Babel 17

Okay, this attempt to read was tragic. I apologize to anyone who thoroughly enjoyed this book, but to me it was pretty painful to even start. I understand, that in Sci-Fi, many times an author likes to just throw the story at you, or the characters, without explanation, so you can figure it out yourself, blah blah. Though this was brought up, when I mentioned I couldn't really get into it, I thought about it, and it was not the reason I was turned off on reading it. I think the reason I was turned off by it was that the beginning of it was extremely slow to me. It was bland, really. Yes, it was mysterious in describing Babel 17 for what it really was and what it had to do with the main character, but it was really boring to me. Nothing sang. When the main character described the alien lady who was helping with Babel 17 (don't remember her name) I was bored. I was trying to try to figure out how she would look, but I hated the description he gave. Maybe I should try reading it again, but I absolutely hated the description. I'm sorry, maybe I'm not giving it a chance, but I'm not very forgiving when it comes to reading.