From: phaedrus@CS.WASHINGTON.EDU (Mark Phaedrus)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Transformation stories list, v7, pt. 1 of 4 [long] [spoilers?]
Date: 26 Jul 92 00:00:47 GMT

Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Transformation stories list, v7, pt. 1 of 4 [long] [spoilers?]
Keywords: Seventh release; more wanted
Reply-To: phaedrus@cs.washington.edu
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Distribution: world
Organization: Lycanthropes Anonymous
 
     This is the seventh release of the transformation stories list.  Lots of
new information has been added.  I apologize for the delay in this release,
and for not answering some people's email; my mailer picked up the neat trick
of moving messages straight from my mailbox to my archive file without
presenting them to me first.  This has been fixed, and hopefully all the
information people sent me has been included.
     The list itself starts after about 200 lines of explanations; if you want
to skip to it directly, tell your pager to skip to "***LIST BEGINS HERE".
 
WHAT THE LIST IS ABOUT
     About two years ago, I asked if anyone could provide me with the names of
books or short stories using physical transformation as a theme.  Several
dozen of you could. :)  Several new people have added their contributions this
year, and the result is the list that follows.  Please destroy any previous
releases of the list you have and use this one, as a number of corrections have
been made.
     The list was originally created to gather research material for a project
of mine, but the overwhelming positive response has led me to continue and 
expand it.  I think that information like this is very valuable; information on
the subject matter of fiction works is quite difficult to come by, and
judging from the response I've gotten, a lot of you feel the same way, and look
for this sort of information.
 
CHANGES IN THIS EDITION OF THE LIST
     Lots more books and stories have been added, and publication info added
or updated for previously-listed works.
     I've gone more carefully through my own collection, adding more books and
short stories.  This is part of the reason this release was delayed, and I
still haven't finished, so expect some more in the next release.
     Some of these stories I've added are questionable; these are works that I
have listed in my files as transformation-related (based on reading a review or
comments on the net), but which I haven't read yet to confirm this.  These
works are marked with a question mark in the margin; I hope to check all these
for the next release, but I also hope that you folks can help me out by telling
me which of these works do and don't belong.
     The list has been divided into four parts, to deal with sites that can't
handle long messges.  The first three parts contain books, sorted
alphabetically by author; this part contains the A-D's, the second the E-P's,
and the third the Q-Z's plus the "spoiler" material.  The fourth part contains
all the short stories, including the "spoiler material" for them.
 
HOW TO MAKE ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS TO THE LIST
     I would also very much welcome additions or corrections to the list.
Any story that has transformation in any form (lycanthropy, genetic engineer-
ing, some forms of vampirism, magic spells, curses, whatever) as a theme is
eligible.  It doesn't matter if the story is any good or not, though it would
be nice if you tell us if it's lousy so we don't go in with any false hopes.
:)  For each story you add, please give as much of the following information
as possible:
     The title and author.
     The publisher, ISBN, publication year and price, if available.  (These
       are a great help to people trying to find or order the work.).
     If the work is a short story, it would help others find the story if you
       give the above information on a book or magazine in which the story can
       be found.
     A brief description of how transformation is used in the story, and 
       anything else you feel would be helpful to know about the story.  If
       you feel that any of this information constitutes a "spoiler," please
       say so and that information will be moved to a separate list.
     A "degree of interest" rating.  If transformation is a major theme of the
       story (in other words, if this is a work someone interested in 
       transformation should really seek out), give a "+" rating.  If
       transformation is only incidentally involved in the work (in other 
       words, if it definitely wouldn't be worth someone's time to track this 
       down solely for the transformation content), give a "-" rating.  If it's
       somewhere in between, give a "0" rating; this is what I'll assume if you
       don't give a rating.  (Bear in mind that these ratings are trying to 
       gauge the involvement of transformation in the work, not solely the
       number or degree of transformations present; a story where only one
       character is transformed before the book begins and that plays a key
       role in the book might well be a "+", while a book where a transfor-
       mation occurs every page but nothing is ever made of it might be a "-".)
     
     Please email your additions/corrections to phaedrus@cs.washington.edu; I
will post an updated copy of the list with the additions/corrections included.
If you post your additions/corrections, they may not be added to the list; news
expires quickly around here, and given my workload I don't always read news
very often, so I may not get a chance to see your posting before it disappears.
 
