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ANSIBLE(R) 452
MARCH 2025

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### THE RAGING TIDE ###

ISABEL ALLENDE, noted magical realist, was honoured by Oxford's Bodleian Libraries with a 2025 Bodley Medal for services to literature. [L]

RAMSEY CAMPBELL has not as far I know written a horror story which opens
when a woman sees every day a lonely writing man at a top-floor window and decides he desperately needs a bar of chocolate. Now the chocolate
(Cadbury's caramel) has arrived through the Campbell letter-box, with a
note advising Ramsey to 'enjoy with a cup of tea', and perhaps inspiration
will soon strike. (_Liverpool Echo_, 9 February) [TM]

JOHN CLUTE and your editor breathed huge sighs of relief at the news that Science Fiction Encyclopedia Ltd was dissolved by Companies House on 3 December. Don't worry: the _SFE_ continues, but without expensive
accountancy fees for rubber-stamping our very modest balance sheet.

MICHAEL DIRDA, after 47 years with _Washington Post_ Book World -- where
his hospitality to genre work was much appreciated -- has stepped down from
his weekly column that ran for more than 30 years, though irregular reviews
may yet follow. (_Washington Post_, 8 February) [IM]

EDWARD GOREY would have been 100 on 22 February. I was pleased that my favourite crossword had an erudite Gorey theme that day.


### CONIACIAN ###

1 Mar [] PICOCON 42, Imperial College, London. GBP10 reg; students GBP8 (ID required); ICSF members GBP6. See tinyurl.com/Picocon42.

6-8 Mar [] FRIGHTFEST (film), Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose Street. GBP88;
single films GBP12, concessions GBP9.60. See
frightfest.co.uk/filmsandevents/.

SOLD OUT 7-9 Mar [] MINAMICON (anime), Novotel Hotel, Southampton. GBP70
reg; there's a waiting list at www.minamicon.org.uk.

15-16 Mar [] DUBLIN COMIC CON, Convention Centre, Dublin. Various ticket
prices (extra for early entry, etc.) at dublincomiccon.com.

SOLD OUT 20-23 Mar [] CAMP SFW, Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth.
Weekend pass currently GBP95 at www.scifiweekender.com.

23 Mar [] DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS (folk horror films), QUAD, Derby. GBP35
reg; GBP25 concessions. See derbyquad.co.uk/events/ditf2025/.

29 Mar-14 Jun [] THE MAGIC OF MIDDLE-EARTH (exhibition), Shire Hall Museum, Dorchester.10am-4pm. GBP10.50; concessions GBP9, under-18s GBP5.50. See shirehalldorset.org/events/the-magic-of-middle-earth/.

30 Mar [] BLOOMSBURY EPHEMERA FAIR, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram St,
London. 9:30am-3pm. GBP3 entry. Apparently not including Paperback & Pulp
Book Fair. See etcfairs.com/ephemera-fairs/.

5 Apr [] BEDFORD WHO CHARITY CON (_Doctor Who_), King's House, Ampthill
Road, Bedford, MK42 9AZ. 10am-5:30pm. Tickets GBP49.50; under-14s GBP20.
See bedfordwhocharitycon.co.uk.

12-13 Apr [] CONPULSION (games), The Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ. Tickets GBP20 or GBP10 each day, at the door only. See conpulsion.org.

2-4 May [] PARACINEMA CULT FILM FESTIVAL, QUAD Centre, Derby. Weekend
passes GBP30 (GBP25 concessions) at paracinema.co.uk.

17-18 May [] STEAM TRAINS AND FAIRYTALES (steampunk), Midland Railway
Trust, Butterley. See www.ministryofsteampunk.com.

5-6 Jul [] THE TOWN THAT NEVER WAS (steampunk), Blists Hill, Telford.
Further details awaited at www.ministryofsteampunk.com.

25-28 Jul [] CONTINUUM (RPG), Cranfield University CMDC . GBP50 reg or day passes GBP20 for any day -- _rising to GBP60 and GBP25 on 1 April_.
Under-17s free. See continuumconvention.co.uk.

