BABEL-17
$1,000 · Offered by L. W. Currey
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
- Binding: Hardcover
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