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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-...  more »
ISBN: 343008
Publication Date: 1973
Pages: 219
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Publisher: Ace
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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