Babel-17

By Samuel R. Delany

Subjects: American fiction, Science fiction, award:nebula_award=novel, Women linguists, Upside-down books, Women poets, Language, Amerikaanse fiksie, Life on other planets, Fiction, Optical illusions, American Science fiction, Linguists, Language and languages, Fiction, science fiction, general, Artificial Languages, Specimens, Amerikaans Wetenskapfiksie

Description: 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.