SPOILER INFO
     I've been told that some of these list entries constitute "spoilers".  In
a list like this, it's really difficult to sort out what constitutes a spoiler
and what doesn't; and it seems to me that, given any list involving the
presence of a specific plot element like transformation, if the plot element is
intended to come as a surprise to the reader, you're basically providing a
spoiler by listing the book at all, no matter what you do or don't say about it
(and I want to list as many books as possible).  However, I do recognize the 
problem, and I'd like to do what I can to solve it.  Therefore, I've divided
the list into two parts; "spoiler"-type information has been moved to the end
of the list.  If a submitter says that the information being given on a book is
a spoiler, or if two people send me email saying that certain information is a
spoiler, that information will be moved to the spoiler section of the list.
 
WHERE AND HOW TO MAIL FOR LIST STUFF
     Please send any mail directed to this list to phaedrus@cs.washington.edu.
It would help me if you mention the transformation list on the subject line, so
I can process all the requests at once.
     ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS/ETC. TO THE LIST: These will be added to the next 
list release.  I do my level best to send thank-you notes to all submitters; if
I fail, feel free to flame me mercilessly. :)  Submitters will automatically 
receive the next release of the list via email; they will not be kept on the
mailing list after that unless they specifically request it.  Also, their
address will appear in the list file for one release, then will be removed
unless they specifically request to stay on the mailing list or keep the 
address there.  (This is to cut down on unwanted email to people.)
     SPOILER COMPLAINTS: If you see information in the main portion of the list
that you believe constitutes a serious spoiler, let me know.  I will move such
info to the spoiler section.
     A COPY OF THE LATEST VERSION OF THE LIST: I do my best to mail these out
within 48 hours.
     THE MAILING LIST:  For the benefit of people with no or unreliable news
service, I keep a mailing list, which I send all new releases of the list to.
(The list is not set up for discussion, but there's been no demand for that
anyway.)  Please send all subscription/unsubscription requests to me.  You will
be unsubscribed if mail to you bounces twice in a row.  Those who submit
additions/corrections to the list will automatically receive the next release
of the list by mail (to make sure they have a chance to correct any mistakes I
may have made), they will not be kept on the list unless they request it.
     ENCOURAGEMENT:  I'm always happy to hear that people are using the list,
and how they're using it.  Even if you have nothing to add to the list, if it's
a useful resource to you, let me know about it; it helps me justify to myself
the time I spend on it. :)
 
WHO HAS SUBMITTED
     I received suggestions and ideas from the following people, listed in no
particular order.  Once again, my thanks to each of them.  (As a new policy to
cut down on unwanted email to people, addresses are only listed for those who
have specifically requested to receive the list by mail.)  Names with
asterisks are people whose submissions for this release are the first I've
received from them.
1.  Jeff Jensen
2.  Greg Alan Raburn
3.  Gavin Steyn <steyn@cs.rochester.edu>
4.  Todd Haynes
5.  Dave Schaumann
6.  Paul S Shannon
7.  Seth D. Kadesh
8.  Janet M. Lafler
9.  Michel Forget <ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca>
10. Dan Bloch
11. Joe Huber <huber@thurbr.enet.dec.com>
12. Andy Nelson
13. David Goldfarb
14. Marc Espie <espie@flamingo.stanford.edu>
15. Sonja Bock
16. Jim Kasprzak
17. (unknown)
18. Gavroche 
19. Robert Fisch 
20. Carlo Radovsky 
21. Ellen West
22. John Whitmore 
23. Michael J. Hennebry
24. Sam F Bullard 
25. Alayne McGregor
26. Jim Winer 
27. Robert White 
28. Tom Talley <greyfire@ecst.csuchico.edu>
29. Marc Colten 
30. Ron Hough 
31. D. Jay Newman 
32. Maurizio Codogno <mau@bilbo.cselt.stet.it>
33. Leslie DeGroff <DEGROFF@INTELLICORP.COM>
34. The Humbug Wizard 
35. Ryk E Spoor <SEAWASP@vms.cit.pitt.edu>
36. Caroline Kierstead 
37. Mark Gooley 
38. David Fenger <dkfenger@sirius.UVic.CA>
39. Ben Cohen <ben@spcvxe.spc.edu>
40. Matthew P Wiener 
41. Rolf Wilson 
42. Dani Zwieg
43. Malcolm Mladenovic 
44. Juri Munkki <jmunkki@hila.hut.fi>
45. Heikki Poso
46. Jason Comander
47. David Bennett
48. Stephen Carter Morgan
49. The Neuromancer 
50. Michael Kerstetter
51. Derek Upham
52. Beth McCurdy
53. Cirocco Jones
54. Greg Schmidt *
55. Ethan Miller *
56. Teppo Jarvinen *
 
