The City and The Ship

Brainship #4,7

by Anne McCaffrey, S.M. Stirling

Two novels in one large volume, both set in the same universe as The Ship Who Sang: The City Who Fought: Simeon was bored with running the mining and processing station that made up his "body." Then the invaders came. If anyone was to survive, somehow he must transform his wargaming hobby into the real thing and become The City Who Fought. The Ship Avenged: Ten years later, Joat, the eleven year old techno-demon heroine of the first novel is now an adult herself. She and her ship are on the trail of the Kolnari space raiders, trying to stop them before they can spread an infectious, mind-destroying disease among the inhabited stars and destroy civilization throughout the galaxy.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Space, Space Opera, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ebooks

640 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007.

Reviews

[THOMAS BINKLEY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always wondered what happened to Joat!

Love any McCartney book but have especially enjoyed the Brain/Brawn storylines. McCartney is a genius at personal relationships, engaging characters and believable world building. The City Who Fought held all of those qualities, the second book not as much. Loved the Characters but the story jumped around a good bit and didn't make sense at times. But enjoyed revisiting Amos, Joseph and of course Jack of All Trades as they once again encountered Belair and the Kolnari pirates.

[Virginia Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not what I expected

The beginning of the story was a bit rough. Didn't like the writing, didn't like the characters. But I enjoy the B and B world and persisted. Persistence paid off. Whatever the reason I was offput, it resolved within a few chapters. More rough and tumble, but worth finishing.

[Felicity Stanton · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sequel adventure to the City Who Fought

Featuring many of the same characters as the City Who Fought, this novel is rather confusing in both the main plot and many of the supporting details. It is a bit disappointing overall and certainly not up to Anne McCaffrey's usual standard.

[Christine A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scumvermin

Learned a "new" useful swearword. Stayed up way too late reading a brainship book I hadn't come across before, enjoyed every tense moment of it, the human interactions, and the non-human interactions. As well as the subtle love stories.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

at last

I’d read the City who fought several times, but never known the second story until today. The amount of satisfaction I’m getting from knowing the ending of this duology is immense!

Well worth the read.

[sandra thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Long awaited

Great to hear what Joat had been up to Want to hear more about what happened to other characters though. Hope we get more books

[Eric Tackett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Her book are the best

I love her books and her son does a great job keeping it going. I would recommend these books to everyone

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

Certain authors can write a book that is good enough to be read a second or fourth time and still pull at your emotions.

[Helen Savore · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frankly, the second book, the Ship Avenged fell apart so spectacularly I'm still a bit stunned about what I read.

Definitely grab the first book separately if you can.

[zjakkelien · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoy these brainship books. I only read the first one in this omnibus, since I understand there's not much brainship in the second. Also, I had quite enough of the bad guys after book 1. They are just a bit overly evil. Or maybe not evil, but then overly ambitious and ruthless, and I don't see why the authors had to make them superblack. Overall, this wasn't my favorite brainship book, but there was still a brainship (well, braincity), and I just love the concept.

[BookAddict ✒ La Crimson Femme · Rating 3 out of 5]

The combined book of the City who fought with Simeon in it and the Ship Avenged was good. I enjoyed reading them back to back. I still liked Simeon better as the City who fought. I always wondered why there were no additional follow up stories. Simeon, even though he's just a brain physical, was hot to me. His tenacity and smarts did it for me.

[Philena Garey · Rating 5 out of 5]

An exciting book full of action and emotion and even a little bit of religion.

Both books combine to tell the story of the brain ship Simeon, his brawn, and a young orphan, Joat, who is a mechanical and electronics genius. They battle a cruel and merciless race of aliens through both books. The relationships that develop are interesting and genuine. A very compelling book.

[Lavender · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains 2 volumes from the Brain Ship series. After having read the Crystal Singer series, I decided I wanted to read more about the Brain Ships. I wasn't disappointed. I borrowed the whole set from the library one after the other. I wished there were more.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good follow up to The City Who Fought. Nothing earth-shatteringly new.

[Truitti · Rating 5 out of 5]

're-'reread October 2009, -read September 2014

[Lynn Calvin]

baen ebook

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The City and The Ship (Brainship, #4, #7)
McCaffrey, Anne
this book is a combining the stories of two novels

[Soozie Bea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reading!