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reviewed Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (The Gregg Press science fiction series)

Samuel R. Delany: Babel-17 (1976, Gregg Press) 4 stars

During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as …

Review of 'Babel-17' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

The premise was interesting - the language you speak defines who you are and what you can think - but it reads like old sci-fi. It was a good work by a sci-fi master, and lots more readable than Dhalgren, but it requires more study than a simple good read.