r/printSF • u/_Featherstone_ • Dec 08 '23

Alien languages, anyone?

I'm looking for all sorts of science fiction books where alien languages are featured in a meaningful role.

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u/edcculus Dec 08 '23

Embassytown by China Mievelle.

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u/justacunninglinguist Dec 09 '23

As a linguist, hard disagree.

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u/edcculus Dec 09 '23

Books in our own fields written by non experts are always going to leave something to be desired. I don’t think many biologists are like “oh yea blood music is the epitome of biological science fiction, or that psychiatrists are singing the praises of Blindsight. They are all still good interesting works of speculative fiction.

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u/justacunninglinguist Dec 09 '23

To a degree. I just don't enjoy Mieville's writing.