Langford Bibliography
Fanzines

State of Play: March 2024

The Dead Past

Miscellaneous and One-shots

I'm not admitting to all of these, but further titles include the following:

Ghost Titles

Owing to the whims of cover artists, some Langford fanzines have caused confusion to some bibliographers:

The Obsessive List: 1976-1992

Once upon a time I recorded the exact date upon which each Langford fanzine was printed, often with a note of the print run and, where applicable, the APAs or amateur press associations for which the zine was produced. After 1992, with Ansible appearing monthly with the hideous regularity of clockwork and Cloud Chamber confining itself to a single APA, this began to seem a bit pointless. But here is the official transcript of those much-worn sheets from the Ring-Binder of Destiny. One day I'll remember what "SoB" stands for (perhaps copies of that Ansible went out with Roelof Goudriaan's Continental newszine Shards of Babel?).

  1. Drilkjis 1 – 13 Mar 76
  2. Twll-Ddu 1 – 3 Apr 76, reprinted 29 May 76
  3. Twll-Ddu 2 – 7 May 76
  4. Twll-Ddu 3 – 29 Jun 76
  5. Twll-Ddu 4 – 31 Aug 76
  6. Drilkjis 2 – 3 Oct 76
  7. Twll-Ddu 5 – 13 Nov 76
  8. Cloud Chamber 1 – 5 Dec 76 for OMPA
  9. Cloud Chamber 2 – 9 Mar 77 for OMPA
  10. Twll-Ddu 6 – 26 Mar 77
  11. Hidden Shallows 1 – 26 Mar 77
  12. Twll-Ddu 7 – 27 Apr 77
  13. Hidden Shallows 2 – 20 May 77
  14. Twll-Ddu 8 – 22 Aug 77
  15. Twll-Ddu 9 – 4 Sep 77
  16. Twll-Ddu 10 – 14 Dec 77
  17. Twll-Ddu 11 – 10 Mar 78
  18. Twll-Ddu 12 – 5 Jul 78
  19. The Northern GUFFblower 1 – 20 Aug 78
  20. Drilkjis 3 – 20 Aug 78
  21. Twll-Ddu 13 – 22 Aug 78
  22. Gonad Comes Again! – 19 Sep 78
  23. Up the Conjunction – 21 Sep 78
  24. Twll-Ddu 14 – 29 Oct 78 (reprinted 26 Apr 79)
  25. The Northern GUFFblower 2 – 29 Oct 78
  26. The Northern GUFFblower 3 – 7 Mar 79
  27. Twll-Ddu 15 – 1 Apr 79
  28. Apology ... – 20 Apr 79
  29. The Northern GUFFblower 4 / Poll Results – 13 May 79
  30. LANGFORDCON flyer – 24 May 79 (150)
  31. Another Bloody Fanzine – 17 Jun 79 (100)
  32. Twll-Ddu 16 – 24 Jul 79 (320)
  33. Drilkjis 4 – 19 Aug 79 (220)
  34. The Northern GUFFblower 5 / Ansible 1 – 20 Aug 79 (250)
  35. Cloud Chamber 3 – 21 Aug 79 (396) for WOOF
  36. Ansible 2/3 – 3 Oct 79 (150)
  37. Ansible 4 – 30 Oct 79 (200)
  38. Ansible 5 – 2 Dec 79 (200)
  39. Ansible 6 – 29 Jan 80 (300)
  40. Drilkjis 5 – 23 Feb 80 (300)
  41. Ansible 7 – 3 Mar 80 (300)
  42. Cloud Chamber 4 – 4 Mar 80 (110) for FEAPA
  43. Cloud Chamber 5 – 23 Mar 80 (110) for FEAPA
  44. TAFF-Ddu (Twll-Ddu 17) – 24 Mar 80 (300)
  45. Ansible 8 – 2 Apr 80 (300)
