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	* In ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' (1974), Le Guin tells of the development of the theory leading up to the ansible.<ref name="LeGuin1974" />		* In ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' (1974), Le Guin tells of the development of the theory leading up to the ansible.<ref name="LeGuin1974" />

	Any ansible may be used to communicate through any other, by setting its coordinates to those of the receiving ansible.{{cn}} They have a limited [[bandwidth (computing)\|bandwidth]], which only allows for at most a few hundred characters of text to be communicated in any transaction of a dialog session, and are attached to a keyboard and small display to perform text messaging.{{cn}}		Any ansible may be used to communicate through any other, by setting its coordinates to those of the receiving ansible.{{cn\|date=January 2025}} They have a limited [[bandwidth (computing)\|bandwidth]], which only allows for at most a few hundred characters of text to be communicated in any transaction of a dialog session, and are attached to a keyboard and small display to perform text messaging.{{cn\|date=January 2025}}

	== Use by later authors ==		== Use by later authors ==
	Since Le Guin's conception of the ansible, the name of the device has been borrowed by numerous authors. While Le Guin's ansible was said to communicate "instantaneously",<ref name=LeGuin1974/> the name has also been adopted for devices capable of communication at finite speeds that are faster than light.{{who}} [[David Langford]] publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter [[Ansible (magazine)]].{{relevance}}{{cn}}		Since Le Guin's conception of the ansible, the name of the device has been borrowed by numerous authors. While Le Guin's ansible was said to communicate "instantaneously",<ref name=LeGuin1974/> the name has also been adopted for devices capable of communication at finite speeds that are faster than light.{{who\|date=January 2025}} [[David Langford]] publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter [[Ansible (magazine)]].{{relevance\|date=January 2025}}{{cn\|date=January 2025}}

	=== Orson Scott Card's works ===		=== Orson Scott Card's works ===
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	[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one:<blockquote>In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you{{what}} can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels.{{what}} Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word.<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/></blockquote>		[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one:<blockquote>In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you{{what\|date=January 2025}} can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels.{{what\|date=January 2025}} Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word.<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/></blockquote>

	In the universe of the ''Ender's Game'' series, the ansible's functions involved a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.<ref name=Card1991/> The two [[quark]]s inside a [[pion\|pi meson]] can be separated by an arbitrary distance, while remaining connected by "philotic rays".<ref name=Card1991/> This concept is similar to [[quantum teleportation]] due to [[quantum entanglement\|entanglement]];{{says who}} however, in reality, [[quark confinement]] prevents quarks from being separated by any observable distance.{{cn}}		In the universe of the ''Ender's Game'' series, the ansible's functions involved a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.<ref name=Card1991/> The two [[quark]]s inside a [[pion\|pi meson]] can be separated by an arbitrary distance, while remaining connected by "philotic rays".<ref name=Card1991/> This concept is similar to [[quantum teleportation]] due to [[quantum entanglement\|entanglement]];{{says who\|date=January 2025}} however, in reality, [[quark confinement]] prevents quarks from being separated by any observable distance.{{cn\|date=January 2025}}

	Card's version of the ansible was also featured in the video game ''[[Advent Rising]]'', for which Card helped write the story, and in the movie ''[[Ender's Game (film)\|Ender's Game]]'', which was based on the book.<ref name=EnderScript/>		Card's version of the ansible was also featured in the video game ''[[Advent Rising]]'', for which Card helped write the story, and in the movie ''[[Ender's Game (film)\|Ender's Game]]'', which was based on the book.<ref name=EnderScript/>

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	<ref name=Robinson2012>{{cite book \|last=Robinson \|first=Kim Stanley \|author-link=Kim Stanley Robinson \|title=2312 \|url=https://archive.org/details/23120000robi \|url-access=registration \|year=2012 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|isbn=978-0-316-19280-4 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/23120000robi/page/227 227]}}</ref>		<ref name=Robinson2012>{{cite book \|last=Robinson \|first=Kim Stanley \|author-link=Kim Stanley Robinson \|title=2312 \|url=https://archive.org/details/23120000robi \|url-access=registration \|year=2012 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|isbn=978-0-316-19280-4 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/23120000robi/page/227 227]}}</ref>

