TY - BOOK AU - Delany,Samuel R. AU - Delany,Samuel R. TI - Babel-17: Empire star SN - 0375706690 AV - PS 3554 D337b 2001 U1 - 813/.54 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Literatura estadounidense KW - Language and languages KW - Fiction KW - Women linguists KW - Women poets KW - Life on other planets KW - Upside-down books KW - Specimens KW - Science fiction KW - gsafd N1 - No collective t.p.; titles transcribed from individual title pages; works bound back-to-back with inverted pagination; Babel-17 Empire star N2 - Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemуѫs deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. Published as the author intended with the short novel Empire Star, the tale of Comet Jo, a simple-minded teen thrust into a complex galaxy when ћеѫs entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random053/2001025844.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random041/2001025844.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random043/2001025844.html ER -