NOTES ON LIST FORMAT
     The right-hand column shows the numbers (from the list above) of the
people who mentioned the work; the comments below each work are numbered as
well.
     In the "mentioned by" field, if any + or - ratings have been received for
the work, the numbers will be divided into three parts, with the numbers of +
raters listed first, followed by 0 raters, followed by - raters.  So "12/6,7/"
means that one person rated it a +, two rated it a 0, and nobody rated it a -.
If more + than - entries are received for a work, a + will appear at the left
margin; if more - than +, a - will appear there.  If no such division is there,
then all submitters rated it "0" or left it unrated.
     Joe Huber (#11), as usual, has provided an extremely high variety of
suggestions, with detailed comments that require some explanation.  Rather
than lose some of his information, or making it impossibly long by removing his
abbreviations, I'm presenting the information in the form he gave it to me, and
including his explanatory text here:
     The ratings are mine and mine alone.
         4-5 : A multiple read book/series
         3 : Worth a read
         2 : Possible read, if it looks interesting
         1 : I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
         [NR : not read]
      Transformation Information is broken down into four categories:
        (1) Type.  I've broken this down as follows:
                B - Body metamorphosis.  An actual transformation of the body.
                L - Lycanthropy.  A subset of metamorphosis, where the
                    type and timing of the transformation of the body is set
                    by curse/magic/etc.
                M - Mind transfer.  Includes brain transplants, body-swapping,
                    soul transference and the like.
                O - Other.  Anything I was to lazy to classify.
        (2) Significance.  Basically, the "interest level" rating you asked
                           for.  +/0/- scale, where:
                                 + : Story/Book/Series is about the
                                     transformations, or revolves around them.
                                 0 : The transformations are critical to the
                                     story, but not the focus.
                                 - : Any transformations are incidental to the
                                     story.
        (3) Description.  Amount & clarity of description of the transformation
                          itself.  +/0/-
        (4) Saturation.  For those who like their transformations by the gross.
                         The best way to describe this rating might be how
                         pervasive the transformations seem to be.  +/0/-
 
        note: an X in any category indicates that I don't remember the story
              well enough to adequately judge the category, or (in 1 case) that
              the book was so awful that I couldn't even force my way through
              it.
        [Note from the editor: I've sort of averaged his three ratings together
         to come up with a single rating for the purposes of the list.  All
         three individual ratings are still included, though. -MP]
 
 ***LIST BEGINS HERE
  Author              Title                                 Mentioned by(+/0/-)
- ------------------  ------------------------------------  -------------------
  
0 (editor unknown)    Darkwater (anthology)                 3
       "Thre are also a few stories in [this] anthology, but I don't remember
     others.  In fact, I only remember the name of one story--'Lady into Fox'
     is about a woman who, for no particularly good reason ('There was no
     family history of this sort of thing,' to quite the story), changes into
     a fox.  The story mostly focuses on her husband's attempts to deal with
     the change." -3
0 (editor unknown)    Hotter Blood (anthology)              3
       "There are a few transformation stories--one about a salesman who is
     so adaptable that it becomes a liability; there's one, 'The Splicer' by
     Don D'Ammassa, about a guy who can change movies, including changing the
     actors.  I just skimmed through this one in the store--you may want to
     check it out, though.
     
0                     The Arabian Nights                    3
       "...at least half the stories have transformations of one sort or
     another." -3
  
- Adams, Douglas      The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul    /40/11
   [Pocket; 0-671-69404-9; $4.95 paperback]
       "Rating: 2 Type: X Significance: - Description: X Saturation: X" -11
       "Certain Norse gods deal with perceived pests by transformation.  A
     lurking refrigerator transforms itself into a new horror." -40
  
0 Aldiss, Brian       Helliconia Spring and sequels         22
   [Berkley; 0-425-07328-9; $3.50 paperback]
       "summer/winter climate adaptation" -22
0 Aldiss, Brian(?)    Starswarm                             11
   [Baen; 0-671-55999-0; $2.95 paperback]
       "SF; genetic manipulation; not read" -11
  
