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David Langford


Born
in The United Kingdom
April 10, 1953

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Science Fiction & Fantasy


British science-fiction author, editor and critic. He publishes the newsletter Ansible.

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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a completely ad hoc plot device.”
― David Langford
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“On L. Ron Hubbard:

Now I must admit that "Battlefield Earth" is a book with something for everyone, all the way across the cultural scale from people who need doorstops to people who want to start bonfires.”
― Dave Langford, The Silence of the Langford
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“The traditional wisdom when dealing with poltergeist phenomena is to keep an eye out for adolescent children in the vicinity.”
― David Langford, Fables from the Fountain
tags: children, poltergeist, wisdom
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