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I remember reading an amazing short story/novella (at least 15+ years ago) that focused on a universe where it has been discovered that the vastness of space drives the pilots of spaceships insane over time. The only people that seem to be able to withstand this are people with mental disabilities; they are described in the story similar to being on the spectrum of autism, if i remember correctly. They are then trained to be the pilots of these spaceships, since they’re not affected by the vastness of space. The big reveal in the story, as it was told through the eyes of one of these pilots, was that, sometimes, these pilots would be 'healed‘ by their exposure and 'wake up‘ (i.e. overcome their conditions).

Does anybody have an idea what story that could be?

story-identification hyperspace novella

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  There's an outside chance that it could be Scanners Live in Vain. It doesn't match the 'healing' part though, so I'm reluctant to post it as an answer.
  
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  The Eric Olafson chronicles by Vanessa Ravencroft use autistic folks as navigators, because they are better at the computer interface for it, but no mention of curing, etc. Also only online until very recently so if it was printed 10+ years ago that wouldn't be it. Good reading though...
  
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  As an autist, I can say that it sounds reasonable that we might be the only ones to be able to stand being alone on an interstellar mission. About the "healing" part, I'm not so sure. I see autism more as thinking differently and having a different personality. In a way that is often incompatible with society, but that's not a problem on a lone space mission. Of course this only applies if you aren't such an extreme case that you can't live on your own.
  
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  So when they 'heal' and 'wake up' they are no longer immune to the 'vastness of space' and go insane?
  
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  When they ‚heal‘ (and yes, i don‘t like the term either and it doesn‘t make sense in the context of autism, but it‘s how it was presented in the story) they are, in essence, very confused by where they are and what‘s been happening to them, but they don‘t necessarily remember. If I remember correctly, they then can‘t be the Navigators anymore.
  
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I remember reading an amazing short story/novella (at least 15+ years ago) that focused on a universe where it has been discovered that the vastness of space drives the pilots of spaceships insane over time. The only people that seem to be able to withstand this are people with mental disabilities; they are described in the story similar to being on the spectrum of autism, if i remember correctly. They are then trained to be the pilots of these spaceships, since they’re not affected by the vastness of space. The big reveal in the story, as it was told through the eyes of one of these pilots, was that, sometimes, these pilots would be 'healed‘ by their exposure and 'wake up‘ (i.e. overcome their conditions).

Does anybody have an idea what story that could be?

story-identification hyperspace novella

share|improve this question

edited 7 hours ago

Edlothiad

54.4k21287297

asked Feb 21 '18 at 20:27

LyrixDeRavenLyrixDeRaven

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  There's an outside chance that it could be Scanners Live in Vain. It doesn't match the 'healing' part though, so I'm reluctant to post it as an answer.
  
  – Bob Warwick
  Feb 21 '18 at 20:35
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The Eric Olafson chronicles by Vanessa Ravencroft use autistic folks as navigators, because they are better at the computer interface for it, but no mention of curing, etc. Also only online until very recently so if it was printed 10+ years ago that wouldn't be it. Good reading though...
  
  – ivanivan
  Feb 21 '18 at 20:41
  

  
  
  
  


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  As an autist, I can say that it sounds reasonable that we might be the only ones to be able to stand being alone on an interstellar mission. About the "healing" part, I'm not so sure. I see autism more as thinking differently and having a different personality. In a way that is often incompatible with society, but that's not a problem on a lone space mission. Of course this only applies if you aren't such an extreme case that you can't live on your own.
  
  – Fabian Röling
  Feb 21 '18 at 20:52
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  So when they 'heal' and 'wake up' they are no longer immune to the 'vastness of space' and go insane?
  
  – user14111
  Feb 22 '18 at 1:25
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  When they ‚heal‘ (and yes, i don‘t like the term either and it doesn‘t make sense in the context of autism, but it‘s how it was presented in the story) they are, in essence, very confused by where they are and what‘s been happening to them, but they don‘t necessarily remember. If I remember correctly, they then can‘t be the Navigators anymore.
  
  – LyrixDeRaven
  Feb 22 '18 at 7:03
  

  
  
  
  

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I remember reading an amazing short story/novella (at least 15+ years ago) that focused on a universe where it has been discovered that the vastness of space drives the pilots of spaceships insane over time. The only people that seem to be able to withstand this are people with mental disabilities; they are described in the story similar to being on the spectrum of autism, if i remember correctly. They are then trained to be the pilots of these spaceships, since they’re not affected by the vastness of space. The big reveal in the story, as it was told through the eyes of one of these pilots, was that, sometimes, these pilots would be 'healed‘ by their exposure and 'wake up‘ (i.e. overcome their conditions).

Does anybody have an idea what story that could be?

story-identification hyperspace novella

share|improve this question

edited 7 hours ago

Edlothiad

54.4k21287297

asked Feb 21 '18 at 20:27

LyrixDeRavenLyrixDeRaven

1361

share|improve this question

edited 7 hours ago

Edlothiad

54.4k21287297

asked Feb 21 '18 at 20:27

LyrixDeRavenLyrixDeRaven

1361

share|improve this question

edited 7 hours ago

Edlothiad

54.4k21287297

asked Feb 21 '18 at 20:27

LyrixDeRavenLyrixDeRaven

1361

edited 7 hours ago

Edlothiad

54.4k21287297

edited 7 hours ago

Edlothiad

54.4k21287297

asked Feb 21 '18 at 20:27

LyrixDeRavenLyrixDeRaven

1361

asked Feb 21 '18 at 20:27

LyrixDeRavenLyrixDeRaven

1361