The Simak, Clifford D. 1904-1988 creator Jackson text utu 2020 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Shipshape Miracle" by Clifford D. Simak is a science fiction novella written during the early 1960s. The story centers around Cheviot Sherwood, a castaway stranded on an uninhabited planet, contemplating his fate while unknowingly harboring a wealth of diamonds. The book explores themes of identity, humanity, and the merging of man and machine through its foundational premise of a sentient spaceship. In the narrative, Sherwood finds himself in a precarious situation after his spaceship breaks down, rendering him marooned. While grappling with his isolation, he unexpectedly encounters a mysterious black ship that reveals itself to be alive and capable of thought. The ship, which has merged with the consciousness of its human creator, offers Sherwood a way out. However, it soon becomes clear that Sherwood himself might become a part of the ship's existence, as the entity has been searching for someone like him—one who would not be missed in the world. The story culminates in a tension-filled realization of what it means to lose one's humanity in the pursuit of survival and a deeper exploration of the idea that not all miracles are beneficial. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2020-02-06 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Science fiction Short stories Diamond mines and mining -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction Castaways -- Fiction Cyborgs -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61333 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61333 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134420.0 61333