Editing Ansible (section)

=== Other writers ===
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Numerous other writers have included ansibles and similar FTL communication devices in their fictional works. Notable examples include:
* [[Christopher Rowley]], in his 1986 novel ''Starhammer'', describes the Deep Link, an instantaneous interstellar communicator. Most commonly used for messaging, it is capable of voice and video conversations as well, although the latter only at great expense<ref name=Rowley1986>{{cite book |last=Rowley |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Rowley |title=[[Starhammer]] |orig-year=1986 |edition=mass ppb. |year=1986 |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |location=New York |isbn=0-345-31490-5 |page=151 |quote=...the technology of the Deep Link, which gives us instant communications access across the deeps.}}</ref>
* [[Vernor Vinge]], in the 1988 short story "[[The Blabber]]"<ref name="Vinge"/>
* [[Elizabeth Moon]], in the 1995 novel ''Winning Colors''<ref name=Moon1995/> and the novel [[Vatta's War]]
* [[Jason Jones (programmer)|Jason Jones]], in the 1995 computer game ''[[Marathon 2: Durandal]]''<ref name=Jones/>
* [[L.A. Graf]], in the 1996 ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' novel ''Time's Enemy''<ref name=Graf1996/>
* [[The New Jedi Order]], 1999, featured enemies, the Yuuzhan Vong, use organic communication devices known as villips, which can transmit over infinite distances thanks to telepathic connections formed while being harvested in groups
* [[Philip Pullman]], in the 2000 novel ''[[The Amber Spyglass]]'', part of the ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' trilogy
* [[Neal Asher]], in his Polity series of novels including ''[[Gridlinked]]'' (2001), in which the [[runcible]], named in homage to the ansible,{{cn|date=April 2025}} is an interstellar wormhole generator/teleporter
* [[Dan Simmons]], in the 2003 novel ''[[Ilium (novel)|Ilium]]''<ref name="Simmons"/>
* [[Liu Cixin]], in the 2008 trilogy ''[[Remembrance of Earth's Past]]''
* [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], in the 2012 novel ''[[2312 (novel)|2312]]''<ref name=Robinson2012/>
* [[Becky Chambers (author)|Becky Chambers]], in her Wayfarer novels, including the 2014 novel ''[[The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet]]'', and 2016 novel ''[[A Closed and Common Orbit]]''
* L.J Cohen in the 2014 novel ''Derelict''
* [[Neon Yang]], in the 2017 novella ''Waiting on a Bright Moon''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yang|first=JY Neon|date=2017-07-12|title=Waiting on a Bright Moon|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/07/12/waiting-on-a-bright-moon/|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Tor.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[J. M. McDermott|Joe M. McDermott]], in the 2017 novel ''The Fortress at the End of Time''<ref name=McDermott2017/>
* Thomas Happ, in the 2021 [[Metroidvania]] [[Axiom Verge 2|''Axiom Verge 2'']], uses the term for superluminal - and transdimensional - communication terminals.
* [[David Wellington (author)|David Wellington]], in the 2024 novel ''Revenant-X''<ref name=Wellington2024/>