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  2. Babel, or the Necessity of Violence - Wikipedia

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    Babel debuted in September 2022 at the top spot on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction. [3] [4] It was generally well received, including starred reviews from Booklist [5] and Kirkus Reviews. [6] According to Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on nine critics: six "rave", two "positive", and one ...

  3. R. F. Kuang - Wikipedia

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    Babel debuted at the first spot on The New York Times Best Seller list, and won the Blackwell's Book of the Year for Fiction in 2022 along with the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel. In addition, Kuang has won the Compton Crook Award , the Crawford Award , and the 2020 Astounding Award for Best New Writer , and has been a finalist for the Nebula ...

  4. Babel (film) - Wikipedia

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    Babel received positive reviews and was a financial success, grossing $135 million worldwide. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama , and received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture , Best Director , and two nominations for Best Supporting Actress ( Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi ).

  5. Josiah Bancroft - Wikipedia

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    On December 3, 2021, Orbit Books announced the acquisition of a new three book series from Josiah Bancroft entitled The Hexologists. [11] "The Hexologists introduces us to a new world and the dynamic duo of Hexologists Iz and Warren Wilby: two private investigators who solve magical problems with magical solutions."

  6. Gaston Dorren - Wikipedia

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    Gaston Dorren is a Dutch language expert, journalist, and writer. He was born in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands and currently resides in Amersfoort, Netherlands with his wife Marleen Bekker. [1]

  7. The Library of Babel (website) - Wikipedia

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    The algorithm Basile created generates a 'book' by iterating every permutation of 29 characters: the 26 English letters, space, comma, and period. [8] Each book is marked by a coordinate, corresponding to its place on the hexagonal library (hexagon name, wall number, shelf number, and book name) so that every book can be found at the same place every time.

  8. Shehan Karunatilaka - Wikipedia

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    Shehan Karunatilaka (born 1975) is a Sri Lankan writer. He grew up in Colombo, studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore.His 2010 debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew won the Commonwealth Book Prize, the DSC Prize, the Gratiaen Prize and was adjudged the second greatest cricket book of all time by Wisden.

  9. Odessa Stories - Wikipedia

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    Odessa Stories (Russian: Одесские рассказы, romanized: Odesskiye rasskazy), also known as Tales of Odessa, is a collection of four short stories by Isaac Babel, set in Odessa in the last days of the Russian Empire and the Russian Revolution.