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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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* #6 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written
* Winner of the Nebula Award as best sf novel of the year
* ‘The first of a remarkable series of vital and stunning masterpieces, a dazzlingly realised star-spanning epic populated with truly mysterious aliens and humans entirely believable yet gorgeously strange. After this, the future was never the same again’ -- Paul J. McAuley
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Babel Seventeen (Babel-17) (S.F.Masterworks S.)
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Babel 17
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Millennium, London, 1999
ISBN 10: 1857988051
ISBN 13: 9781857988055
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London: Millennium:, 1999. First printing, Trade paperback, Near Fine/Fine, 193 pp. A very difficult find in this kind of shape. First printing, Trade paperback, Near Fine/Fine, Seller Inventory # 6559
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Babel-17
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7¾" x 5". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Chris Moore (illustrator). 1999 Edition. © 1966: A stand-alone novel by Samuel R Delany. Unknown publication date. 7th printing of 1999 trade paperback edition. SF Masterworks Series I (#6):- Synopsis: 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. 'Babel-17' is the novel which catapulted Samuel R Delany into the front rank of SF writers:- Review(s): "The first of a remarkable series of vital and stunning masterpieces, a dazzlingly realised star-spanning epic populated with truly mysterious aliens and humans entirely believable yet gorgeously strange. After this, the future was never the same again" - Paul J McAuley:- (original cost £6.99). Seller Inventory # 25.021.00031
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