Eng/Wom 279: Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Helva and her decision.

Eng/Wom 279: Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Helva and her decision.: "As we read in The Ship Who Sang, I found it very interesting that Helva decided not to stay on the Courviki planet. After thinking and discu..."

This Blog is a response to the blog above :)

I actually wrote a blog post earlier that address that problem, that I would like to reference: http://adeepinsight.blogspot.com/2010/12/are-we-attached-to-our-bodies.html

I don't feel that it was that "if there was no ship, there would be no story" as the reason that Helva didn't make the change on the Courviki planet. As, truly, the story would follow Helva during her change and afterwards.

I think it, again, has to do with the familiarity of us to our own bodies. It's a bit scary to imagine ourseleves in another body, because we have been in ours for so long. After a bit of though, I'm sure that we could make that change if we wanted to, and we wouldn't have a problem with it. If you've ever read Stephanie Meyer's The Host, it tackles that issue pretty well. Where it tells the story of aliens that adapt and take over a body who becomes their host (see the tie in to the title? :))

Eventually, as we live longer, we're going to have to start replacing our body with prosthetic parts (we already are today, infact.) Who knows, one day, we may have to replace our whole body. It may be the time to start mental detaching ourselves from our body, so that we can cope with it when the time comes.