Babel-17

Samuel R. Delany

About this book

During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns one into an unwilling traitor as it alters perception and thought. This is discovered by the starship captain Rydra Wong. She is recruited to discover how the enemy are infiltrating and sabotaging strategic sites.

Subjects

  • american fiction
  • american science fiction
  • amerikaanse fiksie
  • amerikaans wetenskapfiksie
  • artificial languages
  • award:nebula_award=novel
  • collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=retrohonor
  • fiction
  • fiction, science fiction, general
  • language
  • language and languages
  • life on other planets
  • linguists
  • optical illusions
  • science fiction
  • specimens
  • upside-down books
  • women linguists
  • women poets