The Ship Who Sang (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne McCaffrey
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—interplanetary romance
- Time of Work: An undefined future
- Setting: Central Worlds
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Girls, Music or musicians, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Singing or singers, Disabilities or physically challenged persons
- Locales: Space, Fictional planets
The Plot
Much of the content of The Ship Who Sang was published in five parts over a nine-year period. The novel, a revised version of the previously published stories and a final chapter, is about Helva, who is born with severe physical disabilities. She is transferred into a metal shell and eventually becomes the “brain” of an intergalactic ship, partnered with a specially trained “brawn.”
On her first mission, Helva, a self-confident sixteen-year-old, falls in love with her brawn, Jennan. They share a love of music, and Helva quickly becomes known as...
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