Flowers for Algernon
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (that language influences thought and perception) plays an important part. It was joint winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1967 (with "Flowers for Algernon") and was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967.