Babel-17 - Softcover

Delany, Samuel R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553201565 ISBN 13: 9780553201567

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1982

Synopsis

Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, is asked to break a code used by an enemy government, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

e bestselling Dhalgren and winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R. Delany is one of the most acclaimed writers of speculative fiction.

Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy’s deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. For the first time, Babel-17 is published as the author intended with the short novel Empire Star, the tale of Comet Jo, a simple-minded teen thrust into a complex galaxy when he’s entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world. Spellbinding and smart, both novels are testimony to Delany’s vast and singular talent.

From the Back Cover:

“The most interesting writer of science fiction writing in English today.”–The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0553201565
• ISBN 13: 9780553201567
• Binding: Paperback