Isto está relacionado em " Procrustes " de Crashlander de Beowulf Shaeffer's ponto de vista, e Juggler of Worlds de Sigmund Ausfaller. A Wikipedia tem uma boa sinopse :
Sharrol kills Feather, feeds her body into Carlos’ autodoc as biomass material, and removes Shaeffer’s head and places it in the intensive care cavity of the ‘doc. The ‘doc rebuilds Shaeffer over a four-month period, but his height is adjusted to match the intensive care cavity and his rebuilt muscles are adapted to Fafnir’s gravity