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Short Story

Mr. Spaceship

1953

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About this story

To overcome an enemy's living defenses, military researchers install a human brain in a spaceship. The ship's new intelligence, however, has ideas of its own about the purpose of the mission.

Chronology

Work history

  1. Early 1952

    Composed Early 1952

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. Jan 1953

    First published Jan 1953

    Imagination