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Mindship
The Mindship was the break-through to the stars. In spite of work on Faster Than Light, hyperdrives, and such, it was the power of the mind that turned out to be the most certain directing force between the worlds. So the mindships came into being, driven forward by the lines of mental energy, directed by trained crews--and held together not by the navigator or the captain but by the man they called the cork.
He was just another man but he had the ability to siphon out the discords which could wreck a ship, to create the harmony without which starflight would be disastrous.
Kilgarin was such a "cork," but he had deliberately grounded himself until they forced him to take up the mental reins again. It was their risk and they should have known better--because Kilgarin had ulterior motives no ship's cork had a right to harbor.
He was just another man but he had the ability to siphon out the discords which could wreck a ship, to create the harmony without which starflight would be disastrous.
Kilgarin was such a "cork," but he had deliberately grounded himself until they forced him to take up the mental reins again. It was their risk and they should have known better--because Kilgarin had ulterior motives no ship's cork had a right to harbor.
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191 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1974
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June 14, 2020
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Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
Name: Conway, Gerard Francis, Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA, (10 September 1952)
Alternate Name: Wallace Moore
When the mindships came into being, driven by mental energy and directed by trained crews, they were held together not by a navigator or captain but a man whose responsibility was to siphon out discords and create the harmony necessary for successful star-flight.
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Cover Artist: Kelly Freas
Name: Conway, Gerard Francis, Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA, (10 September 1952)
Alternate Name: Wallace Moore
When the mindships came into being, driven by mental energy and directed by trained crews, they were held together not by a navigator or captain but a man whose responsibility was to siphon out discords and create the harmony necessary for successful star-flight.
eeeh.
March 3, 2020
Full review: https://sciencefictionruminations.com...
"Back in 2016 I read Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr (1971) and was pleasantly surprised by Gerard F. Conway’s short story “Mindship” (1971) about telepathic (“sensitive”) “corks” who calm the minds of the spaceship crews whose psychic powers run interstellar “engines.” This story forms the prologue of Conway’s novel continuation. In an odd way, the novel reinterprets the original [...]"
"Back in 2016 I read Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr (1971) and was pleasantly surprised by Gerard F. Conway’s short story “Mindship” (1971) about telepathic (“sensitive”) “corks” who calm the minds of the spaceship crews whose psychic powers run interstellar “engines.” This story forms the prologue of Conway’s novel continuation. In an odd way, the novel reinterprets the original [...]"
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November 23, 2019An interesting premise for a short story, dragged out over the length of a novel.
September 18, 2009
Oh lord so corny. Not even worth the $1.50 I paid for it.
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