Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany

Join us as we discuss Delany's Nebula award winning novel! Publisher's description: "**Winner of the Nebula Award: In a war-riven world, saving humanity will require... a poet?** At twenty-six, Rydra Wong is the most popular poet in the five settled galaxies. Almost telepathically perceptive, she has written poems that capture the mood of mankind after two decades of savage war. Since the invasion, Earth has endured famine, plague, and cannibalism—but its greatest catastrophe will be Babel-17. Sabotage threatens to undermine the war effort, and the military calls in Rydra. Random attacks lay waste to warships, weapons factories, and munitions dumps, and all are tied together by strings of sound, broadcast over the radio before and after each accident. In that gibberish Rydra recognizes a coherent message, with all of the beauty, persuasive power, and order that only language possesses. To save humanity, she will master this strange tongue. But the more she learns, the more she is tempted to join the other side..." If you don't have a physical copy of the book, you can find a copy of it here: [https://tinyurl.com/95tac4sf](https://tinyurl.com/95tac4sf) Our plan is to meet at Dokdabang Cafe (독수리 다방) in Sinchon, which is on the 8th floor of the building indicated on the map linked to on this page. The address of Dokdabang is 36, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03776. Below are Kakao Maps and Naver Maps links to the cafe: [https://kko.kakao.com/-U2GDIbg1b](https://kko.kakao.com/-U2GDIbg1b) [https://naver.me/G7KDxJuu](https://naver.me/G7KDxJuu) If you plan to attend this meeting and would like updates you can join our ‘Reading Modern Lit active’ OpenChat on KakaoTalk. Feel free to leave and return to this chat based on your activity. The purpose of this chat is to better gauge who plans to attend our meetings as there are often no-shows. Reading Modern Lit (active) [https://open.kakao.com/o/gaqP0Hre](https://open.kakao.com/o/gaqP0Hre)