Reggie Bautista wrote:
>
> Mark wrote:
> >... and there's no such thing as LeGuin's ansible.
>
> I've only read one short story and the three Earthsea novels by LeGuin, so
> I'm certainly not fully versed in her writings, but I though the ansible was
> an invention of Orson Scott Card in his Ender books.
>
> Or did LeGuin first talk about an FTL communication system called an
> ansible, and Card just used it instead of creating one of his own?
LeGuin invented it and Card used it. I think he credits her (and thanks
her!) somewhere. Check whatever author's notes are at the beginning and
end of each of the Ender novels and see if you find anything there.
If you don't get to it and want to ask me to do it sometime after
Monday, July 8, go ahead and ask then.
Julia
