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Babel-17: Empire Star
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
December 1, 2001
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375706691
ISBN-10
0375706690
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$15.95
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Summary
Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, is asked to break a code used by an enemy government, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language, in a new edition of the classic Nebula Award-winning novel, which is accompanied by the short novel Empire Star, in which a simple-minded teenager is entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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Paperback
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from Vintage Books (December 1, 2001)
9780375706691 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.95
About: In 'Babel-17,' Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, must break an enemy government's code, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language, while in 'Empire Star,' a simple-minded teenager is entrusted to carry a vital message to a dist
About: In 'Babel-17,' Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, must break an enemy government's code, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language, while in 'Empire Star,' a simple-minded teenager is entrusted to carry a vital message to a dist
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