13-17 Aug [] SEATTLE WORLDCON 2025, Seattle, WA, USA. _Now $250 full adult registration, rising to $280 on 1 March 2025 and $300 on 1 May 2025._ For
other rates see seattlein2025.org. Hugo nominations opened on 10 February
and will close on 14 March.

16-17 Aug [] FOR THE LOVE OF FANTASY, ExCel, London. Tickets GBP53.90; under-10s GBP24.20; under-5s free. See fortheloveoffantasy.com.

22-25 Aug [] ASYLUM XIV (steampunk), The Lawns and other Lincoln venues. Tickets awaited at www.ministryofsteampunk.com.

30 Aug [] WHOOVERVILLE 16 (_Doctor Who_), QUAD Centre, Derby. From 10am. Tickets GBP60 ; concessions GBP40; accompanied under-13s GBP15. Guests and other details at derbyquad.co.uk/events/whooverville16/.

13-14 Sep [] MIDDLE-EARTH FESTIVAL, Norton Lane, Wythall, B47 6HA (_new
field venue_). See middleearthfestival.wordpress.com.

9-12 Oct [] GRIMMFEST (film), Odeon Great Northern, Manchester. Screening schedule and ticket sales awaited at grimmfest.com.

24-26 Oct [] FESTIVAL OF FANTASTIC FILMS, Pendulum Hotel, Manchester.
GBP110 reg, _rising to GBP120 on 1 March_. Day rates: GBP30 Friday, GBP55 Saturday, GBP45 Sunday. See fantastic-films.uk.

15-16 Nov [] THOUGHT BUBBLE COMIC CONVENTION, Harrogate Convention Centre,
as part of comics festival. GBP36 weekend; GBP27/day; under-12s, over-65s
and carers free. See thoughtbubblefestival.com.

22 Nov [] STARS OF TIME (comics), Weston-super-Mare. Adult tickets
GBP11.55; other rates at www.starsoftime.co.uk/weston-s-mare-winter.

29 Nov [] DRAGONMEET (gaming), London Excel (new venue). 9am-11pm. Tickets available from early June at www.dragonmeet.co.uk.

30 Jan - 1 Feb 2026 [] CONTABILE 36 (filk), Wensum Valley Hotel, Norwich.
GBP45 reg; GBP35 concessions. See www.contabile.org.uk/c36/.

8-19 Feb 2026 [] SCOTIACON (furry), Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow. Western
theme. Registration awaited at www.scotiacon.org.uk.

19-22 Mar 2026 [] CAMP SFW, Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth. GBP99 Fri+Sat or GBP130 Fri-Sun at www.scifiweekender.com.

22-24 May 2026 [] SATELLITE 9, Clayton Hotel, Glasgow. GoH Liz Williams.
GBP70 reg _rising to GBP75 on 2 March 2025_; under-25s GBP60; under-18s
GBP20; under-12s GBP5; under-5s GBP2. See nine.satellitex.org.uk.

RUMBLINGS. _Octocon 2025_ is happening, in October and presumably in
Dublin: other details and prices are awaited at 2025.octocon.com.


### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###

AS WE SAW US. Looking forward to the 1974 New York Worldcon: '... a
multimedia experience coming from the simultaneous showing of twenty-five famous horror films of the past. It is a marathon event, planned to run
through the first three days of the convention, but already, on the first morning, a certain debilitation has set in; people are staggering around
the room with glazed expressions and many on the chairs appear to be
somnolent or in a drug-induced coma. A few couples towards the fringes seem
to be copulating with great difficulty ...' (K.M. O'Donnell [Barry N. Malzberg], _Gather in the Hall of the Planets_, 1971)

AWARDS. _Compton Crook_ (debut genre novel) shortlist: _The Book of Love_
by Kelly Link, _Someone You Can Build a Nest In_ by John Wiswell, _The
Stars Too Fondly_ by Emily Hamilton, _Sun of Blood and Ruin_ by Mariely
Lares, _The Wings Upon Her Back_ by Samantha Mills.
_Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame:_ 2025 inductees include Philippe Druillet.
_Jack Gaughan Award_ (emerging artist): Eleonor Piteira. [AIP]
_Robert A. Heinlein Award:_ Sharon Lee.
_Skylark:_ Ian Randal Strock. [AIP]

