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 The Ship Who Sang - Anne McCaffrey
 The Ship Who Sang - Anne McCaffrey ... 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...Newest Review: ... series of novels are wide and varied. Such is her skill and diversity, that in 2005, she was appointed to 22nd Grandmaster of ... more ... Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America at the Nebula awards, and inducted into the Science Fiction hall of fame in 2006.
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The Ship who Sang tackles a lot of hot issues regarding disability. The author takes no sides politically, but rather the story focuses on the enhanced capabilities of his disabled heroine and her adventures. The book begins with a family discovering their new-born daughter is profoundly disabled in body. The infant is thoroughly assessed and discovered that w...more |
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Pages: 656, Edition: First Thus, Hardcover, Andre Deutsch Ltd Last Update 15.12.2009 06:06
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The Ship Who Sang - Anne McCaffrey: Singing and Sailing through the Cosmos (753 words)
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~~~Background on Author~~~ Anne McCaffrey was born in Massachusetts and educated in Virginia and new jersey, before attending university in Cambridge. In 1947, she graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, having majored in Slavonic languages and literature. She married in 1950 and had three children, divorcing after 20 years in 1970. It was at this time that she emigrated to ireland where she still resides today. Her writing career took off in 1968 when her 1967 novella length short story, "Weyr Search", then won that year's Hugo Award for best short story. Not only did it win her instant recognition, but she ... Read the complete review
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