Synopsis
A human brain-controlled spacecraft would mean mechanical perfection. This was accomplished, and something unforseen: a strange entity called Mr. Spaceship.
History
First publication: Imagination, January 1953
Review
Sort of like a Twilight Zone episode, the twist ending is kind of obvious. But along the way is this idea of the brain transplanted into a spaceship to control it. The “brain in a box” was not a new concept. Here it is enlisted to speculate on the nature of our tendency for war. But it also opens a door to speculation about what will happen to us as we become more technological.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Paycheck and Other Classic Stories, trade paperback, Citadel/Kensington, 2003-09-00
Imagination January 1953, edited by William L. Hamling, magazine, Greenleaf Publishing, 1953-01-00
