Title: Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Title Record # 3050296
Author: R. F. Kuang
Date: 2022-08-23
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: R. F. Kuang
Date: 2022-08-23
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
User Rating: 9.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: fantasy (1), academia (1), silver (1), language (1), colonialism (1) Add Tags
Other Titles
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 2 | 2022 Goodreads | Fantasy |
| Nomination | 2022 Sidewise | Best Long Form Alternate History |
| Win | 2023 Nebula | Novel |
| 1 | 2023 Locus | Best Fantasy Novel |
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Withdrawn -- Ineligible ⓘAccording to the voting statistics released on 2024-01-20, there were 810 nominations with 164.93 final points.
No explanation offered for ineligibility.
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2023 Hugo | Best Novel |
| Nomination | 2023 World Fantasy | Best Novel |
| Nomination | 2023 Utopia | Utopian Novel |
| Finalists | 2023 Ignyte | Best Novel - Adult |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager | 978-0-06-302142-6 | $27.99?$: US dollar |
xii+ 544 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Nicolas Delort |  |
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager | 978-0-06-328205-6 | $27.99?$: US dollar |
560 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Nicolas Delort | |
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager | 978-0-06-302144-0 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Nicolas Delort | ||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | HarperAudio | 978-0-06-302145-7 | $44.99?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | |||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-850184-6 | £19.99?£: UK pound |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | |||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing | 979-8-200-97585-3 | $67.99?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | |||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing | 979-8-200-97586-0 | $57.99?$: US dollar |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
novel | |||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | Blackstone Publishing | 979-8-200-97584-6 | audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | Nicolas Delort | |||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-08-23 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) | 978-0-06-329418-9 | $27.99?$: US dollar |
560 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Nicolas Delort | |
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-09-01 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-850183-9 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-09-01 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-850181-5 | £16.99?£: UK pound |
560 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2022-11-30 | R. F. Kuang | Thorndike Press | 979-8-88578-364-4 | $31.99?$: US dollar |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2023-00-00 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager | 978-0-06-302143-3 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 544 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Nicolas Delort | |
| Babel | 2023-04-28 | R. F. Kuang | Eichborn | 978-3-8479-0143-3 | €26.00?€: Euro |
731 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Nico Delort | |
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2023-09-28 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-866986-7 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
560 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2023-09-28 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-850185-3 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
560 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution | 2023-09-28 | R. F. Kuang | Harper Voyager (UK) | 978-0-00-866056-7 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
560 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
巴别塔?Bābié tǎ Babie ta |
2023-10-00 |
匡灵秀?Kuāng língxiù Kuang Lingxiu |
中信出版社?Zhōngxìn chūbǎn shè Zhongxin chuban she |
978-7-5217-5796-5 | CNY98.00 | 644 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Amal El-Mohtar (2022) in The New York Times Book Review, October 16, 2022
- Review by Shinjini Dey (2023) in Strange Horizons, 30 January 2023
- Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2023) in phantastisch!, #91