			<ref name=Sheidlower>{{cite web \| editor-last=Sheidlower \|editor-first=Jesse \|editor-link=Jesse Sheidlower \| date=July 6, 2008 \| title = Ansible n. \| work = Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction (HD/SF) \| via = JessesWord.com \| url=http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/16 \| access-date=2025-01-02 \| quote = This work-in-progress is a comprehensive quotation-based dictionary of the language of science fiction. The HD/SF is an offshoot of a project begun by the Oxford English Dictionary (though it is no longer formally affiliated with it). It is edited by Jesse Sheidlower.}}</ref>
	<ref name=Sheidlower>{{cite web \|title=ansible n. \|url=http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/16 \|work=Science Fiction Citations for the [[OED]] \|access-date=2014-03-15 \|editor-last=Sheidlower \|editor-first=Jesse \|editor-link=Jesse Sheidlower \|date=July 6, 2008}}</ref>

	<ref name=Simmons>{{cite book \|last=Simmons \|first=Dan \|author-link=Dan Simmons \|title=Ilium \|edition=hbk. \|year=2003 \|publisher=Eos/[[HarperCollins]] \|location=New York \|isbn=0-380-97893-8 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98 98] \|quote=I can see Nightenhelser madly taking notes on his recorder ansible. \|url=https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98}}</ref>		<ref name=Simmons>{{cite book \|last=Simmons \|first=Dan \|author-link=Dan Simmons \|title=Ilium \|edition=hbk. \|year=2003 \|publisher=Eos/[[HarperCollins]] \|location=New York \|isbn=0-380-97893-8 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98 98] \|quote=I can see Nightenhelser madly taking notes on his recorder ansible. \|url=https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98}}</ref>

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Orson Scott Card's works: Moved the long Card quote into blockquote markup format. Noted at least two places where the quotation appears to be presented in error (assuming it is we, and not Card, presenting nonsense).

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	=== Orson Scott Card's works ===		=== Orson Scott Card's works ===
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	[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one: "In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels. Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word."<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/>		[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one:<blockquote>In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you{{what}} can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels.{{what}} Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word.<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/></blockquote>

	In the universe of the ''Ender's Game'' series, the ansible's functions involved a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.<ref name=Card1991/> The two [[quark]]s inside a [[pion\|pi meson]] can be separated by an arbitrary distance, while remaining connected by "philotic rays".<ref name=Card1991/> This concept is similar to [[quantum teleportation]] due to [[quantum entanglement\|entanglement]]; however, in reality, [[quark confinement]] prevents quarks from being separated by any observable distance.		In the universe of the ''Ender's Game'' series, the ansible's functions involved a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.<ref name=Card1991/> The two [[quark]]s inside a [[pion\|pi meson]] can be separated by an arbitrary distance, while remaining connected by "philotic rays".<ref name=Card1991/> This concept is similar to [[quantum teleportation]] due to [[quantum entanglement\|entanglement]];{{says who}} however, in reality, [[quark confinement]] prevents quarks from being separated by any observable distance.{{cn}}

	Card's version of the ansible was also featured in the video game ''[[Advent Rising]]'', for which Card helped write the story, and in the movie ''[[Ender's Game (film)\|Ender's Game]]'', which was based on the book.<ref name=EnderScript/>		Card's version of the ansible was also featured in the video game ''[[Advent Rising]]'', for which Card helped write the story, and in the movie ''[[Ender's Game (film)\|Ender's Game]]'', which was based on the book.<ref name=EnderScript/>

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	=== Orson Scott Card's works ===		=== Orson Scott Card's works ===
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	[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one: "In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels. Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word."<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/>		[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one: "In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels. Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word."<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/>

