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Lädt ... The Ship Who Sang The Ship Who Sang (Original 1969; 1993. Auflage)von Anne McCaffrey (Autor)
Werk-InformationenHelva, das Raumschiff, das sang. von Anne McCaffrey (1969)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This was my first Anne McCaffrey. I liked the plot and world building such as it was, but the writing wasn't all that good. I hoped as the stories progressed (so, further into her career), it would improve, but if anything it got worse. Each story became more and more about the main character and her hackneyed interactions and drams with other characters and very little about any interesting sci fi plots. Finally gave up. 3.5 stars. I was pleasantly gripped by the unique premise and dramatic plots in this episodic story. The only unfortunate bit of this book is how poorly it has aged with its language around the disabled humans who become brainships and the relationship Helva has with men. It's clearly a product of its generation of the free-love 60s and today serves as a good lesson in how far the underlying mindsets of the feminist movement have advanced. It's also hard to miss the differences in the style of the popular genre, which relies on a lot more dialogue than you see nowadays in best-selling sci-fi. I've only ever tried to read Pern by McCaffrey, and it didn't do it for me. Had no idea she wrote sci-fi as well and was very surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It's so good, I feel it deserves to be rewritten/retold with an updated take on Helva in which she isn't primarily obsessed with finding the right dude to ride inside her. This would make a great miniseries. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML:Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been savedâ??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 partnerâ??male or femaleâ??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 Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The setup of this book is slightly strange: it consists of 6 chapters that feel like short stories, although they are not self-reliant enough to actually be short stories. Each story is mostly about Helva's relationship with her brawn (when she has one) or other people aboard, against the background of strange and fantastical worlds.
I rather like McCaffrey's writing stile, and although the stories are not brilliant, they are entertaining. Perhaps most importantly, Helva is a dear. I'm definitely going to search for the nect installments... ( )