Babel-17
In "Babel-17," Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, must break an enemy government's code, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language, while in "Empire Star," a simple-minded teenager is entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world.
MysteriousPhilosophy & Big IdeasThought-ProvokingWho Am I?Language shapes realityIdentity through communicationPoetry as survivalIsolation in vastness
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