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	== Use by later authors ==		== Use by later authors ==
	Since Le Guin's conception of the ansible, the name of the device has been borrowed by numerous authors. While Le Guin's ansible was said to communicate "instantaneously",<ref name=LeGuin1974/> the name has also been adopted for devices capable of communication at finite speeds that are faster than light.		Since Le Guin's conception of the ansible, the name of the device has been borrowed by numerous authors. While Le Guin's ansible was said to communicate "instantaneously",<ref name=LeGuin1974/> the name has also been adopted for devices capable of communication at finite speeds that are faster than light.{{who}} [[David Langford]] publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter [[Ansible (magazine)]].{{relevance}}{{cn}}
	[[David Langford]] publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter [[Ansible (magazine)]]

	=== Orson Scott Card's works ===		=== Orson Scott Card's works ===

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	* In ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' (1974), Le Guin tells of the development of the theory leading up to the ansible.<ref name="LeGuin1974" />		* In ''[[The Dispossessed]]'' (1974), Le Guin tells of the development of the theory leading up to the ansible.<ref name="LeGuin1974" />

	Any ansible may be used to communicate through any other, by setting its coordinates to those of the receiving ansible. They have a limited [[bandwidth (computing)\|bandwidth]], which only allows for at most a few hundred characters of text to be communicated in any transaction of a dialog session, and are attached to a keyboard and small display to perform text messaging.		Any ansible may be used to communicate through any other, by setting its coordinates to those of the receiving ansible.{{cn}} They have a limited [[bandwidth (computing)\|bandwidth]], which only allows for at most a few hundred characters of text to be communicated in any transaction of a dialog session, and are attached to a keyboard and small display to perform text messaging.{{cn}}

	== Use by later authors ==		== Use by later authors ==

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	<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>		<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>

	<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|pages=18, 105, 147, 150, 261 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what? \|quote-page=18}}</ref>		<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|pages=18, 105, 147, 150, 261, 364 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what? \|quote-page=18}}</ref>

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	<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>		<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>

	<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|~~page~~=18, 105, 147, 150, 261 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what? \|quote-page=18}}</ref>		<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|pages=18, 105, 147, 150, 261 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what? \|quote-page=18}}</ref>

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	<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>		<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>

	<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|page=18, 105, 147, 150 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what? \|quote-page=18}}</ref>		<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|page=18, 105, 147, 150, 261 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what? \|quote-page=18}}</ref>

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	<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>		<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard>{{cite web \|title=Why did Orson Scott Card choose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one -- Quora\|website=Quora\|url=https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Orson-Scott-Card-choose-to-reuse-the-word-ansible-for-an-FTL-communication-device-instead-of-developing-a-new-in-universe-name-for-one \|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>

	<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|page=18 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what?}}</ref>		<ref name=Wellington2024>{{cite book \|last=Wellington \|first=David \|author-link=David Wellington (author) \|title=Revenant-X \|year=2024 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|location=New York, NY \|isbn=978-0-316-56935-4 \|page=18, 105, 147, 150 \|quote=If we can find an ansible connection, we can send a signal back to Firewatch back on Earth, ask them to exfiltrate us, but that’ll take what? \|quote-page=18}}</ref>

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	<ref name=Robinson2012>{{cite book \|last=Robinson \|first=Kim Stanley \|author-link=Kim Stanley Robinson \|title=2312 \|url=https://archive.org/details/23120000robi \|url-access=registration \|year=2012 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|isbn=978-0-316-19280-4 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/23120000robi/page/227 227]}}</ref>		<ref name=Robinson2012>{{cite book \|last=Robinson \|first=Kim Stanley \|author-link=Kim Stanley Robinson \|title=2312 \|url=https://archive.org/details/23120000robi \|url-access=registration \|year=2012 \|publisher=[[Orbit Books\|Orbit]] \|isbn=978-0-316-19280-4 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/23120000robi/page/227 227]}}</ref>

