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Gibbo · 09-16-2007, 11:35 AM

Found this on Usenet and thought I'll post it here hoping you guys might know about this book,

I am looking for the title and author of a SCI-CI story from the 1950's.
"Ship" lands on Earth. "Ship" is actually comprised of a whole
congregation of living creatures which make up the whole "Ship". There is
"Engine", a gruff, old fellow; there is "Doctor" a kind of spider-like
creature; There are "Walls" a whole bunch of slap happy, care-free
fellows; there is "Navigator" and "Pilot" both serious creatures with
great amounts of brain power, there are "windows" and so forth ... the
only thing lacking is "Pusher". Poor Pusher had died during the
interstellar exploration trip of the Ship. So after putting Engine to
work -- a kind of nuclear impulse drive -- they reached the Planet Earth
and discovered that the whole planet was inhabited by "Primitive
Pusher-Folk". After a wandering kind of hermit fellow is found in a
forest and brought aboard Ship, eventually they are able to communicate
with him and tell him that his destiny is to be a "Pusher". Pusher,
meaning that by means of his mental powers of teleportation -- which are
inherent to ALL Pushers, even the primitives of Earth -- must some how
learn to PUSH and get the ship back to the area of Galaxy Central.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could steer me to the name and
author of this story from the Golden Age of Sci Fi.

Sounds interesting.

09-16-2007, 11:35 AM	#1
Gibbo Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 2475053 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Galaxy Tab A (2019) - iPhone 11 - KA1 - Onyx Boox Nova Pro	Looking for this book Found this on Usenet and thought I'll post it here hoping you guys might know about this book, I am looking for the title and author of a SCI-CI story from the 1950's. "Ship" lands on Earth. "Ship" is actually comprised of a whole congregation of living creatures which make up the whole "Ship". There is "Engine", a gruff, old fellow; there is "Doctor" a kind of spider-like creature; There are "Walls" a whole bunch of slap happy, care-free fellows; there is "Navigator" and "Pilot" both serious creatures with great amounts of brain power, there are "windows" and so forth ... the only thing lacking is "Pusher". Poor Pusher had died during the interstellar exploration trip of the Ship. So after putting Engine to work -- a kind of nuclear impulse drive -- they reached the Planet Earth and discovered that the whole planet was inhabited by "Primitive Pusher-Folk". After a wandering kind of hermit fellow is found in a forest and brought aboard Ship, eventually they are able to communicate with him and tell him that his destiny is to be a "Pusher". Pusher, meaning that by means of his mental powers of teleportation -- which are inherent to ALL Pushers, even the primitives of Earth -- must some how learn to PUSH and get the ship back to the area of Galaxy Central. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could steer me to the name and author of this story from the Golden Age of Sci Fi. Sounds interesting.