Books by David Langford

A volume written as homage to Arthur C. Clarke's Tales from the White Hart, featuring original stories from many of today's top genre writers, including Neil Gaiman, Charles Stross, Stephen Baxter, James Lovegrove, Liz Williams, Adam Roberts, Eric Brown, Ian Watson, and David Langford.The Fountain: a traditional London pub situated in Holborn, just off Chancery Lane, where Michael, the landlord, serves excellent real ales and dodgy ploughman's, ably assisted by barmaids Sally and Bogna.The Fountain, in whose Paradise bar a group of friends - scientists, writers and genre fans - meet regularly on a Tuesday night to swap anecdotes, reveal wondrous events from their past, tell tall tales, talk of classified invention and, maybe, just maybe, save the world…1. Introduction - Peter Weston2. No Smoke without Fire - Ian Whates3. Transients - Stephen Baxter4. Forever Blowing Bubbles - Ian Watson5. On the Messdecks of Madness - Paul Graham Raven6. The Story Bug - James Lovegrove7. "And Weep Like Alexander" - Neil Gaiman8. The Ghost in the Machine - Colin Bruce9. The Hidden Depths of Bogna - Liz Williams10. A Bird in Hand - Charles Stross11. In Pursuit of the Chuchunaa - Eric Brown12. The Cyberseeds - Steve Longworth13. Feathers of the Dinosaur - Henry Gee14. Book Wurms - Andy West15. The Pocklington Poltergeist - David Langford16. The Last Man in Space - Andrew J Wilson17. A Multiplicity of Phaedra Lament - Peter Crowther18. The Girl With the White Ant Tattoo - Tom Hunter19. The 9,000,000,001st Name of God - Adam Roberts20. About the Authors

A highly regarded writer and critic, David Langford (who describes himself as "notoriously deaf yet mysteriously able to detect the quietest offer of a drink") is the proud winner of twenty-nine Hugo Awards. Renowned for his keen eye and sharp wit, he is responsible for the long-running fan journal Ansible, which has been described as genre fiction's Private Eye. All Good Things gathers together 100 articles, most of which represent the author's final run of pieces for SFX magazine (2009 to 2016), though articles from other venues including The New York Review of Science Fiction also feature. This volume contains a number of illustrations by cover artist Andy Watt, whose work regularly accompanied David's articles in SFX. The hardback includes 14 full page colour prints of Andy's work, the paperback 12 black and white images."In British fandom Dave Langford is regarded as a national treasure." - Christopher Priest. "[A] wit, slightly deaf person, raconteur and finest swordsman in Christendom." - Terry Pratchett.

The book offers a step-by-step approach to the task of describing what is systematic in conversational behaviour. The book is organised as a series of practical exercises, teaching skills such as transcribing verbal interaction and identifying and describing 'special events'.

Analyses human resources management and how it relates to the construction industry. It explores issues such as the technology used and the pattern of social and political relationships within which people are managed.