The ship who sang

mass market paperback, 248 pages

English language

Published Dec. 21, 1969 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-27551-6
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OCLC Number:
4900943

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3 stars (1 review)

The story of a woman who had been born human but whose brain had been implanted in the body of an intergalactic scout ship.

14 editions

Interesting ideas, but dated

3 stars

On the bright side, not "dated and sexist" or "dated and creepy" or "dated, sexist, and really creepy" like some of the male SF writers. But still you do have to take this basic idea of "babies with birth defects are put in indentured servitude running space ships" and just let it go over you before dealing with how all the characters deal with it. In the future, with still a lot of domestic violence. A bit like Jack Vance, in some ways.

Subjects

  • Space ships -- Fiction.
  • Cyborgs -- Fiction.