BABEL - 17 - Softcover
In the far future, after human civilization has spread through the galaxy, communications begin to arrive in an apparently alien language. They appear to threaten invasion, but in order to counter the threat, the messages must first be understood.
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Author of the 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.
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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.
“The most interesting writer of science fiction writing in English today.”–The New York Times Book Review
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- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0575041234
- ISBN 13 9780575041233
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages168
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Babel-17
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(1987)
ISBN 10: 0575041234
ISBN 13: 9780575041233
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Book Description Paperback: 7¾" x 5". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Nicholas Rodgers (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1966: A stand-alone novel by Samuel R Delany. 1st printing of 1987 edition. Gollancz Classic SF #17:- Synopsis: They called it Babel-17, this mind-twisting, multi-dimensional language - and it frightened Rydra Wong. For Babel-17 was not just a system of words, Babel-17 was a whole new way of thinking. Lightning-swift and horrifyingly effective, it was the Invader's subtlest weapon, clawing constantly at the Alliance's Imperial outposts. Only Captain Wong could comprehend it , but could even she, the Alliance's most brilliant poet, hope to control the corrupting power of its words?:- Review(s): "Dazzlingly flamboyant yet strangely moving, 'Babel-17' is Samuel Delany at his most inventive and exhilarating" / "Samuel R Delany is the best science fiction writer in the world" - Algis Budrys / "Flares with discords and undertones" - J G Ballard, Guardian / "Bizarre and imaginative" - Sunday Times / "Genius is perhaps the only fitting comment to be made on Samuel R Delany" - Eastern Daily Press / "Hits you like a magnesium flare at midnight" - Tribune:- (original cost £3.95). Seller Inventory # 22.131.00002
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