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Babel-17
Babel17
Author: Samuel R. Delany, Samuel Delany
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.
ISBN-13: 9781857988055
ISBN-10: 1857988051
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 193
Edition: Re-issue
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Publisher: Gollancz
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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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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