Babel-17
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.
GenresLanguage and languagesFictionWomen linguistsWomen poetsLife on other planetsUpside-down books
193 pages, 4 editions
English edition · First published 1966 by Vintage Books · ISBN 9780575094208
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Editions
4 editions
English
- Babel-17 · Vintage Books · 1966 · ISBN 9780575094208 This page
- Babel-17 · Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2014 · ISBN 9781480461840
- Babel-17: Empire Star · Vintage Books · 2001 · ISBN 9780375706691
- Babel-17 · Sphere · 1969 · ISBN 9780722128879
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