Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (Space Opera & Syntax)

A discussion of Delaney’s early novel.
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[@severianthefool7233]

Really liked this video! I’d like to recommend the eternally under-appreciated Lucius Shepard.

[@spencerburke]

I found this novel almost incoherent. And the exposition on language was like notes on an introductory linguistics course written by an enthusiastic but dull student...
Have never understood the mystique this book seems to enjoy.