BABEL-17

by Samuel R. Delany

$35 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1966 . Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books F388. 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

• Binding: Wrappers

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