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Babel-17

by Samuel R. Delany

During an interstellar war, starship captain Rydra Wong is recruited to investigate sabotage at strategic sites. She discovers the enemy is utilising Babel-17, a weaponised language that alters the speaker's perception and thoughts to turn them into an unwilling traitor.

Accession 15530 ISBN 0722129149 Publisher Sphere
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