Date Read: June 27
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: 4/5
Linguist Rydra Wong is determined to solve the mysteries of Babel-17, an unknown language detected on the radio waves right before spaceships are attacked or sabotaged. The difference between success and failure could determine the outcome of an intergalactic war.
When you learn another tongue, you learn the way another people see the world, the universe.
– Babel-17
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