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BABEL-17
BABEL17
Author: Samuel R. Delany
There was an interstellar war on. And the Invaders had a new communications weapon—Babel-17, with the power to disrupt the space-communications system of the Earthpeople's Alliance. — It would lead to intergalactic defeat unless the cosmic poetess who comprehended all tongues could decipher the power of Babel-17. — And, to even attempt that well-n...  more »
ISBN: 454853
Publication Date: 4/1973
Pages: 219
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Publisher: Ace Books
Book Type: Paperback
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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.


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