Next Slave Ship When the computers which had been developed to translate one human language into another were tried out on the languages of animals, a new level of interspecies communication began. Now anyone could find out what a dog or cat was trying to tell them. It worked in the other direction, too. At first it was just a scientific curiousity, but then global war came, between the western nations and an eastern confederation of religious fanatics, and ever man had to do his part (the Boy Scouts had been designated a fighting force, and drafted en masse). And every woman. And every monkey, dog cat, bird . . . But even that might not be enough, since the enemy seemed to have a weapon which could kill members of the telepath corps far behind the battle lines. And it might start killing non-telepaths at any time. �ś. . . an authentically convincing picture of a wartime navy and . . . a think-tank tickler.” -Galaxy Cover Art by Doug Chaffee Hardcover This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. First printing, June 1990 Distributed by Simon & Schuster1230 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10020 Printed in the United States of America ISBN-13: 978-0-3452-4586-1E-ISBN: 978-1-4516-3794-6 Copyright 1957 by Frederik Pohl All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. A Baen Books OriginalBaen Publishing EnterprisesP.O. Box 1403Riverdale, NY 10471http://www.baen.com Electronic version by Baen Bookshttp://www.baen.com Next