The Brainship Series · Book 1
The Ship Who Sang
- Published
- 1 January 1969
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN-13
- 9780345275516
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Ship Who Sang (1969) introduces Helva, raised from birth as a shellperson -- a severely disabled infant surgically integrated into a starship hull as its sentient core -- and paired with a rotating slate of human 'brawn' partners across the galaxy. Written solo by McCaffrey as a fix-up novel from earlier linked short stories, it's 248 pages and one of her most acclaimed standalone works even as the series' founding entry.
Its place in The Brainship Series
The Ship Who Sang is book 1 in the The Brainship Series series. It is followed by PartnerShip. See the full The Brainship Series reading order.
Anne McCaffrey's Brainship books begin with a striking premise: severely disabled infants who would otherwise not survive can instead be surgically integrated into starship or city hulls as their permanent "brain," becoming the sentient core of a vast mechanical "brawn" — freed of a failing body but never physically independent again. The Ship Who Sang (1969) introduces Helva, raised from birth as a shellperson and paired with a series of human "brawn" partners for missions across the galaxy, in a fix-up novel…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345275516