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BABEL-17 by Delany, Samuel R - 1967
by Delany, Samuel R
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BABEL-17
by Delany, Samuel R
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. "An artificial language is being used as an unorthodox weapon of interstellar war, and poet Rydra Wong is the last best hope for the saving of Earth's civilization. A very colorful, inventive space opera." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. [25]. "Language games and ray guns fuse together in what may be the last possible variant on the old space-fiction themes." - J. G. Ballard, Guardian. Co-winner of the 1966 Nebula award for best novel. 1967 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-314. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 113-19. Offsetting and spotting to end papers, soiling and spotting to top edge and fore edge, a very good copy in very good dust jacket with shelf wear at edges with mild loss to corners and lower spine end, small chip from upper spine end, mild soiling to yellow background, and several closed tears to rear panel. (#125962)
- Bookseller L. W. Currey, Inc. (US)
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- Publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1967
- Keywords Alien Invasion; Linguistics; Interplanetary Fiction; Space Opera; Alien Worlds; War
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Babel Seventeen (Babel-17) (S.F.Masterworks S.)
by Delany, Samuel R
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BABEL-17
by Delany, Samuel R
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Babel-17
by Delany, Samuel R
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1968 192 pp.; HB w/DJ. A science fiction novel in which the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (that language influences thought and perception) plays an important part. It was joint winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1967 and was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in that year. Pages: clean, bright, tight; owner info inked ffep, t.e. dusty. Cover: red, gilt titles spine; top corners slightly bumped, head/heel curved. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, black, white text and titlesall surfaces; modestly rubbed, head/heel/corners a little worn, small closed jagged tear front. This edition produced by the Science Fiction Book Club, London.
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