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Babel-17 ; : Empire Star

Delany, Samuel R. Book - 2001 Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / Classic / Delany, Samuel R, Science Fiction / Delany, Samuel 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.7 out of 5

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / Classic / Delany, Samuel R, Science Fiction / Delany, Samuel
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No collective t.p.; titles transcribed from individual title pages; works bound back-to-back with inverted pagination.
Babel-17 -- Empire star.
In "Babel-17," Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, must break an enemy government's code, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language, while in "Empire Star," a simple-minded teenager is entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world.
Contents: Empire star.

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Rating Babel-17 submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 16, 2021, 8:53pm First published in 1978, parts of this story hold up in 2020 and parts do not. I detest Delaney’s description of the main character as autistic. What he is describing is not autism. If, however, that one label was removed and everything else was left in place about the book, I would have loved it and given it a full 5 stars. The characters are fantastic. The mystery is wonderful. The arc of the story is excellent, and the resolution, while I did piece together parts of it, was beautifully mastered and written, and a pleasure to read.

Absolutely delightful submitted by edaviscraig on July 27, 2024, 10:00am A wonderful book about a genius linguist who puts together a ragtag spaceship crew in order to investigate a mysterious coded transmission. Some of the characters and concepts will feel familiar to scifi fans; others are entirely novel. Plus the found family vibes and queer themes will certainly still resonate. I was sad to see the book end because I would have been happy to continue journeying through the stars with these characters for much longer.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Books, 2001.
Year Published: 2001
Description: 219, 92 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0375706690
9780375706691

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Delany, Samuel R.

SUBJECTS
Language and languages -- Fiction.
Women linguists -- Fiction.
Women poets -- Fiction.
Life on other planets -- Fiction.
Upside-down books -- Specimens.
Science fiction.