According to the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, an ansible is an “instantaneous communication device.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “An Ansible”
Here’s a word I’ve adopted from the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction online.
It’s Ansible, A-N-S-I-B-L-E, and it means an instantaneous communication device.
And I’ve started calling myself on that.
Where’s my Ansible?
That’s from Ursula K. Le Guin, right?
Yeah, she was the first one to use that.
But I don’t know what the etymology is, but I just like it, answerable.
Oh, she says that she got it from answerable, but it’s a modified form of the word answerable.
So it’s a thing that can be answered.
Grant, I have so many aha moments with you.
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