The Ship Who Sang: A Novel

Anne McCaffrey

Jan 2017 · Sold by Del Rey

About this ebook

Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved—saved to be schooled, programmed, and implanted into the sleek titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner—male or female—to share her exhilirating excapades in space!

Her life was to be rich and rewarding . . . resplendent with daring adventures and endless excitement, beyond the wildest dreams of mere mortals.

Gifted with the voice of an angel and being virtually indestructable, Helva XH-834 antipitated a sublime immortality.

Then one day she fell in love!

Ratings and reviews

My mom loved this book, so I thought I'd give it a shot. It's not great. It isn't terrible, but it ends before it gets interesting. If you like a series of short stories about a tragically beautiful girl in a ship that sings (which she only does in the first chapter, by the by) then give it a read. I should have just gotten it from the library.

I love this book. Helva is a human who's body is a space ship. She has an interesting life and really good adventures. It's one of my all time favorite books.

I've always said that this is one of her very best, and rereading it again after years hasn't changed my mind.

About the author

Anne McCaffrey, one of the world’s most popular authors, is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern® series. She was the first woman to win the two top prizes for science fiction writing, the Hugo and Nebula awards. She was also given the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in Young Adult Fiction, was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and was named a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926, McCaffrey relocated to Ireland in the 1970s, where she lived in a house of her own design, named Dragonhold-Underhill. She died in 2011.