Ebook {Epub PDF} Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

24 rows ·  · During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel, that can /5(8). Babel, published when Delany was 24, was his 7th novel (and in four years!) Along with Empire Star, which appeared the same year, it serves as a fulcrum from his earlier, more traditional pulp novels to complex work such as The Einstein Intersection, which won the Nebula, and Dhalgren ()Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Babel is probably Delany's most read novel (most -known- would be Dhalgren, quite a different thing), and is certainly one his very best. (My favorite is Nova.) It tied (with Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes) for a Nebula Award in for best novel of the year/5.

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During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns one into an unwilling traitor as it alters perception and thought. This is discovered by the starship captain Rydra Wong. She is recruited to discover how the enemy are infiltrating and sabotaging strategic sites. Babel is quite short, more of a novella than a novel. It tries hard at establishing a good background for the story, but one mostly gets a flavor for the world rather than a real understanding, and some of the background props are rather undeveloped. There just isn't room. Babel is probably Delany's most read novel (most -known- would be Dhalgren, quite a different thing), and is certainly one his very best. (My favorite is Nova.) It tied (with Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes) for a Nebula Award in for best novel of the year.