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Babel-17

Samuel R. Delany

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Published 1966 by Ace Books · 173 pages

Hugo Nominee 1967Nebula Winner 1967
Science Fiction

Synopsis

Poet and starship captain Rydra Wong is recruited to decipher Babel-17, a mysterious alien language that appears to be the key to a series of devastating attacks. As she ventures into enemy space, she discovers that Babel-17 is not merely a code but a language so precise and powerful that thinking in it reshapes perception itself.

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US

ISBN

9780441045914

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