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Article Index

Some longer pieces that appeared in Ansible or as on-line supplements. (Omits many editorial "convention reports" pasted together from news fragments and quotes. But see the Convention Reports page.)
• Brian Aldiss ... Charles Monteith obituary (June 1995)
• "Francis Amery" ... Brian Stableford obituary (spoof, May 1994)
• John Bangsund ... "One of My Mob" (remembering George Turner, July 1997)
• Stephen Baxter ... Carl Sagan obituary (January 1997)
• Simon Bradshaw ... The Millennium Bug meets the Singularity (Xmas 1998)
• John Clute ... Angela Carter obituary (March 1992)
  ... Sam Moskowitz obituary (May 1997)
  ... Judith Merril obituary (October 1997)
  ... John Sladek obituary (April 2000)
• Malcolm Edwards ... Keith Roberts reminiscences (November 2000 supp)
• Chris Evans ... "Me and H.G. Wells and the Continuum": Novacon 16 Guest of Honour Speech (February 1987)
• Abigail Frost ... "The Novacon 21 Tradition" (convention report, December 1991)
  ... "The Ansible Literary Supplement" (fanzine reviews, January 1982)
  ... "Making the Best of It" (fanzine reviews, June 1982)
  ... "The Frost Report" (TAFF instalment, September 1993); more (October); more
• David Garnett ... Garnett's Dictionary of Science Fiction, Part One (December 1981)
• Bruce Gillespie ... John Foyster obituary (May 2003)
• Greer Gilman ... Language Lessons (December 2003 supp)
• Harry Harrison ... "Jimmy Taurasi's Cellar" (remembering Sam Moskowitz, June 1997)
  ... Margaret Aldiss obituary (December 1997)
  ... Chicon 2000 Report (October 2000 supp)
• Tom Holt ... "Wild Canadian Boy, The" (Xmas 1996 verse)
• Obituary features with multiple contributors
  ... George Hay (November 1997)
  ... Keith Roberts, with supplement (October 2000)
  ... Douglas Adams (June 2001)
• Dave Langford ... "Graphic Debauchery" (Gollancz graphic novels launch, November 1991)
  ... "Boskone 29: USA Postcards" (March 1992)
  ... "Ode to The Scottish Convention" by William McGonagall (with Abigail Frost, Xmas 1994)
  ... "SF Encyclopedia II" (April 1993)
  ... "Ansible Hyperlink" (April 1995 supp)
• Ursula K. Le Guin ... "On Serious Literature" (July 2007)
• Nick Lowe ... "The Well-Tempered Plot Device" (July 1986)
• Caroline Mullan ... "In Memoriam: The Cock" (October 1991)
• Patrick Parrinder ... "Beccon '87 Ghost Of Honour Speech" (August/September 1987)
• Greg Pickersgill ... Eastercon 2004 Report (May 2004 supp) with notes by others
• Charles Platt ... "The Insanity Offence": The Fleisher/Ellison/Comics Journal Libel Case (February 1987)
  ... "The Ellison Appreciation Society" (December 1993)
• Terry Pratchett ... "Alien Christmas" (August/September 1987)
• Chris Priest ... "A Message from Our Founder" (August 1979)
  ... Middle Class Fannish Liberation Front (April 1980)
  ... John Brunner obituary (September 1995)
  ... Kingsley Amis obituary (November 1995)
  ... Bob Shaw obituary (March 1996)
  ... Richard Cowper obituary (May 2002)
  ... Eastercon 2004 Guest of Honour Speech (May 2004 supp)
  ... "The Condition of Brit – Forty Years on the Atlantic Shore": Worldcon 2005 Guest of Honour Speech (September 2005 supp)
• Kevin Smith ... "Got dem ole single element blues" (August 1979)
• Steve Sneyd ... On K.V. Bailey (January 2005 supp)
• Ron Tiner ... "A Christmas Carol: The One-Page Graphic Novel" [PDF]; also GIF versions, smaller and larger (Xmas 1996 graphic)
• Margaret Welbank ... "Bumcon" (August 1984 graphic)
• D. West ... "The Horrors of TAFF" (August 1984 graphic)