? Almquist, Gregg     Wolf Kill                             MP
   [Pocket; 0-671-67184-7; $4.50]
       [Lycanthropy story; not read. -MP]
  
0 Andersen, Hans C.   The Little Mermaid                    3
       "About a mermaid who becomes human." -3
  
0 Anderson, Poul      Brain Wave                            22
   [Ballantine; 0-345-24685-3; $1.50]
       "mind power increase" -22
0 Anderson, Poul      Operation Chaos                       10,11,31
   [Berkley; 0-425-03750-9; $1.75]
   [Baen; 0-671-72102-X; $3.99]
       "[one of] the two classic werewolf-as-hero stories" -10
       "Series; Fantasy; lycanthropy; not read" -11
       "one of the main characters is a werewolf" -31
? Anderson, Poul      Three Hearts and Three Lions          MP
   [Avon; 380-00412-060; $.60]
  
0 Anthony, Piers      Apprentice Adept series               42,54
   [1:Split Infinity: Del Rey; 0-345-20761-5; $2.95]
   [2:Blue Adept: Del Rey; 0-345-31424-7; $2.95]
   [3:Juxtaposition: Del Rey; 0-345-28215-9; $2.95]
       "All seven...books involve shapechangers--primarily werewolves and
     shapechanging unicorns." -42
       "There is also an alien whose native form is a blob of jello, which can
     shapeshift to any form.  (Unimportant to the plot; allows some things to
     take place, but they could have been accomplished in other ways.)" -54
0 Anthony, Piers      Cluster series                        11,18,20,39,42
   [1:Cluster: Avon; 0-380-01755-5; $2.95]
       "Rating: 3 Type: M Significance: - Description: 0 Saturation: +.  First
     in a series; SF; Space travel into empty body." -11
       "deals with the transportation of a person's 'mind and soul?' into other
     bodies.  I really enjoyed the idea behind Viscous Circle." -18
       "...has one/several(?) stories involving a consciousness transference,
     allowing beings to enter the bodies of aliens (a bit of a stretch for
     transformation)" -20
- Anthony, Piers      Macroscope                            /42/11
       "Rating: 4 Type: M Significance: 0 Description: - Saturation: -" -11
       "Consciousness transference plays an important, though not central, role
     in Macroscope, which is probably Piers Anthony's best book." -42
- Anthony, Piers      Xanth series                          //42
       "There are about fourteen Xanth books out so far, and all involve *some*
     shape-changing, especially given that Dolph, the protagonist of the more
     recent Xanth books, is a shape-changer.  This should not be read as a
     recommendation." -42
  
0 Anvil, Christopher  Warlord's World                       42
       "Agent operates by taking over someone else's body." -42
  
? Armstrong, F. W.    The Changing                          MP
   [TOR; 0-812-52754-2; $3.50]
       [Lycanthropy story; not read. -MP]

? Arnason, Eleanor    Daughter of the Bear King             MP
   [Avon; 0-380-75109-7; $3.50]
       [Not read, but the main character at least appears to turn into a
     bear. -MP]
0 Arnason, Eleanor    To the Resurrection Station           42
       "The Resurrection Station's function is to provide new bodies, though
     this turns out to be somewhat peripheral to the story." -42
  
0 Asimov, Isaac       The Gods Themselves                   40
       "One part involves a rather surprising transformation." -40
  
0 Asimov, Janet       Mind Transfer                         18
       "really isn't a 'transformation' as the minds are transferred from one
     body to another, the body doesn't change into the other.  But it's good."
     -18
  
0 Awlinson, Richard   Avatar series (Forgotten Realms)      54
       "Shadowdale, Tantras, Waterdeep; order uncertain.  One character is
     cursed to change into a panther occasionally.  (Adds good character-
     ization, but not much to the plot.)" -54
     [more information in Spoiler Section]
  
? Banks, Iain M.      Consider Phlebas                      MP
   [Bantam Spectra; 0-553-29281-1; $5.99]
       [According to Raymond's Reviews, the main character is a shapeshifter.
     I haven't read it myself, though. -MP]
  
0 Barnes, Steven      The Kundalini Equation                22
   [Tor; 0-812-53150-7; $3.50]
       "king of a berserker transformation, with some twists" -22
  
