Gameplayers Of Zan, The - Book-Media Profile

Gameplayers Of Zan, The - Book-Media Profile

Advanced

Site	See Amazon.com information
Book	Gameplayers Of Zan, The
Year	1977
Author/Editor/Director	Foster, M.A.
Notes	Singlespeech is the basic language of the ler [sic], a race of genetically modified humans. There is very little illustration of Singlespeech in actual conversation, but it is of primary importance in the nomenclature. Words have different meanings for different modes of speech according to whether the Air, Fire or Water elements are invoked. The number of syllables in a name will tell you the class of object that it is. Multispeech is a mode of communication only the ler are capable of, which facilitates direct idea transference at high speed and with "multiple channels" like a kind of multidimensional speech - described in contrast to normal language which is, of course, strictly linear and one-dimensional.
A/V	No
Book	Yes
Serial	No
Comic	No
Conlang	Singlespeech, Multispeech
Conlang Author	Foster, M.A.
Glossary	No
No Sample	No
Large Corpus	No
Submitted By	David Solly
Date Submitted	Friday, December 31, 1999
Updated By	Clive Wilson
Date Edited	Saturday, August 30, 2003
Description Of Update	Incorrectly listed as 1985 - year of publication actually 1977. Some notes on the languages described in the novel.
Date To Headline	Saturday, August 30, 2003

< Gallery Gameplayers Of Zan, The Gattaca >