Contributor Internet Archive Language English. The novel deals with several issues related to the peculiarities of language, how conditions of life shape the formation of words and meaning, and how words themselves can shape the actions of people. (Samuel Ray), 1942-Publication date 1978 Topics Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Adult Publisher New York : Ace. She is rescued, however, by her dedicated crew, who figure out the danger and neutralizes its effects. Rydra later finds that she herself is becoming the traitor as she learns more about Babel-17. Rydra realizes it is a language in and of itself, and furthermore that she has a traitor on the ship. Initially Babel-17 is thought to be a code used by enemy agents. She is recruited by her government to discover how the enemy are infiltrating and sabotaging strategic sites. This is discovered by the beautiful star-ship captain, linguist, poet, and telepath Rydra Wong. The change is made more dangerous by the language's seductive enhancement of other abilities. Learning it turns one into an unwilling traitor as it alters perception and thought. During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon.
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