BABEL-17.
Boston: Gregg Press, [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition. The first hardcover edition of the revised text. Photographically reproduced from a copy of the 1969 Sphere Books edition, the only complete text and the one preferred by Delany. "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 in what may be the last possible variant on the old space-fiction themes." - J. G. Ballard, Guardian. Co-winner of the 1966 Nebula award for best novel. 1967 Hugo nominee. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-314]. Mild foxing to top page edges, a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (33318). Item #33318
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