Nimisha's Ship - Hardcover

McCaffrey, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593043219 ISBN 13: 9780593043219

Publisher: Bantam Press, 1998

Synopsis

While testing her Mark 5 prototype space yacht, things start to go badly wrong for Nimisha. She is sucked into a wormhole and is thrown out again into an uncharted dimension of space, and it appears as if she is not the first to have suffered this fate. From the author of DINOSAUR PLANET, THE DOLPHINS OF PERN and FREEDOM'S CHALLENGE.

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Review

Parts of Nimisha's Ship are reminiscent of the melodramatic intrigue and romance among lords and ladies in Anne McCaffrey's first SF novel Restoree (1967). Here, though, danger and drama are downplayed while the course of true love-- plus the joy of friendship--moves to centre stage. Nimisha, heir to her mother's wealth and high status, tomboyishly prefers the spaceship yards of her absentee father. She sneaks off to work with him and emerges as a gifted ship designer. One day, testing a splendid new space-yacht, she falls through a wormhole to a far-off region of the galaxy. This contains a planet of unfriendly beasties--mostly leathery- winged avians, easily shot down by Nimisha's yacht AI--and stranded wormhole victims: a haggard human party easily put right by medical treatment, and midget aliens who are easily befriended. Romance soon blooms for Nimisha, and she settles down to have the nicest human castaway's babies (twins, then triplets). Meanwhile rescue missions are on the way, one by the long slow route and one by accidental wormhole encounter. Happy family reunions follow, with a certain twinkly charm but no real suspense or surprise. It's a comforting, unthreatening read: McCaffrey addicts will love it, but newcomers may prefer to start with her tougher, grittier SF adventures like the classic Dragonflight. -- David Langford

From the Publisher

An exciting novel of exploration in the deeps of space.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593043219
• ISBN 13: 9780593043219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336