The Shipshape Miracle by Clifford D. Simak

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Author Simak, Clifford D., 1904-1988
Illustrator Jackson
Title The Shipshape Miracle
Note Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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Summary "The Shipshape Miracle" by Clifford D. Simak is a science fiction novella written during the early 1960s. The story centers around Cheviot Sherwood, a castaway stranded on an uninhabited planet, contemplating his fate while unknowingly harboring a wealth of diamonds. The book explores themes of identity, humanity, and the merging of man and machine through its foundational premise of a sentient spaceship. In the narrative, Sherwood finds himself in a precarious situation after his spaceship breaks down, rendering him marooned. While grappling with his isolation, he unexpectedly encounters a mysterious black ship that reveals itself to be alive and capable of thought. The ship, which has merged with the consciousness of its human creator, offers Sherwood a way out. However, it soon becomes clear that Sherwood himself might become a part of the ship's existence, as the entity has been searching for someone like him—one who would not be missed in the world. The story culminates in a tension-filled realization of what it means to lose one's humanity in the pursuit of survival and a deeper exploration of the idea that not all miracles are beneficial. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Short stories
Subject Diamond mines and mining -- Fiction
Subject Space ships -- Fiction
Subject Life on other planets -- Fiction
Subject Castaways -- Fiction
Subject Cyborgs -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 61333
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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