According to Delany's brief "Note on the text of this edition" in the 1982 Bantam edition, he "restore[d] certain typographical complexities, included in the original manuscript, that fifteen years ago "Babel-17"'s initial publisher was unable to include for technical reasons. As well, some extremely minor cuts have been restored".
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1967 | Nebula Award | Novel | Winner |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Award | All-Time Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1995 | James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award | Retrospective | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1966 |
|
Babel-17 | Ace Books | Novel | 5 |
| 1967 |
|
Babel-17 | Gollancz | Novel | |
| December 1968 |
|
Babel-17 | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Novel | |
| May 1969 |
|
Babel-17 | Sphere Books | Novel | 7 |
| January 1970 |
|
Babel-17 | Ace Books | Novel | 5 |
| June 1971 |
|
Galassia, #143 | Casa Editrice La Tribuna | MAGAZINE | 7 |
| April 1973 |
|
Babel-17 | Ace Books | Novel | |
| October 1973 |
|
Babel 17 | Calmann-Lévy | Novel | |
| July 1974 |
|
Babel-17 | Ace Books | Novel | |
| April 1975 |
|
Babel 17 | Pabel | Novel | |
| October 1975 |
|
Babel-17 | Ace Books | Novel | 5 |
| June 1976 |
|
Babel-17 | Gregg Press | Novel | 1 |
| 1977 |
|
Babel-17 | Sphere | Novel | |
| April 1978 |
|
Babel-17 | Ace Books | Novel | 3 |
| 1979 |
|
Babel-17 | Meulenhoff | Novel | |
| November 1980 |
|
Babel 17 | J'ai Lu | Novel | |
| February 1982 |
|
Babel-17 | Bantam Books | Novel | 1 |
| October 1982 |
|
Babel-17 | Bastei Lübbe | Novel | |
| February 1986 |
|
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction | Bantam Spectra | Omnibus | 5 |
| October 1987 |
|
Babel-17 | Gollancz | Novel | 1 |
| January 1988 |
|
Babel-17 | Mondadori | Novel | 9 |
| 1989 |
|
Babel-17 | Círculo de Leitores | Novel | |
| 1992 |
|
Babel-17 | The Easton Press | Novel | 1 |
| April 1996 |
|
Babel 17 | Le Livre de Poche | Novel | |11 |
| 1997 |
|
Babel-17 | Goldmann | Novel | |
| March 1999 |
|
Babel-17 | Millennium / Orion | Novel | |
| December 2001 |
|
Babel-17 / Empire Star | Vintage Books | Omnibus | |
| 2003 |
|
Babel-17 | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| September 2007 |
|
Babel-17 | Mondadori | Novel | 7 |
| May 2008 |
|
Chants de l'espace | Bragelonne | Omnibus | 77 |
| March 2010 |
|
Babel-17 | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | 1 |
| November 2010 |
|
Babel-17 | Gollancz / Orion | Novel | |
| January 2014 |
|
Babel-17 | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel | |1 |
| November 2015 |
|
Babel-17 | Skyboat Media | Novel | |
| May 2017 |
|
Chants de l'espace | Bragelonne | Omnibus | 77 |
| November 2019 |
|
Babel-17 / Estrela Imperial | Morro Branco | Omnibus | |
| October 2022 | Babel-17 and Empire Star | Centipede Press | Omnibus | 21 | |
| October 2023 |
|
Babel-17 | Carcosa Verlag | Novel |