has been publishing and writing about SF since 1975. Novels include The Space Eater and The Leaky Establishment; there are many collections of magazine reviews and criticism. Langford's 29 Hugo awards span several categories: Fanzine and Semiprozine for the newsletter Ansible (1979-current), Short Story for "Different Kinds of Darkness" (2000) and Related Work for the online Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (with John Clute and others). He has always had hearing problems.