0 Baudino, Gael       Dragonsword                           11
   [ROC; 0-451-45081-7; $4.99]
       "Rating: 3 Type: B Significance: 0 Description: - Saturation: 0.
     Fantasy; magic.  Not really good or bad, more just there.  Could be a 2 
     rating, but I'm in a generous mood.  Little detail to the transformations,
     though a fair amount of care is given to examining their effects, at least
     in one instance." -11
  
0 Baum, L. Frank      The Land of Oz                        42
   [See Spoiler section for more info.]
  
0 Beagle, Peter S     The Last Unicorn                      3
   [In The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle, from SFBC; also published
    separately]
       "Has an interesting transformation (it's a bit of a spoiler if I tell
     you what it is), and is one of the best books I've ever read." -3
+ Beagle, Peter S     Lila the Werewolf                     11,MP/3
   [In The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle, from SFBC]
   [in Werewolf! by Pronzini; also published separately]
       "Another (brilliant) werewolf story" -3
       "Rating: 2 Type: L Significance: + Description: 0 Saturation: +" -11
       [One of the more down-to-earth werewolf stories I've read, showing
     some of the problems of life as a werewolf in the big city. -MP]
 
0 Bear, Greg          Blood Music                           11,13,22
   [Ace; 0-441-06797-2; $4.50]
       "Rating: 2 Type: B Significance: + Description: 0 Saturation: -. 
     Horror; genetic manipulation error." -11
0 Bear, Greg          The Serpent Mage                      42
       "The most significant transformation here is that of a millions-of-
     years-old mage to/from Loch-Ness Monster.  Great book; sequel to The 
     Infinity Concerto." -42
  
- Benford, Gregory;
   Brin, David        The Heart of the Comet                //42
       "An isolated fraction of the human race transforms itself in a short 
     time, in multiple ways--some through personality transfer, some through
     acquisition of sumbionts.  Borderline for this list." -42
  
0 Bester, Alfred      Tyger Tyger                           47
       "A classic work by this man, the 'hero' of the story has some
     interesting problems and eventually manages through a bizarre change to
     become capable of Teleportation.  A good read, a 3... I wouldn't read
     it again and again... ;)" -47
 
0 Biggle, Lloyd Jr.   Watchers of the Dark                  42
       "The bad guys are shape-changers (or at least illusionists)--a fact of
     little importance to the story." -42
  
+ Bishop, Michael(ed.);
   Watson, Ian(ed.)   Changes (anthology)                   MP//
   [Ace; 0-441-10260-3; $2.75; 1983]
       [A very good collection of 18 stories (listed elsewhere), that's recent
     enough to still be very available in used book stores. -MP]
  
0 Blish, James        Midsummer Century                     42
       "A man finds his mind occupying a non-human body in the far future.  The
     other 'occupant' is not amused." -42
0 Blish, James        The Triumph of Time                   22
   [Avon; S221; $.60]
       "this one has the protagonist becoming a minor universe" -22
  
0 Boyd, John          The Organ Bank Farm                   42
       "Genetic manipulation and brain transplants.  Good, slightly macabre
     tongue-in-cheek" -42
  
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Sword and the Satchel             45
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Elves and the Otterskin           45
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart     45
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Wizard and the Warlord            45
       On all 4 above: "...are light-hearted fantasy and follow a plot that
     differs only in details.  Always some green youth finds a powerful magic
     item and journeys forth to destroy an evil wizard who threatens to enslave
     or destroy the world etc." -45
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Troll's Grindstone                45
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Curse of Slagfid                  45
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Dragon's Carbuncle                45
       On all 3 above: "...begin in the same setting, but are a series, and,
     IMHO, rather more rewarding." -45
       On all 7 above: "Most elves and all wizards have power to transform
     themselves into one other creature, their fylgja." -45
  
? Bradbury, Ray       Something Wicked This Way Comes       MP
   [Bantam; 553-03408-075; $.75]
  
0 Bradley, Marion Z.  Endless Voyage                        42
       "Space travel requires surgical adaptation." -42
0 Bradley, Marion
    Zimmer, ed.       Sword and Sorceress(anthology series) 38
   [DAW; 1: 0-87997-928-3, $2.95; 2: 0-88677-041-6, $2.95; 
    3: 0-88677-302-4, $3.95; 4: 0-88677-210-9, $3.50; 5: 0-88677-288-5, $3.95;
    6: 0-87997-423-3, $4.50; 7: 0-88677-457-8, $4.50; 8: 0-88677-486-1, $4.50]
       "Every volume in the series has at least one or two transformation
     stories.  Some good, some mediocre.  Fantasy." -38
0 Bradley, Marion Z.  The World Wreckers                    42
       "Hermaphrodites who go through a gender-shifting metamorphosis." -42
  
