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Omnilingual - A Positronic Book
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781515452355
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Sep 16 2021
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A landmark tale of first contact through archaeology, where language itself becomes the key to alien civilization.
In Omnilingual, H. Beam Piper approaches extraterrestrial encounter not with invasion fleets or ray-guns, but with scholarship and patience. On the ruins of ancient Mars, human explorers uncover the remnants of a long-extinct civilization. The central challenge is not survival but understanding: can a dead language be deciphered without context? Can science itself serve as a universal bridge between species?
Piper constructs a tightly reasoned narrative grounded in linguistics, logic, and the shared foundations of scientific inquiry. The story stands as one of the most intellectually elegant works of mid-century science fiction, demonstrating that discovery can be as thrilling as combat. Omnilingual remains a touchstone for readers who value idea-driven speculative fiction at its most disciplined and imaginative.
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