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Babel-17

Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany. Published by Ace Books in May 1966, it follows Rydra Wong, a poet and linguist recruited during an interstellar war to decipher a language connected to enemy sabotage. Her investigation reveals a language that shapes thought and can make its speakers unwitting saboteurs.…

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Author
Samuel R. Delany
Genre
Science fiction
Publication date
May 1966
Publisher
Ace Books
Awards
Nebula Award for Best Novel (1966, shared)
Cover artist
Jerome Podwil

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Babel-17

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Babel-17

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related to Reception · 28
Babel-17 → Algernon, American, Best Novel, Cordwainer Smith, Daniel Keyes's Flowers, December, Delany, Delany's, Disch, Empire Star, Fantasy, Harsh Mistress, Heinlein's The Moon Is, Her, Hugo Award, In, It, Judith Merril, Merril, Nebula Award
related to Race, identity, and Afrofuturist context · 20
Babel-17 → African, Alliance, Asian, Babel-17's, Black, Black Arts Movement, Black Power, Delany, Gregory Rutledge, He, In, Invader, Isiah Lavender, Markus T'mwarba, Pan Africa, Rydra Wong, Rydra's, Sandra Govan, This, Within
related to background · 15
Babel-17 → Ace Books, Buller, Catherine Rambo, Completed, Delany, Delany's, Empire Star, In, Jeffrey, July, Mark, May, Muels Aranlyde, Schlegell, Within Babel-17
related to Language, perception, and identity · 14
Babel-17 → Carl, Delany, Hardesty III, He, In, Its, Malmgren, Rydra Wong, Sapir, Scholars, The, Whorf, William, Within
related to Plot · 12
Babel-17 → Alliance, Brass, Forester, General Forester, Invaders, Navigators, Once, Rimbaud, Rydra, Rydra Wong, Rydra's, Slug
related to Poetry, art, and communication · 12
Babel-17 → Alliance, Babel-17's, Butcher, Her, In, Invader, Marilyn Hacker, Rydra Wong's, Rydra's, Stallings, Susan Stone-Blackburn, The
related to Genre, quest, and narrative form · 11
Babel-17 → Although, Buller, George, Hardesty III, He, Rambo, Rydra, Rydra Wong's, Seth McEvoy, Slusser, William
related to Embodiment, labor, and sexuality · 9
Babel-17 → Buller, Customs, Her, In Babel-17, Rambo, Stallings, The, They, Transport
related to External links · 5
Babel-17 → Babel, Errata, Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseBabel-17, Jo Walton, Worlds Without End
is a · 2
Babel-17 → 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R, language whose unusual speed and precision give Rydra Wong new ways of perceiving tactical and physical relationships

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Babel-17AuthorSamuel R. Delany1.00infobox
Babel-17AwardsNebula Award for Best Novel (1966, shared)1.00infobox
Babel-17Cover artistJerome Podwil1.00infobox
Babel-17GenreScience fiction1.00infobox
Babel-17LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Babel-17Pages1731.00infobox
Babel-17Publication dateMay 19661.00infobox
Babel-17Publication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Babel-17PublisherAce Books1.00infobox
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Babel-17is alanguage whose unusual speed and precision give Rydra Wong new ways of perceiving tactical and physical relationships0.90text
Babel-17related to backgroundCompleted0.60section

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