+ Brandner, Gary      The Howling                           11/MP/
   [Fawcett; 0-449-13824-0, $1.75]
       "Rating: 2 Type: L Significance: + Description: + Saturation: -.  
     Horror; lycanthropy.  Traditional werewolf story.  Somewhat the basis for
     the original movie of the same name; definitely the basis for the fourth 
     movie in the series.  A reasonably good transformation description saves 
     it from the trash heap." -11
       [As a story it's fair at best, but as a transformation tale it's worth
     a look, though I wouldn't quite give it a +. -MP]
- Brandner, Gary      The Howling II                        //11,MP
   [Fawcett; 0-449-14091-1; $1.95]
       "Rating: 1 Type: L Significance: X Description: X Saturation: X.  
     Strongly not recommended.  I couldn't get through it." -11
       [Nor I... I just thought it should be listed since its previous volume
     was.  The transformation stuff isn't even as good as Howling I. -MP]
  
0 Brin, David         The Postman                           22
       "military enhancements" -22
0 Brin, David         Uplift series                         42
   [Startide Rising: Bantam Spectra; 0-553-27418-X; $4.50]
       "The transformation, by genetic manipulation, is evolutionary rather 
     than personal.  (If you haven't read "Startide Rising" go read it now, 
     before finishing to read this list.)" -42
  
0 Brooks, Terry       The Elfstones of Shannara             4
       "Young elf girl becomes a tree" -4
- Brooks, Terry       Magic Kingdom series                  /18/MP
   [Magic Kingdom For Sale-Sold!: Del Rey; 0-345-31758-0; $4.50]
   [The Black Unicorn: Del Rey]
   [Wizard At Large: Del Rey; 0-345-36227-6; $4.95]
       "has a person magically turned into a dog.  Poor Abernathy." -18
       [I wouldn't bother to find this for the sake of the transformations.
     Abernathy's there, but a pretty minor plot element, and he seemed pretty
     "cardboard" to me. -MP]
  
? Brown, Crosland     Tombley's Walk                        MP
       [Horror; lycanthropy; not read -MP]
 
0 Bull, Emma          War for the Oaks                      42
       "A Pookha is a kind of were-dog.  In case you were wondering." -42
  
0 Burroughs, Edgar    The Land that Time Forgot             42
       "Trilogy set in a land where evolution is personal.  Neanderthals wake 
     up one day and find/decide that it's time to become Cro-Magnons." -42
0 Burroughs, Edgar    Synthetic Men of Mars                 42
       "Pulp-era brain transplants" -42
  
+ Busby, F. M.        The Breeds of Man                     11//
   [Bantam Spectra; 0-553-27008-7; $3.95]
       "Rating: 4 Type: B Significance: 0 Description: + Saturation: +.  S; 
     Genetic manipulation; 4...  After conquering an AIDS-like plague, the 
     inhabitants of earth find themselves unable to bear more than one child 
     per partners blood type.  The solution to that, however, produces some 
     unexpected side effects..." -11
     [See the Spoilers Section for more information.]
0 Busby, F. M.        Demu trilogy                          42
       "Aliens who believe themselves to have the only acceptable form try to
     alter their captives to suit." -42
  
0 Butler, Octavia     most everything                       8
0 Butler, Octavia     Clay's Ark                            42
       "A space-born plague transforms much of the human race." -42
+ Butler, Octavia     Adulthood Rites                       11,MP/8,12,15/
   [Questar; 0-445-20903-8; $4.95]
+ Butler, Octavia     Dawn                                  11,MP/8,12,15/
   [Questar; 0-445-20779-5; $4.50]
+ Butler, Octavia     Imago                                 11,MP/8,12,15/
   [Questar; 0-445-20977-1; $4.95]
       On all three above: "Rating: 4 Type: B Significance: + Description: + 
     Saturation: +.  SF; Alien technology...  An alien race comes upon an Earth
     devastated by nuclear war, and rescues the survivors.  Their intention: to
     interbreed, incorporating the best of both races." -11
       [A fascinating look at the psychological aspects of such a situation; is
     it better for humanity to die or to change to something not really human?
     Different people make different decisions, and the reader can empathize
     with all of them. -MP]
+ Butler, Octavia     Wild Seed                             MP/8,12/
   [Questar: 0-445-20537-7; $4.50]
       On all four above: "Butler is an amazingly good writer who is not
     terribly well-known.  These books are unsettling." -12
       [One main character "transforms" by possessing others' bodies when he
     dies; the other really shapeshifts.  Again, a great psychological story.
     -MP]
  
