A review by sarracenia
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey

2.0

The Ship Who Sang is about a spaceship with a brain called Helva and parts of her life running intergalactic missions. These brain ships are made from deformed foetuses so they are like a human brain connected to a spaceship. In Helva's case she has a strong interest in music and the arts, and this is unusual among brain ships. The relationship between the brain ship and their human "brawn" companion was interesting, and could have been examined in more depth. I was disappointed by this novel which did not have the same flow as The Crystal Singer. Each chapter describes a separate episode and I found this quite disjointed. I considered giving up reading but as it's a short novel I pushed through and actually enjoyed the final chapters most.