Langford wrote the science fiction and fantasy book review column for "White Dwarf" from 1983 to 1988, continuing in other British role-playing game magazines until 1991; the columns are collected as "The Complete Critical Assembly" (2001). He has also written a regular column for "SFX" magazine, featuring in every issue from its launch in 1995 to #274 dated July 2016. A tenth-anniversary collection of these columns appeared in 2005 as "The SEX Column and other misprints"; this was shortlisted for a 2006 Hugo Award for Best Related Book. Further "SFX" columns are collected in "Starcombing: columns, essays, reviews and more" (2009), which also includes much other material written since 2000.