R.I.P. _Nike Arrighi_ (1947-2025), French actress who co-starred in
Hammer's _The Devil Rides Out_ (1968) and was in the same studio's
_Countess Dracula_ (1971) plus genre tv series, died on 12 February aged
77. [SJ]
_R.I. (Richard Ignatius) Barycz_ (1951-2024), UK fan whose late-1970s fanzine was _Ycz_, died on 6 April 2024 aged 73. [PC] He was an _Ansible_ correspondent 1981-2021 and a subscriber via SAE until the end.
_David Edward Byrd_ (1941-2025), US artist and designer who created
the poster for _Little Shop of Horrors_ and others, worked for Warner Bros 1991-2002 on Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera cartoons plus early Harry
Potter films, and much more, died on 3 February aged 83. [F770]
_KC Carlson_ (Patric Alan Carlson, 1956-2025), DC comics editor
1989-1990 and 1992-1997, who worked on _Legion of Super-Heroes_ (for which
he wrote stories) and _Superman_, plus collections of the Vertigo titles _Sandman_ and _V for Vendetta_, died on 8 February aged 68. [SH]
_Anthony Dileo Jr_, US actor in _Day of the Dead_ (1985) and _Monkey Shines_ (1988), died on 7 February. [SJ]
_John Erwin_ (1936-2024), US voice actor in _Sabrina the Teenage
Witch_ (47 episodes 1969-1972), _He-Man and the Masters of the Universe_
(130 episodes 1983-1985, plus many spinoffs), _Back to the Future II_
(1989) and others, died in December. [F770]
_Bruce French_ (1945-2025), US actor whose many genre credits include
_Man on a Swing_ (1974), _Curse of the Black Widow_ (1977), _Christine_
(1983), _Martians Go Home (1989)_, _Star Trek: Insurrection_ (1998),
_Jurassic Park III_ (2001) and tv series, died on 7 February aged 79. [SJ]
_Gene Hackman_ (1930-2025), Oscar-winning US actor in _Marooned_
(1969), _Young Frankenstein_ (1974), _Superman_ (1978 plus sequels) and
others, was found dead on 26 February; he was 95.
_Frank Hildebrand_ (1950-2024), US producer whose credits include _Project: Metalbeast_ (1995), _They Nest_ (2000) and _Fear the Walking
Dead_ (98 episodes 2016-2023), died on 21 November aged 73. [AIP]
_Julian Holloway_ (1944-2025), UK actor in _Captain Zed and the Zee
Zone_ (1991-1992), _Dan Dare_ (2001, 2002), _Star Wars: The Clone Wars_ (2012-2020) and others, died on 16 February aged 80. [AIP]
_Barbie Hsu_ (1976-2025), Taiwanese singer and actress in _Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story_ (2003), _Silk_ (2006), _Future X-Cops_ (2010),
_Croczilla_ (2012) and others, died on 2 February aged 48. [SJ]
_Angelica Infante_ (1976-2025), Mexican actress in the low-budget
horror comedies _Ataca el chupacabras_ (1996) and _El vampiro enamorado_ (1996), died on 5 February aged 48. [SJ]
_Tony Isbert_ (1950-2025), Spanish actor in _The Dracula Saga_ (1973), _The Rift_ (1990), _Immortal Sins_ (1991) and others, died on 19 February
aged 74. [SJ]
_Peter Jason_ (1944-2025), US actor in _Dreamscape_ (1984), _They
Live_ (1988), _Congo_ (1995), _Mortal Kombat_ (1995), _Escape from L.A._
(1996) and _Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom_ (2018), died on 20 February
aged 80. [LP]
_Kim Sae-ron_ (2000-2025), South Korean actress in _Mirror of the
Witch_ (2016) and _Kiss Sixth Sense_ (2022), committed suicide on 16
February aged 24. [SJ]
_Yevgeny Konstantinov_ (1959-2025), Russian angler and author of 11 fishing-themed fantasy novels (2002-2020), died on 17 February. [AM]
_Mort Kunstler_ (1927-2025), noted US historical painter who in the 1960s/1970s produced some genre book covers (including Richard Matheson's
_The Omega Man_) and contributed to _Mad_, died on 2 February aged 97.
[PDF]
_Lee Joo Shil_ [or Joo-Sil] (1944-2025), South Korean actress in