Artist Index

All references are to Ansible masthead art except where noted.
• Anonymous clip art or found images ... 06, 32 interior, 45 back, 53, 53½, 54, 55, 56, 57, 57½, 58, 59, 60, 61 [phrenology text], 63 [Magicon Hugo sketch], 65, 66, 67, 68 [Klein bottle], 69, 70, 71 [Mexicon cacti], 73 [repeating 61], 74, 75 [repeating 63], 76, 77, 78, 79, 94, 104 [a blank black rectangle, imitating Pong's practice, for the death of Bob Shaw], 107, 113½, 116½, 137½, 297 (SF Encyclopedia QR code by qrcode.kaywa.com
• Atom (Arthur Thomson)... 29 web version interior x 2, 30 [plus interiors moved to 29 for web], 41, 47 masthead and back, 49 masthead and back [latter repeated in 50 online – the print edition had no cartoon], 62, 88, 95, 97½ [from 1965], 108, 110, 113, 122 [from 1987], 138, 139, 146, 175, 176, 201, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 213, 214 [accidentally repeating 203] , 229, 263
• Jim Barker ... 04, 06 interior, 09, 20, 120, 163 interior
• Alan F. Beck ... 280
• Harry Bell ... 32, 232, 282
• Simon Bostock ... 15
• Jackie Burns ... 46, 264 interior (online only)
• Grant Canfield ... 240, 267
• Kev Clarke ... 36
• Carlos de la Hoz ... 243
• Kurt Erichsen ... 125
• Ken Fletcher ... 05
• Brad W. Foster ... 40, 44, 248, 250, 252, 253 interior, 257, 259, 261, 262, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 271, 273, 276, 278, 279, 281, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 310
• Alexis Gilliland ... 01, 31, 38, 42 masthead, interior and back, 44 interior, 48 interior
• Ian Gunn ... 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89½, 92, 100, 103, 114, 115, 137 [memorial repeat of 85], 185, 185½, 286
• Dave Haden ... 32 interior
• Rob Hansen ... 08, 10, 16, 17 interior, 18, 24
• Teddy Harvia ... 102, 132, 133
• Dave Hicks ... 105, 116, 117, 118, 136
• Joanna Hilken ... 121
• Alan Hunter ... 260
• Amanda Kear ... 253, 274
• Dave Langford with CorelDraw ... 87, 101½
• Jon Langford ... 14
• Pete Lyon ... 12, 17, 27, 28, 33, 45, 119 [from "Britain in '79" Worldcon bid flyer]
• Sue Mason ... 101, 127, 128, 130, 131, 148, 149, 151, 153, 158, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 174, 183, 186, 187, 188, 191, 215, 216, 217, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 254, 255, 256, 300
• Joe Mayhew ... 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 150 and interior, 152, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 164, 165, 171, 172, 173, 179, 180, 190, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 206, 226, 227, 233, 236, 242 [repeating 147]
• Dave Mooring ... 72, 82, 86, 90
• Julia Morgan-Scott ... 189, 192, 193
• Bill Rotsler ... 124, 209, 210, 211, 212, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228, 230, 231, 235, 237, 238, 239, 241
• Sandra Scholes ... 154, 162, 163, 177, 178
• Stu Shiffman ... 11, 23, 26, 258
• Dan Steffan ... 25, 48, 50 back, 51 logo [repeating 50], 52 ditto [repeated with horizontal compression in all following issues but omitted from on-line versions unless there was no masthead cartoon], 64, 89 [from Pong], 91 [repeating 48], 93, 164 interior
• Steve Stiles ... 29 interior, 137½ ["Gonzo Horror" comic strip reprint, not reproduced on line], 275, 277, 309
• Bryan Talbot ... 129 [from Heart of Empire line art]
• Taral ... 13, 31 "TAFF Race 2000", 39, 43 masthead and back, 44 back
• Ron Tiner ... 113½ "A Christmas Carol: The One-Page Graphic Novel" [PDF]; also GIF versions, smaller and larger
• Bruce Townley ... 270, 272
• Harry Turner ... 234
• Margaret Welbank ... 35 masthead and interior x 2, 39 "Bumcon"
• D. West ... 07, 19, 22, 29, 34, 37, 39 – "The Horrors of TAFF", 45 interior, 96, 97, 98, 99, 106, 109, 111, 112, 123, 126, 134, 135, 181, 182, 184