标题: 《Anne McCaffrey - Tsw 7 Ship That Returned》作者： - Ship That Returned【EPU [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-3-28 19:44 标题: 《Anne McCaffrey - Tsw 7 Ship That Returned》作者： - Ship That Returned【EPU Anne McCaffrey - Ship That Returned The Ship Who Sang (1970) The Partnership (with Margaret Ball) (1992) The Ship Who Searched (with Mercedes Lackey) (1992) The City Who Fought (with S.M. Stirling) (1993) The Ship Who Won (with Jody Lynn Nye) (1994) Introduction "She was bom a thing and as such would have been condemned if she failed to pass the encephalograph test required of all newborn babies. There was always the possibility that though the limbs were twisted, the mind was not; that though the ears would hear only dimly, the eyes see vaguely, the mind behind them was receptive and alert. "The electro-encephalogram was entirely favorable, unexpectedly so, and the news was brought to the waiting, grieving parents. There was the final, harsh decision: to give their child euthanasia or permit it to become an encapsulated 'brain,' a guiding mechanism in any one of a number of curious professions. As such, their offspring would suffer no pain, live a comfortable existence in a metal shell for several centuries, performing unusual services to Central Worlds. "She lived and was given a name, Helva." Those are the opening paragraphs of the first Helva novel, The Ship Who Sang, which tells the story of how Helva becomes the mind behind the operation of a stargoing