The Languages of Pao
by:
Jack Vance (author)
Gray Morrow (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780441474011 (0441474012)
Publish date: 1968
Publisher: Ace
Pages no: 157
Edition language: English
I first read this book a long time ago. It was my first exposure to the idea that language shapes not just how one says things, but what it is possible to say and think. I was tremendously impressed. Vance takes that idea, and runs with it. While I wouldn't say that this is a complete examination of...
2.5 stars. This is a typical prince returns to overthrow the usurper story with a sprinkling of pseudo-linguistics.