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  Babel-17/Empire Star (Vintage) (Paperback) By (author) Samuel R. Delany

  

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  Short Description for Babel-17/Empire Star Winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, "Babel-17" is 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.
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  • Publisher: Vintage Books
  • Published: 08 January 2002
  • Format: Paperback 336 pages
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  • Categories: Science Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780375706691 ISBN 10: 0375706690
  • Sales rank: 97,539

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Full description for Babel-17/Empire Star

• Author of the bestselling Dhalgren and winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R. Delany is one of the most acclaimed writers of speculative fiction. Babel-17," " winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is 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. Spellbinding and smart, both novels are testimony to Delany's vast and singular talent.