ansible

• One of Grace's first moves is to repair the local ansible, something that ISC does not allow (only authorized service representatives are allowed to touch the devices; anyone else gets visited by a punitive fleet). —  AnalogSFF,May2007
• Ky drops into a system where pirates are attacking Mackensee mercenaries, intervenes, repairs the local ansible, and sets the stage for a convergence of Mackensee reinforcements, more pirates, and an ISC punitive fleet Everything works out, of course, and the next volume will see Kylara one step closer to being the Grand High Admiral of the Space Patrol. —  AnalogSFF,May2007
• The Stabiles interviewed her extensively by ansible, and talked with Borny and even with me-- I don't remember it, but she told me I told the Stabiles all about my new stockings--and agreed to her request. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 06 - December 1994
• His only point of power is his promised breakthrough on the Principle of Simultaneity, which is a sort of macguffin, except that its potential of instantaneous interstellar communication shows up as the ansible in books that happen later in the shared Hainish history (as it's known) such as The Left Hand of Darkness . —  Challenging Destiny #19
• Le Guin tells the story of a man named Hideo who grows up on a planet named O. He leaves to do research on a matter-transporter version of the ansible, without saying a proper goodbye to the woman he loves. —  ChallengingDestiny#23

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