Does anybody know the name of this novel? I read it a few years ago. It was set on a space station in the distant future. The main character was a man encased in a shell since birth to serve as a human computer to run the station. He was assigned a new “brawn” a woman. There was also an orphan tomboy named JOAT (Jack/Jill of all trades). They were attacked by space pirates and had to pretent he didn’t exist.
Could it be this?
The City and the Ship
Sample chapters on-line:
Thanks, that’s it. I had no idea there was a sequel.
There’s a whole series of Ship novels by Anne McCaffrey. Those are just the two most recent.