Brad Foster cartoon: "Liquid Cat"

Here's the April issue of Ansible.
news.ansible.uk/a465.html

Cartoon by Teddy Harvia

Here we go again with the March issue of Ansible.
news.ansible.uk/a464.html

Brad W. Foster cartoon

Ansible 463, February 2026
news.ansible.uk/a463.html

Ulrika O'Brien cartoon

Ansible 462, January 2026:
news.ansible.uk/a462.html

Brad Foster cartoon

I think I can promise that Ansible 461 (1 December) is the final issue of 2025.
news.ansible.uk/a461.html

Cartoon by Ulrika O'Brien

It is the season of skulls, bats, demonic pumpkins, giant spiders, eldritch intimations and Ansible 460.
news.ansible.uk/a460.html

William Rotsler cartoon

Ansible 459, October 2025 ...
news.ansible.uk/a459.html

Brad Foster cartoon

Another month, another Ansible.
news.ansible.uk/a458.html

Bill Rotsler cartoon

Oh no, it's August, and that means Ansible 457....
news.ansible.uk/a457.html

"Moon Girl" cartoon by Ulrika O'Brien

Too hot here for any clever comment, but here's the July Ansible:
news.ansible.uk/a456.html

Brad Foster cartoon: "Ironically sarcastic robot"

You are trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom ... and to make matters worse, here's Ansible 455.
news.ansible.uk/a455.html

Ian Gunn cartoon "Robodog"

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, but who cares: here's Ansible 454. news.ansible.uk/a454.html

Brad Foster cartoon

The April issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a453.html

Ian Gunn cartoon

Ansible 452 for March 2025 ... news.ansible.uk/a452.html

Brad Foster cartoon "Foot High Ruler of the Metric Kingdom"

Here we go again: news.ansible.uk/a451.html

I understand that his involvement consisted only of the use of his name. The actual editor, a friend who asked me to contribute and slipped in a story of his own, was the late Richard Evans. See sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/evans_...

X v. Rex by Philip Macdonald

Random book cover of the day: 1955 Penguin paperback of a serial-killer crime novel from 1933. Absolutely nothing to do with unhinged billionaires giving ill-informed advice to British royalty.

Artwork by Julia Morgan-Scott

Slightly belated Happy New Year sentiments accompanied by a slightly belated Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a450.html

The next London First Thursday meeting is postponed to 9 January because the usual pub will be closed on 2 January. See news.ansible.uk/london.html

Brad W. Foster cartoon

Christmas starts earlier every year, and so does the "December" issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a449.html

Retsim Snikliw would be proud of you!

Ian Gunn cartoon: "space platypus"

"Deep Thought says the answer to life, the universe and everything is ... Ansible 448!" "Try turning it off and on again."
news.ansible.uk/a448.html

Brad W Foster cartoon

Here's the October issue of Ansible:
news.ansible.uk/a447.html

Atom (Arthur Thomson) cartoon

Suddenly it's Ansible 446. news.ansible.uk/a446.html

Canadian Tire faux banknote -- 25 cents "cash bonus"

Things people use as bookmarks, number 5,271,009.

Catalogues for the Glasgow Worldcon fan funds auctions were released on 9 August. The live auction is at 20:30 Saturday (today) and the silent auction closes at 13:00 Sunday. I've linked to the catalogues in the latest post at taff.org.uk.

Brad Foster cartoon

Last issue before the Glasgow Worldcon: Ansible 445. news.ansible.uk/a445.html

Random book cover of the day, inside out: Kingsley Amis's The Book of Bond; Or, Every Man His Own 007 (Jonathan Cape, 1965), as by Lt-Col William ("Bill") Tanner, has a reversible dust-jacket "for use in the field."

Random convention badge of the day: Novacon 6 (1976). Gnome Press artwork by Edd Cartier, supplied by guest of honour Dave Kyle.

Cartoon by Ulrika O'Brien

Amid a flurry of Ansible Editions book royalty statements and updates to the SF Encyclopedia, I somehow managed to sneak in the July issue of Ansible. Here:
news.ansible.uk/a444.html