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Description for Babel-17
Paperback. BABEL-17 is the novel which catapulted Samuel R. Delany into the front rank of SF writers. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Gateway
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
199g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575094208
SKU
V9780575094208
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99-50
About Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany (1942 - ) Samuel Ray 'Chip' Delany, Jr was born in Harlem in 1942, and published his first novel at the age of just 20. As author, critic and academic, his influence on the modern genre has been profound and he remains one of science fiction's most important and discussed writers. He has won the ... Read more
Reviews for Babel-17
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.