The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey is a revised edition of the first book in the Brain Ships Vol 1 series. This science fiction novel follows the story of Helva, a human brain that has been integrated into a spaceship. The book explores themes of space exploration and life on other planets, and is intended for an adult audience.This vintage paperback edition, published by Corgi in 1994, is unabridged and contains 208 pages. With its intriguing premise and captivating narrative, this book is a must-read for fans of the science fiction genre.
The brain was perfect, the tiny, crippled body useless. So technology rescued the brain and put it in an environment that conditioned it to live in a different kind of body - a spaceship. Here the human mind, more subtle, infinitely more complex than any computer ever devised, could be linked to the massive and delicate strengths, the total recall, and the incredible speeds of space. But the brain behind the ship was entirely feminine - a complex, loving, strong, weak, gentle savage - a personality, all-woman, called Helva...