If you’ve seen the movie The Arrival, you’re familiar with how language can be used as a narrative element in science fiction. But that movie is just scratching the surface of what’s posible. Here’s a list of more science fiction books that involve language, from BookRiot:
This is Miéville’s most explicitly ‘sci-fi’ novel, featuring space, aliens and biotechnology. The action takes place in Embassytown, a distant colony outpost where humans coexist with the native inhabitants, the Arieki. Communication between the races is difficult on two fronts. Firstly, the Arieki speak by simultaneously producing two word, and only genetically-modified human twins are able to mirror this form of articulation. More problematic is the fact that for the Arieki language is both the expression of thought and the portrayal of reality. These two elements cannot be divided. When they say anything, it must accurately reflect reality, which precludes lying, speculation and any figurative thought.
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