomic Research Establishment, 1975-80. Publications: SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS: The Space Eater, 1982; The Leaky Establishment, 1984; (with J. Grant) Earthdoom!, 1987; (with J. Grant) Guts, 2001. OTHER GENRES: (with others) The Necronomicon, 1978; War in 2080: The Future of Military Technology, 1979; An Account of a Meeting with Denizens of Another World 1871, 1979; (with C. Morgan) Facts and Fallacies: A Book of Definitive Mistakes and Misguided Predictions, 1981; (with P. Nicholls and B.M. Stableford) The Science in Science Fiction, 1982; (with C. Platt) Micromania: The Whole Truth about Home Computers (in US as The Whole Truth Home Computer Handbook), 1984; (with B.M. Stableford) The Third Millennium: The History of the World AD 2000-3000, 1985; The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two, 1988; Irrational Numbers, 1994; The Unseen University Challenge, 1996; (ed. with J. Clute and J. Grant, contrib. ed.) The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, 1997; (with J. Kirby) A Cosmic Cornucopia, 1999; The Wyrdest Link, 2002. NON-FICTION COLLECTIONS: Critical Assembly, 1987; Critical Assembly II, 1992; Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man, 1992; The Unseen University Challenge, 1996; The Silence of the Langford, 1996; Pieces of Langford, 1998; The Complete Critical Assembly, 2001. Address: 94 London Rd, Reading, Berks. RG1 5AU, England. Online address: ansible@cix.co.uk