_Train to Busan_ (2016), _The Uncanny Counter_ (2020) and _Squid Game_
(2021), died on 2 February aged 80. [AIP]
_Mark R. Leeper_ (1950-2025), US fan and prolific film reviewer who
with his wife Evelyn published more than 2300 issues of the weekly fanzine
_The MT Void_, died on 22 February. [ECL]
_Tony (Anthony R.) Lewis_ (1941-2025), long-time US fan -- active from 1957 -- bibliographer, publisher and author who was a founder member of
NESFA in 1967, chaired Noreascon (the 1971 Boston Worldcon) and worked on
its three successors, was the long-time 'Press Czar' of NESFA Press, where
he edited many indexes to sf and compiled _An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction_ (1990), died on 11 February aged 84. He received
the 2021 Skylark Award. [GED]
_Juan Marine_ (1920-2025), Spanish cinematographer for _Island of the Doomed_ (1967), _El astronauta_ (1967), _Supersonic Man_ (1979), _The Rift_ (1990) and others, died on 17 February aged 104. [SJ]
_Chris Moore_ (1947-2025), versatile and prolific UK sf artist whose
work is collected in _Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore_ (2000, text by Stephen Gallagher), died on 7 February aged 77. [CB] His cover art for the
1993 _SF Encyclopedia_ became (with permission) the logo of the online
version, still in use.
_Norma Mora_ (1943-2025), Mexican actress in _Santo in the Wax Museum_ (1963) and the sf comedy _Los astronautas_ (1964) died on 11 February aged
81. [SJ]
_P.H. Moriarty_ (1939-2025), UK actor in _Outland_ (1981), _Jaws 3_ (1983), _Dune_ (2000), _Children of Dune_ (2003) and _Evil Never Dies_
(2014), died on 2 February aged 85. [SJ]
_Brian Murphy_ (1932-2025), UK tv sitcom actor whose occasional genre credits include _Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On_ (1986) and _Grave Tales_ (2011), died on 2 February aged 92. [SJ]
_Roberto Orci_ (1973-2025), Mexican-American writer/producer whose
credits include the rebooted _Star Trek_ (2009 plus sequels),
_Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen_ (2009) and _Ender's Game_ (2013),
died on 25 February aged 51. [F770]
_Emma Popik_ (1949-2025), Polish author of the sf novel _Cyclop_
(2023) and 5 sf collections, died on 4 February aged 75. [AM]
_Tom Robbins_ (1932-2025), US author whose extravagantly comic novels beginning with _Another Roadside Attraction_ (1971) often include fantasy elements, as in _Jitterbug Perfume_ (1984), died on 9 February aged 92.
_Tony Roberts_ (1939-2025), US actor in _The Million Dollar Duck_
(1971), _Amityville 3-D_ (1983), _18 Again!_ (1988) and _Switch_ (1991),
died on 7 February aged 85. [SJ]
_James R. Silke_ (1931-2025), US author who co-scripted _King
Solomon's Mines_ (1985) and _The Barbarians_ (1987), and wrote the four
'Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer' heroic-fantasy novels (1988-1990) plus the
sf comic _Rascals in Paradise_ (1994), died on 16 February aged 93. [SH]
_Lynne Marie Stewart_ (1946-2025), US actress in _The Running Man_
(1987), _Elvira: Mistress of the Dark_ (1988) and genre tv series, died on
21 February aged 78. [AIP]
_Oleg Strizhenov_ (1929-2025), Russian actor who starred in the sf
film _Yego zvali Robert_ (_His Name Was Robert_, 1967) died on 9 February
aged 95. [AM]
_Tongolele_ (1932-2025), Mexican-US dancer/actress in _The Panther
Women_ (1967) and _Snake People_ (1971), died on 16 February aged 93. [SJ]
_Michelle Trachtenberg_ (1985-2025), US actress in _Inspector Gadget_ (1999), _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ (66 episodes 2003-2003), _Dragonlance_ (2008), _17 Again_ (2009) and others, died on 26 February aged 39. [LP/AIP]