  46. Ansible 9 – 28 Apr 80 (300)
  47. Ansible 10 – 4 Jun 80 (300)
  48. The Northern GUFFblower 6 – 10 Jun 80 (150)
  49. Ansible 11 – 7 Aug 80 (300)
  50. Twll-Ddu 18 – 13 Aug 80 (330)
  51. War in 2080 correction sheet – 21 Aug 80 (200+)
  52. Ansible 12 – 17 Sep 80 (300+)
  53. Ansible 13 – 29 Oct 80 (400+)
  54. TAFF Talk 5 – 29 Oct 80 (400+) numbering continued from Peter Roberts
  55. TAFF Talk 6 – 3 Dec 80 (300+)
  56. Ansible 14 – 3 Dec 80 (350) inc some for FAPA
  57. Cloud Chamber 6 – 5 Dec 80 (150) for FAPA
  58. Ansible 14 supplement – 17 Dec 80 (150)
  59. Ansible 15 – 4 Feb 81 (350) inc some for FAPA
  60. FAANcon 6 Programme Book – 12 Feb 81 (65)
  61. Cloud Chamber 7 – 25 Feb 81 (130) for FAPA
  62. Ansible 16 – 4 Mar 81 (300)
  63. Twll-Ddu 19 – 6 Apr 81 (610)
  64. TAFF Talk 7 – 7 Apr 81 (300)
  65. Ansible 17 – 10 Apr 81 (330)
  66. Visitor's Pass – 14 Apr 81 (200)
  67. Ansible 18 – 3 Jun 81 (300+)
  68. Jackie! – 5 Jun 81 (225)
  69. TAFF Talk 8 – 2 Jul 81 (100) revised/extended 11 Jul 81 (300)
  70. Ansible 19 – 13 Jul 81 (300+)
  71. TAFF Talk 9 – 27 Aug 81 (330+)
  72. Ansible 20 – 27 Aug 81 (330+)
  73. Cloud Chamber 8 – 13 Sep 81 (40) for FLAP
  74. TAFF Talk 10 – 28 Oct 81 (300+)
  75. Ansible 21 – 29 Oct 81 (300+)
  76. Ansible 22 – 3 Dec 81 (330)
  77. Cloud Chamber 9 – 14 Dec 81 (50+) for APA-SF&F
  78. Cloud Chamber 10 – 19 Jan 82 (130) for FAPA, FLAP
  79. Cloud Chamber 11 – 20 Jan 82 (50+) for FLAP
  80. Ansible 23 – 29 Jan 82 (300+)
  81. Ansible 24 – 3 Mar 82 (300+)
  82. Drilkjis 6 – 2 Apr 82 (246)
  83. Ansible 25 – 8 Apr 82 (330)
  84. TAFF Talk 11 – 19 Apr 82 (400)
  85. Cloud Chamber 12 – 25 May 82 (55) for FLAP
  86. Ansible 26 – 2 Jun 82 (320)
  87. Ansible 27 – 13 Jul 82
  88. Cloud Chamber 13 – 13 Jul 82 (250) for FLAP, FAPA, APA-SF&F, reprinted 16 Dec 82 (130) for EURAPA
  89. Cloud Chamber 14 – 14 Jul 82 (32) APA-SF&F
  90. Cloud Chamber 15 – 25 Jul 82 (40) FLAP
  91. Ansible 28 – 27 Aug 82 (330)
  92. Ansible 29 – 17 Oct 82 (330
  93. Cloud Chamber 16 – 20 Oct 82 (150) for FLAP
  94. Cloud Chamber 17 – 27 Oct 82 (150) for FAPA, EURAPA
  95. Ansible 30 – 26 Nov 82 (400+)
  96. Cloud Chamber 18 – 17 Dec 82 (120) EURAPA
  97. Ansible 31 – 3 Feb 83 (400+)
  98. Cloud Chamber 19 – 13 Mar 83 (50) for FLAP
  99. Ansible 32 – 15 Mar 82 (440)
  100. Twll-Ddu 20 – 21 Mar 83 (440)
  101. Not Cloud Chamber – 9 Apr 83 (30) for FLAP-2
  102. ONE: A Newsletter for SF Reading Berks – 20 Apr 83 (55)
  103. Cloud Chamber 20 – 28 Apr 83 (50) for FLAP
  104. Ansible 33 – 1 Jun 83 (440)
  105. TWO: A Third Newsletter for SF Reading Berks – 16 Jun 83 (45)
