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Babel-17
Babel17
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Copy published 1973 — Political association develops a language, Babel 17, that can be used as a weapon of war. Simply learning it turns one into an unconscious traitor to one's own political association. This fact is discovered by the beautiful starship captain and linguist and poet Rydra Wong. This time, however, she is recruited by her governm...  more »
ISBN: 14418
Pages: 219
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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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