Battle of the Linguist Mages"It reads like Snow Crash had a dance off with Gideon the Ninth, in a world where language isn't a virus from outer space, it's a goddamn alien invasion." Charles Stross Isobel is the Queen of the medieval rave themed VR game Sparkle Dungeon. Her prowess in the game makes her an ideal candidate to learn the secrets of 'power morphemes'unnaturally dense units of meaning that warp perception when skilfully pronounced. However, Isobel's reputation makes