Book question

[taraswizard]

For a friend got a book question. The book's main character is a linguist and might be dead as part of the book's plot. Sorry this is so sketchy! The questioner is sure the answer is not Job.

[Wyldewode]

Sci Fi/fantasy books with linguists:

Native Tongue Suzette Haden Elgin
Babel-17 Samuel Delany
BOX 9 Jack O'Connell
The Scar China Mieville
The Briar King Gregory King

This is what I can find immediately. Can you get any further details?

[wayfriend]

Babel-17 has a linguist who teams up with dead people. Not quite what you ask for, but maybe the details are jumbled.

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Must add that to my TBR pile. (GF just read Dhalgren btw. Was not impressed. )

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[wayfriend]

(Dhalgren is an acquired taste. I read it about 5 times. I must ask about your GF's complaint sometime. Babel-17 is a mainstream sci-fi, won SRD the hugo or nebula I think.)

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Haha, She'd just read the Einstein Intersection, so when I said I had a weird book by the same author, she was interested.

I tried to explain that it was experimental writing, and not best suited for such an early foray into the genre, but she insisted.

But I have hope...I've already gotten her to read the Chrons and the DT. She'll develop the appreciation one day. I hope.

(She had problems with the narrative...the way it didn't really end, and what exactly happened. She expects books to make sense by the time you getto the end. )

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[Wyldewode]

(She had problems with the narrative...the way it didn't really end, and what exactly happened. She expects books to make sense by the time you getto the end. )

--A

Such high expectations!

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She's more of a non-fiction reader.

--A

[Wyldewode]

Good for her! She must be firmly grounded in reality. Myself, I prefer to escape whenever possible. I do however have a serious penchant for reference books, and anything related to mythology, poetry or literature. My non-fiction section comprises 2/3 of the entire collection.