The Ship Errant

In McCaffrey's Brainships universe, children who are born with an immobilizing or other severe disability are raised and educated to be the 'brains' that steer Starships. They are also assigned a "Brawn" to be their companion and assist with activities that can only be done by a person with a functional body.
This is a continuation of the previous in the series, featuring our friends Cari and Keff as the Brain/Brawn pair in their attempt to re-introduce the original denizens of Ozran to their long-lost cousins, the Cridi. Themes include xenophobia, diplomacy as well as a little romance as a previous character in the series has poured a lot of R&D capital into developing temporary 'bodies' for our brainy friends. All in all, a lovely note show more on which to end the series, but I wish there was more.
Note: Officially, this is the 6th book in the series, but as the 7th is more of a companion to the 4th, I read it in 5th, and ended with this one. I recommend that, especially if you're not a terribly quick reader or are reading other things in between and have a tendency not to remember the events of previous series books. show less

A sequel to [b:The Ship Who Won|61930|The Ship Who Won (Brainship, #5)|Anne McCaffrey|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1170597941s/61930.jpg|60205], this book follows Keff and Carialle as they journey to the home world of the frog-like Cridi and encounter pirates and griffins. A fun adventure with a few serious themes woven into the story.

It's entertaining and kept my attention throughout. However, the plot twists were predictable, albeit comfortingly so. Great brain candy space opera, but not otherwise noteworthy.

I liked it well enough and still like the main characters but I put it down a lot to do other things. I reread sections and when it was finished I did wish to find out how they made out back home. It was amusing in parts and sad in others.

I liked it well enough and still like the main characters but I put it down a lot to do other things. I reread sections and when it was finished I did wish to find out how they made out back home. It was amusing in parts and sad in others.

Anne McCaffrey wrote "The Ship who Sang" many years ago, during the late 80's and early 90's this spawned several sequels, this is one, a follow up to "The Ship Who Won" which was written with Anne McCaffrey. This lacks Anne McCaffrey's ability to write a book that flows well, this is quite choppy. Interesting story but I think if I was at home it would have landed in the to read pile quite quickly it just didn't fire my interest. Readable but a little bit dull.

I hadn't read the Brainship books in years so I decided it was time for a re-read and I happy to report that they stood up to the test of time. I really enjoyed the story and found myself very interested in the characters in these books. I am super glad I read them again.