Destination Void Author:Frank Herbert Relays clicked as Prudence shunted the ATT to Com-central. Presently she said: "Short and sweet. Hempstead tells us to cease ignoring communications. We are ordered to turn back. Odd choice of words" 'This is an arbitrary turnback command.'" — At the sound of Prudence's voice, Flattery went cold. They know, he thought. They know we have c... more »reated a rogue consciousness. "Arbitrary turnback" was the coded order he had both dreaded and longed for.
Boring, tedious, science fiction that explains in detail the scientific workings of an "intelligent" ship, but has no plot and goes absolutely nowhere.