THE WEAKEST LINK. _Alexander Armstrong:_ 'Writer, director and star of the
1941 film _Citizen Kane_. Initials OW.' _Celebrity:_ 'Oprah Winfrey.'
(BBC1, _Celebrity Pointless_) [PE]
_Romesh Ranganathan:_ 'In mythology, the west African trickster god is generally depicted as which eight-legged creature?' _Celebrity:_ 'Goat.'
(BBC1, _Celebrity Weakest Link_) [PE]

COURT CIRCULAR. The estate of Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman, is suing Warner Bros Discovery and DC Comics on the basis that although Siegel and Shuster sold world copyright to the character in 1938, such assignments
revert to the creator 25 years after death (Shuster died in 1992) in
various countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UK -- where
WBD expects to release its new _Superman_ film this summer without any
extra copyright payment. According to a WBD spokesman, 'We fundamentally disagree with the merits of the lawsuit'. (_Deadline_, 31 January) [AIP]
Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?

MAGAZINE SCENE. _Analog_ and _Asimov's_ are no longer published by Penny
Press: the websites now say, 'Must Read Magazines is a division of Must
Read Books Publishing ...' [RH] The new owners, Steven Salpeter of Assemble Media plus investors, also acquired the ailing _F&SF_ from former publisher Gordon Van Gelder. [JS] The Astounding Award for new writers, traditionally sponsored by _Analog_'s publisher, will continue. [F770]

RANDOM FANDOM. _The Corflu 42 Fanzine of Honour_ is _Energumen_ (1970-1981)
ed. Mike Glicksohn and Susan Wood, to be discussed at Corflu in April.
_Ella Parker_, prominent 1950s/1960s UK fan who chaired the 1965
London Worldcon, had a secret at last confirmed by ancestry research and a surviving nephew: the 'brother' Fred with whom she lived was in fact her husband (since 1941). [MP] Rob Hansen has added a biographical afterword by said nephew to her fanwriting collection _The Compact Ella Parker_: see taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=Compact.
_Peter Mabey_, long-time UK fan whose first convention was the 1957
London Worldcon, celebrates his 100th birthday on 21 March. Raise a glass!
[RR]

COURT CIRCULAR II. Will Smith and various production companies involved in
the Ang Lee flop _Gemini Man_ (2019) were sued for $1.7m by sf author Ken Sibanda (aka Kissinger Sibanda), who claims the film plagiarized his 2011
novel _The Return to Gibraltar_ by featuring a black hero who is cloned. A
US judge dismissed the claim against Smith on 31 January, but litigation apparently continues. (_In Touch_, 14 February)

THE DEAD PAST. _40 Years Ago:_ 'Monthly BSFA pub meetings developed a
hiccup when the formerly hospitable King of Diamonds pub announced without prior warning that the society was to be banned for filthy practices, such
as mentioning CND. Mighty organizer Judith Hanna issued a "shocked" press release, spurring _City Limits_ mag to interview the KoD landlord: "It's
not political," he wailed, "they don't spend enough. And they have things
from Greenpeace and Save the Seals which isn't science fiction." (_Ansible_
42, March 1985)
_30 Years Ago_, from Brighton's equivalent of _Time Out_:
'_Interzone_, which has actually been going since 1982, this month
celebrates the 100th anniversary of Jules Verne's portentous novel, _The
War of the Worlds_.' (_Ansible_ 92, March 1995)

FANFUNDERY. _TransAtlantic Fan Fund._ Voting continues in the 2025
westbound TAFF race to the Seattle Worldcon, and will close on 23 April.
See taff.org.uk for the ballot, candidates, and online voting form.

BSFA LATEST. At an online EGM on 23 February, the BSFA voted to apply for charitable status. It seems this proposal was earlier misinterpreted as implying a ban on 'uncharitable' negative book reviews, leading to a brief teapot tempest since resolved behind the scenes.

EDITORIAL. The TAFF ebook library has two new titles. _Watto's Wisdom_ by
Ian Watson (taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=Watto) is a fat collection of the
great man's nonfiction, also released as a trade paperback which we hope
will be on sale at Eastercon with Ian there to sign copies. Meanwhile
_GUFF: The Incomplete Chronicles_ (taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=guffanth)
brings together the published chapters of abandoned GUFF reports.

THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _Melodramatic Naughtiness._ 'Deaf as yesterday to all representation of right, he proposed further perfidy, once more pawning his honour to obtain his lust. Deaf as yesterday to all remonstrances of
reason, he purposed to sell himself over again to buy venery's disappearing dross.' (James Gould Cozzens, _By Love Possessed_, 1957)
_Timeless True Romance._ 'This was a prelude to several hours of
endless sex.' (Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee, _Rama Revealed_, 1993) [AR]
_Neat Tricks._ '... making way for me, drawing the others back, all,
as if with his pineal gland.' ('Meeting Mr. Millar' in Robert Aickman's
_Cold Hand in Mine_,1975) [CG]
_Space Turbulence._ 'You have to expect strange things on a ship like this. Eight hundred G's will throw many a good man out of sync.' (Silas
Water [Noel Loomis], _The Man with Absolute Motion_, 1955)


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GROUP THEORY.
20 March 2025, evening: London Zoom meeting, third Thursday of each
month. 'Please share this with people who you know typically come to the Bishop's Finger, but aren't on Facebook.' https://bohemiancoast.medium.com/first-thursday-london-sf-fan-virtual-drinks-5232021e961f

LATE NEWS. Lawrence Person is thrilled by a recent discovery of the power
of _F&SF_ reviewers. There were plans in Dursley, Gloucestershire, to name
a street in a new development Smallcreep Rise in honour of the local author Peter Currel Brown and his 1965 sf allegory _Smallcreep's Day_. But
researchers came across a 2009 _F&SF_ 'Curiosities' piece by Mr Person revealing that the book has a rhetorical mention of necrophilia, which
would never do, and the street was renamed. (_Gazette_, May 2022)

THE RELENTLESS PUBLISHING PROGRAMME. Work in progress at Ansible Editions includes a paperback edition of Rob Hansen's _THEN Again: A UK Fanhistory Reader 1930-1979_ (2019 ebook), a companion to his massive UK history
_THEN_ which collects many relevant source texts. https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=ThenAgain

SOME LINKS from the _Ansible_ home page.
Bram Stoker Awards finalists https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2024-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/
BSFA Awards longlist
https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist/
_Locus_ Recommended Reading List https://locusmag.com/2025/02/2024-recommended-reading-list/
_SF Encyclopedia_ Ltd dissolved! https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07582200

THOG'S GOLDEN OLDIES from _Ansible_ 212, March 2005. _Dept of
Ancient-Mariner Astronomy._ '... she could see nothing but the old moon
with a lost star drifting between its horns.' (Patricia A. McKillip, _Heir
of Sea and Fire_, 1980)
_Relativity Dept._ 'The Rim Star ... went too fast. If starlight had glittered on her travelling at the speed she'd attained ... she would have
been invisible. No one light-wave was fast enough to strike her and be reflected ...' (Murray Leinster, _The Other Side of Nowhere_, 1955)
[]_ Straight On 'Til Morning Dept._ 'You simply head your space ship toward your sun for about three million miles, take a sharp turn left and go about five or six million miles and there we will be. Please do come visit us
when you build your space ship.' (Sara Cavanaugh, _A Woman in Space_, 1981)
_Dept of Mainstream Cephalopods._ '"Adams won't like this," she said,
and turned with a smile which was for him alone to let him take her, and
helped his heart find hers by fastening her mouth on his as though she were
an octopus that had lost its arms to the propellers of a tug, and had only
its mouth now with which, in a world of the hunted, to hang on to wrecked spars.' (Henry Green, _Concluding_, 1978)


_Ansible_(R) 452 (C) David Langford, 2025. Thanks to Chris Barlow, Pat Charnock, Gay Ellen Dennett, Paul Di Filippo, _File 770_, Carl Glover,
Steve Holland, Rich Horton, Steve Jones, Evelyn C. Leeper, _Locus_, Todd
Mason, Ira Matetsky, Andrey Meshavkin, Lawrence Person, Mark Plummer,
Andrew I. Porter, _Private Eye_, Adam Roberts, Roger Robinson, Jason
Sanford, and as always our Hero Distributors: Durdles Books (Birmingham SF Group), SCIS/Prophecy and Alan Stewart (Australia).

28 February 2025
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