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The Forever Man

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Forever Man is a story about a man who has his mind implanted into an old, rusted out ship in an attempt to understand how an alien race ticks. The beggining is slow but the action speeds up and soon has the reader stuck to his (or her) seat until the end. This book is worth reading if you like science fiction.

A old french spacecraft is found after many years. It is discoverd that the ships pilot died in flight, but through some unknown process, his mind has merged with his ship. Another astronaut goes through an experiment to see if the process can be duplicated. He then goes on a mission in deep space

Poets use the stars as exemplars of eternal beauty and guidance.

Dickson shows us one way to understand this. The hero *becomes* his space fighter and (accompanied by a psychologist/sociologist) travels through contested space to find beings of pure thought (or energy). In the end, using his new knowledge of himself, his companion and the various creations he meets, our hero finds a way to end war and allow the world (the Earth, Terra) to continue growing and expanding, as the hero and heroine do walking off into the ... sunset together. Great, classic piece.

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I oeigionally chose "The Forever Man" as a book for may book report. I soon found out I was going to enjoy the book very much and rate it as one of my favorites.