![]() The Ship books are set in the same universe as the Crystal Singer books, as Brainship-Brawn pairings were characters in the second and third volumes of that series. Only the first was written by Anne McCaffrey alone, a fix-up of five previously published stories. The Brain & Brawn Ship series comprises seven novels. The entire "Brain & Brawn Ship series" (or Brainship or Ship series), written by McCaffrey and others, is sometimes called the "Ship Who Sang series" by bibliographers, merchants, or fans. As such, their offspring would suffer no pain, live a comfortable existence in a metal shell for several centuries, and perform unusual service for Central Worlds." Taking that option, physical growth is stunted, the body is encapsulated in a titanium life-support shell with capacity for computer connections, and the person is raised for "one of a number of curious professions. The parents of babies with severe physical disabilities - but fully developed and exceptionally talented brains - may allow them to become "shell people" rather than be euthanised. The Brain & Brawn Ship series is set in the future of our universe and in McCaffrey's Federated Sentient Planets. ![]()
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