The Ship Who Sang
Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved and implanted into the titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner, to soar with her through the daring adventures and exhilarating escapades in space.
Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved and implanted into the titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner, to soar with her through the daring adventures and exhilarating escapades in space.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345334312 (0345334310)
ASIN: 345334310
Publish date: December 12th 1985
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: Brainship (#1)
McCaffrey's one of my favorite authors. She's best known for her Pern books, which starts with Dragonflight, and I'd certainly highly recommend those. So it is not faint praise to say I would rate this particular novel of hers as highly as any of her Pern books. The Pern stories are often mistaken...
Dedicated to her father and originally written in the 1960's this is a series of interlinked stories about a brainship. This later became a series with the help of some other writers but this is the original from which this all originates. It's an interesting concept. A question not often asked. ...
I read a lot of Anne McCaffrey when I was younger, and some of her stuff is definitely for young adults, but I think she has some really interesting lesser known stories and this is one of them. This book is actually a collection of all the short stories about Helva (the ship who sang) named after t...
I loved this book. Reading about Helva and how she became a brain ship made was so realistic. Ms. McCaffrey always creates a world that seems so realistic. I can see every place she describes clearly. There were some questions left unanswered about this story. I wish I knew what caused Helva to...
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