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Title: Strange, but not entertaining
Review: Babel-17 won the Nebula award for best SF novel in 1966, so I read it eagerly. It was a strange story, but not satisfying. There was much emphasis on language by the main character, a poetess. If you want to read a strange story, there are others I would recommend over this book: Blood Music by Greg Bear, Songs of Earth and Power by Greg Bear, Manifold Space by Stephen Baxter, and Manifold Time by Stephen Baxter are all off-beat, but very good. Sheena 5 is an intelligent squid in Manifold Time. Hearing the thoughts of cognizant squid, seeing the character development of a squid, is a real treat. Babel-17 was not a treat.
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