			<ref name=Sheidlower>{{cite web \| editor-last=Sheidlower \|editor-first=Jesse \|editor-link=Jesse Sheidlower \| date=July 6, 2008 \| title = Ansible n. \| work = Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction (HD/SF) \| via = JessesWord.com \| url=http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/16 \| access-date=2025-01-02 \| quote = This work-in-progress is a comprehensive quotation-based dictionary of the language of science fiction. The HD/SF is an offshoot of a project begun by the Oxford English Dictionary (though it is no longer formally affiliated with it). It is edited by Jesse Sheidlower.}}</ref>
	<ref name=Sheidlower>{{cite web \|title=ansible n. \|url=http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/16 \|work=Science Fiction Citations for the [[OED]] \|access-date=2014-03-15 \|editor-last=Sheidlower \|editor-first=Jesse \|editor-link=Jesse Sheidlower \|date=July 6, 2008}}</ref>

	<ref name=Simmons>{{cite book \|last=Simmons \|first=Dan \|author-link=Dan Simmons \|title=Ilium \|edition=hbk. \|year=2003 \|publisher=Eos/[[HarperCollins]] \|location=New York \|isbn=0-380-97893-8 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98 98] \|quote=I can see Nightenhelser madly taking notes on his recorder ansible. \|url=https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98}}</ref>		<ref name=Simmons>{{cite book \|last=Simmons \|first=Dan \|author-link=Dan Simmons \|title=Ilium \|edition=hbk. \|year=2003 \|publisher=Eos/[[HarperCollins]] \|location=New York \|isbn=0-380-97893-8 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98 98] \|quote=I can see Nightenhelser madly taking notes on his recorder ansible. \|url=https://archive.org/details/ilium00simm/page/98}}</ref>

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	=== Orson Scott Card's works ===		=== Orson Scott Card's works ===
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	[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one: "In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels. Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word."<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/>		[[Orson Scott Card]], in his 1977 novelette and 1985 novel ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and [[Ender's Game (series)\|its sequels]], used the term "ansible" as an unofficial name for the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator, a machine capable of communicating across infinite distances with no time delay.<ref name=Card1977/> In ''Ender's Game'', Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ''ansible'' out of an old book somewhere".<ref name=Card1977/> In an answer on the question-and-answer website [[Quora]], Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one:<blockquote>In an ftl universe, you have several levels. I've you{{what}} can travel hyperfast, but no radio signal can outstrip your ship. Therefore you have to carry the mail with you. It's like the way things were between Europe and America before the laying of the successful transatlantic cable. But once it was laid, messages could be sent long before a ship could make the passage. That is like the ansible universe in which Ursula K. LeGuin‘s early Hainish novels.{{what}} Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say “robot,” an invented word that has entered the language. Thus I paid tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word.<ref name=QuoraOrsonScottCard/></blockquote>

	In the universe of the ''Ender's Game'' series, the ansible's functions involved a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.<ref name=Card1991/> The two [[quark]]s inside a [[pion\|pi meson]] can be separated by an arbitrary distance, while remaining connected by "philotic rays".<ref name=Card1991/> This concept is similar to [[quantum teleportation]] due to [[quantum entanglement\|entanglement]]; however, in reality, [[quark confinement]] prevents quarks from being separated by any observable distance.		In the universe of the ''Ender's Game'' series, the ansible's functions involved a fictional subatomic particle, the philote.<ref name=Card1991/> The two [[quark]]s inside a [[pion\|pi meson]] can be separated by an arbitrary distance, while remaining connected by "philotic rays".<ref name=Card1991/> This concept is similar to [[quantum teleportation]] due to [[quantum entanglement\|entanglement]];{{says who}} however, in reality, [[quark confinement]] prevents quarks from being separated by any observable distance.{{cn}}

	Card's version of the ansible was also featured in the video game ''[[Advent Rising]]'', for which Card helped write the story, and in the movie ''[[Ender's Game (film)\|Ender's Game]]'', which was based on the book.<ref name=EnderScript/>		Card's version of the ansible was also featured in the video game ''[[Advent Rising]]'', for which Card helped write the story, and in the movie ''[[Ender's Game (film)\|Ender's Game]]'', which was based on the book.<ref name=EnderScript/>