  106. Ansible 34 – 7 Jul 83 (525) also for FLAP, SoB
  107. Ansible 35 – 5 Oct 83 (455)
  108. Cloud Chamber 21 – 15 Oct 83 (200) for FRANK, FLAP
  109. Cloud Chamber 22 – 15 Oct 83 (65) for FRANK
  110. Cloud Chamber 23 – 16 Oct 83 (50) for FLAP
  111. Cloud Chamber 24 – 3 Nov 83 (170) for FRANK etc
  112. Cloud Chamber 25 – 30 Nov 83 (70?) for FRANK
  113. Ansible 36 – 8 Dec 83 (500+)
  114. Ansible 37 – 2 Feb 84 (500+)
  115. Cloud Chamber 26 – 2 Feb 84 (50+) for FRANK; reprinted 27 Feb 84 (150)
  116. Cloud Chamber 27 – 1 Mar 84 (200) for FRANK etc
  117. Ansible 38 – 17 Apr 84 (500+)
  118. Cloud Chamber 28 – 30 May 84 (250) for FRANK etc
  119. Cloud Chamber 29 – 31 Jul 84 (200+) for FRANK etc
  120. Ansible 39 – 1 Aug 84 (500+)
  121. Cloud Chamber 30 – 21 Sep 84 (200) for FRANK etc
  122. FIVE: A Fifth Newsletter for SF Reading Berks – 23 Sep 83 (80+)
  123. Cloud Chamber 31 – 17 Oct 84 (220) extended 27 Oct 84
  124. Ansible 40 – 21 Oct 84
  125. Cloud Chamber 32 – 30 Oct 84 (220) for FRANK etc
  126. Ansible 41 – 9 Dec 84 (500)
  127. Cloud Chamber 33 – 28 Jan 85 (100) for FRANK etc
  128. Cloud Chamber 34 – 22 Feb 85 (150) for FRANK etc
  129. Ansible 42 – 6 Mar 85 (500+)
  130. Cloud Chamber 35 – 25 Apr 85 (150) for FRANK etc
  131. Ansible 43 – 17 May 85 (500)
  132. Ansible 44 – 10 Sep 85 (500)
  133. Ansible 45 – 6 Feb 86 (500)
  134. Ansible 46 – 10 Jul 86 (500+)
  135. Ansible 47 – 31 Oct 86 (600)
  136. Cloud Chamber 36 – 18 Dec 86 (150)
  137. Ansible 48 – 12 Feb 87 (600+)
  138. Ansible 49 – 16 Apr 87 (600+)
  139. Ansible 50 – 26 Aug 87 (600+)
  140. Cloud Chamber 37 – 1 Oct 87 (500)
  141. Sglodion 1 – 25 Jun 89 (500+)
  142. Sglodion 1.5 – Oct 89 (?)
  143. Diolch yn Fawr – 6 Dec 89 (60ish)
  144. Sglodion 2 – Apr 90 (500+)
  145. Sglodion 3 – 29 Apr 91
  146. Ansible 51 – 3 Oct 91 (250)
  147. Cactus Times 3:7 – 1 Nov 91 (?) for Mexicon
  148. Ansible 52 – 1 Nov 91 (350)
  149. Ansible 53 – 5 Dec 91 (300)
  150. Ansible 53½ – 18 Dec 91 (200)
  151. Ansible 54 – 2 Jan 92
  152. Ansible 55 – 4 Feb 92
  153. Sglodion 3½ – Feb 92
  154. Ansible 56 – 5 Mar 92
  155. Ansible 57 – 1 Apr 92
  156. Ansible 57½ – Easter 92
  157. Ansible 58 – 77 May 92
  158. Cloud Chamber 38 – 25 May 92
  159. Ansible 59 – 4 Jun 92
  160. Ansible 60 – 2 Jul 92
  161. Cloud Chamber 39 – 23 Jul 92
  162. Ansible 61 – 6 Aug 92
  163. Ansible 62 – 3 Sep 92
  164. Ansible 63 – 1 Oct 92
  165. Ansible 64 – 5 Nov 92
  166. Ansible 65 – 3 Dec 92

The indexes to my on-line archives of Ansible and Cloud Chamber include (most of; see also Drilkjis) and continue this listing.