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Wall Around a Star

Jack Williamson, Frederik Pohl

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#7807 of 8,085 books · #2082 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1984).

He was a reluctant passenger on a voyage to save the galaxy. Butterflylike aliens had brought Earth into the galactic culture. But she was a poor relation, valued only for the living human bodies she rented out for whatever purposes her nonhuman customers desired. Then Cuckoo was discovered. Millions of miles in diameter, less dense than air, it had a solid surface that was home to many races - including a species of Man. And that was odd, for Cuckoo was from another galaxy! Suddenly, one human, a linguist, became very important. If Jen Babylon could solve the mystery of Cuckoo's records he might raise humanity's standing among the older races - but he might also save the galaxy!

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Publisher
Hachette UK
ISBN-13
9780575111820
Topics
First contact with alien speciesLinguistics and deciphering ancient recordsHumanity's place in galactic hierarchy

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