Hellburner

Cherryh, C. J. (Carolyn Janice Cherry). Hellburner. New York: Warner, 1992.

According to the dustjacket, set generally in the universe of Heavy Time, Cyteen, and Downbelow Station; set specifically in highly mechanized environments within military space installations. Note well the human/machine interface in the simulators and on the Hellburner fighter-craft itself, including a near-mystic moment when a pilot's "body-sense was expanded into the ship" (333). Note also tape-teaching, which may or may not be a form of brainwashing and may or may not be a way of recording and reproducing the reactions of a virtuoso; cf. and contrast J. Haldeman's All My Sins Remembered, Forever War, and related entries, and the tapes used for automation in K. Vonnegut's Player Piano—all cited in this section. (RDE, 30/07/93)