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Babel-17

Samuel R Delany author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:29th Mar '10

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BABEL-17 is the novel which catapulted Samuel R. Delany into the front rank of SF writers.

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.

The first of a remarkable series of vital and stunning masterpieces, a dazzlingly realised star-spanning epic populated with truly mysterious aliens and humans entirely believable yet gorgeously strange. After this, the future was never the same again. - Paul McAuley.

  • Winner of Nebula Award 1967 (UK)

ISBN: 9780575094208

Dimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 17mm

Weight: 184g

208 pages