Babel-17/Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany

Answer? It couldn't.Panics, riots, burnings, twice cannibalism-The General looked from the silhouetted loading-towers that jutted behind the rickety monorail to the grimy buildings. Sequestered, how could this city exist? Six times in twenty years he'd asked himself that. It's a rotten poor city too, thought the General, turning the corner by the garbage-strewn curb.Since the Invasion six ruinous embargoes for months apiece had strangled this city whose lifeline must pulse with interstellar commerce to survive. West, ascending and descending transports, shuttling cargoes to stellarcenters and satellites, lacerated the clouds. Industrial gases flushed the evening with oranges, salmons, purples with too much red. 1It's a port city.Here fumes rust the sky, the General thought. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. Delany was born and raised in Harlem, where he still lives. Spellbinding and smart, both novels are testimony to Delany's vast and singular talent. For the first time, Babel-17 is 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 he's entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world. 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 enemy's deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. Delany is one of the most acclaimed writers of speculative fiction.

Críticas “The most interesting writer of science fiction writing in English today.”–The New York Times Book Review Contraportada Author of the bestselling Dhalgren and winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R. Spellbinding and smart, both novels are testimony to Delany’s vast and singular talent. For the first time, Babel-17 is 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 he’s entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world. 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 enemy’s deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. Descripción: Author of the bestselling Dhalgren and winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R.

Babel-17/Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany