1975 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)
1974 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee)
Aliens arrive on Earth hoping to trade some of their advanced knowledge for insights into Earth's linguistic structure. "The Embedding" is the story of three experiments in linguistics driven by a searching analysis of the nature of communication.
Genre: Science Fiction
Genre: Science Fiction
Praise for this book
"Enthralling ... It gave one the sense of being led very near to the brink of profundity, even revelation." - Martin Amis
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