Title: Babel-17

Title: Babel-17 Title Record # 2394
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Date: 1966-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: According to Delany's brief "Note on the text of this edition" in the 1982 Bantam edition, he "restore[d] certain typographical complexities, included in the original manuscript, that fifteen years ago "Babel-17"'s initial publisher was unable to include for technical reasons. As well, some extremely minor cuts have been restored".

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Year	Title
1992	Babel-17 [as by Samuel R. Delaney]

Year	Language	Title
1973^ⓘTranslated by Mimi Perrin	French	Babel 17
1975^ⓘTranslated by Lore Straßl	German	Babel 17
1979^ⓘTranslated by Knut Azimuth	Dutch	Babel-17 [as by Samuel Delany]
1982^ⓘTranslated by Barbara Heidkamp	German	Babel-17
1988^ⓘTranslated by Gianni Montanari	Italian	Babel-17
1989^ⓘTranslated by Eduardo Saló	Portuguese	Babel-17
2019^ⓘTranslated by Petê Rissati.	Portuguese	Babel-17
2023^ⓘTranslated by Jakob Schmidt. The translation is based on the English edition revised by the author and published by Vintage Books in 2001.	German	Babel-17

Year	Language	Title
1971^ⓘTranslated by Gianni Montanari	Italian	Babel 17 (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1967 Nebula	Novel
Finalists	1967 Hugo	Best Novel
36	1975 Locus	All-Time Best Novel
Nomination	1995 Tiptree / Otherwise	Retrospective

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Babel-17	1966-05-00	Samuel R. Delany	Ace Books	F-388	$0.40^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	173	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jerome Podwil
Babel-17	1967-00-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))		18/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Babel-17	1968-12-00	Samuel R. Delany	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	140		192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Babel-17	1969-05-00	Samuel R. Delany	Sphere Books	28878	5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	158	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bill Botten
Babel-17	1970-01-00	Samuel R. Delany	Ace Books	04591	$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	173	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jerome Podwil
Babel-17	1973-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Ace Books	04592	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	219	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Davis Meltzer
Babel-17	1974-07-00	Samuel R. Delany	Ace Books	04593	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	219	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Davis Meltzer
Babel-17	1975-10-00	Samuel R. Delany	Ace Books	04594	$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	219	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Davis Meltzer
Babel-17	1976-06-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series)	0-8398-2328-2	$9.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 158	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Babel-17	1977-00-00	Samuel R. Delany	Sphere	0-7221-2914-9	£0.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	158	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Elson
Babel-17	1978-04-00	Samuel R. Delany	Ace Books	0-441-04595-2	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Bergen
Babel-17	1982-02-00	Samuel R. Delany	Bantam Books	0-553-20156-5	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	193	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Vicente Segrelles
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction	1986-02-00	Samuel R. Delany	Bantam Spectra	0-553-25610-6	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	425	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Aaron Epstein
Babel-17	1987-10-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz (Gollancz Classic SF #17)	0-575-04123-4	£3.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	193	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Nicholas Rodgers
Babel-17	1992-00-00	Samuel R. Delaney	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			ix+ 189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Babel-17	1999-03-00	Samuel R. Delany	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #6)	1-85798-805-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	193	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17 / Empire Star	2001-12-00	Samuel R. Delany	Vintage Books	0-375-70669-0	$12.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	219+ 92	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	omni
Babel-17	2003-00-00	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #6)	1-85798-805-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	193	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17	2010-03-29	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09420-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xi+ 192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17	2010-11-11	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-10183-8	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17	2014-01-07	Samuel R. Delany	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4804-6184-0			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Babel-17	2015-11-04	Samuel R. Delany	Skyboat Media				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Babel-17 and Empire Star	2022-10-00	Samuel R. Delany	Centipede Press	978-1-61347-297-2	$225.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	256+ 128	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Vikki Zhang
Babel-17	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #6)	1-85798-805-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	193	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09420-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xi+ 192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #6)	1-85798-805-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	193	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09420-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xi+ 192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09420-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xi+ 192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Babel-17 / Empire Star	date unknown	Samuel R. Delany	Vintage Books	0-375-70669-0	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	219+ 92	dos^?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.	omni

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Review by James Cawthorn [as by J. Cawthorn] (1966) in New Worlds SF, October 1966
Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1966
Review by Bryn Fortey (1967) in Vector 45
Review by Richard Poole (1967) in Vector 47
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1967) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, December 1967
Review by Bob Roehm (1968) in Granfalloon, #1, February 1968
Review by Michael G. Coney [as by Michael Coney] (1969) in Vector 53 Spring / Summer 1969
Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1970) in Locus, #59 July 16, 1970
Review by Lesleigh Luttrell (1971) in SF Commentary, #20
Review [French] by
Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux
(1974) in Fiction, #241
Review by Charles N. Brown (1977) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977
Review by Andrew Darlington [as by Andy Darlington] (1978) in Vector 86
Review by Judith Hanna (1982) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 6, Number 2
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [Swedish] by Carina Skytt (1988) in
Månblad Alfa, 2 1988^?Manblad Alfa, 2 1988
Review by Steve Jeffery (1999) in Vector 206
Review by Robert Sabella [as by Robert Michael Sabella] (1999) in Visions of Paradise, #82
Review by James Schellenberg (2000) in Challenging Destiny, July 2000
Review by David Horwich (2001) in Strange Horizons, 15 January 2001
Review by Jo Walton (2009) in What Makes This Book So Great, (2014)
Review by Rob Weber (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review [German] by
Kai U. Jürgens^?Kai U. Juergens
(2023) in Das Science Fiction Jahr 2023
Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2024) in phantastisch!, #93

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