Babel-17

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.

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