0 Cabell, James B.    Poictesme series                      42
       "Especially Jurgen, and Figures of Earth." -42
  
+ Cadnum, Michael     Saint Peter's Wolf                    MP/28
   [Carroll & Graf; SFBC]
       "This is a novel that explores the experience of becoming a werewolf and
     the changes that take place in the protagonist.  It is quite good and is
     set from the point of view of the werewolf." -28
       [The best psychological look at the werewolf that I've seen.  The jacket
     blurbs call it "the best werewolf novel in fifteen years"; I certainly
     wouldn't argue. -MP]
  
? Caine, Geoffrey     Wake of the Werewolf                  MP
   [Diamond; 1-55773-578-6; $4.50]
       [Not read, but appears to be a fairly conventional werewolf novel. -MP]
  
0 Caldin, Martin      Cyborg                                22,MP
   [Warner; 0-446-76643-7; $1.25]
       "good book; the TV version was $6M Man, which wasn't nearly so well
     done" -22
       [I wasn't all that impressed by the book; still, it's one of the 
     earliest bionic-modification books I know of, and it's worth reading.
     You know the plot line; test pilot crashes, has to be pieced together
     with hardware, gets sent on impossible missions. -MP]
 
? Callahan, Jay       Night of the Wolf                     MP
   [Leisure; 0-8439-2269-9; $3.25]
        [Lycanthropy novel; not read. -MP]
 
0 Card, Orson Scott
    (editor)          Dragons of Darkness (anthology)       20
   [Ace; 0-441-16664-4; $2.95]
0 Card, Orson Scott
    (editor)          Dragons of Light (anthology)          20
   [Ace; 0-441-16661-X; $2.95]
0 Card, Orson Scott   Treason                               15
   [St. Martin's; 0-312-92019-8; $4.95]

? Carter, Angela      The Bloody Chamber                    MP
       [A fairy-tale collection; I have it marked as a transformation book, so
     someone must have told me it has transformation stories, but I can't find
     it to confirm that. -MP]
  
0 Carver, Jeffrey     From a Changeling Star                40
0 Carver, Jeffrey     Down the Stream of Stars              40
       "I might have the titles wrong. They are packed with ideas beyond what
     the writer could handle, more suitable for a Star Trek show than reading
     material. But if you like transformation, there's nanotech remaking of
     people and one bizarre megatransformation." -40
  
? Case, David         Wolf Tracks                           MP
   [Leisure; 0-8439-2166-8; $3.50]
       [Lycanthropy story; not seen or read.]
  
0 Chalker, Jack       most/all his works                    1,2,3,7,12,13,17,
                                                            22,31,33,34,35,MP
       "physical transformations until they get tedious" -2
       "Many of [his] works have the transformation theme, although he's not a
     particularly good writer." -3
       "I consider him a hack" -12
       "I can think of one novel offhand written by Chalker that didn't involve
     physical or mental transformation.  And a few short stories.  (Well, one.)
     *All* the rest of it does to one degree or another." -13
       "warning, he likes to transform everybody (eventually) into beautiful
     nymphomaniac females with humongous breasts.  While I have stopped reading
     his books due to this tendency, he can occasionally tell a good story."
     -31
       "It seems like almost every one of his novels incorporates someone who
     is transformed or switches bodies with someone else or has their sex
     reversed or species changed.  It might almost make a good contest to come
     up with a Jack Chalker novel that _doesn't_ include at least one such 
     individual however minor or seemingly irrelevant to the story line." -34
       "Try almost anything by Jack Chalker...everything Chalker writes deals
     with the physical transformation of at least one, and sometimes ALL, of 
     his protagonists.  In fact, even his 'Demons at Rainbow Bridge' has one
     character that gets changes, so I guess so far he's batting a thousand in
     the Transformation Sweepstakes.  (He cheats, though, in Rings of the
     Master; there's no earthly reason the changes should be irreversible 
     except he doesn't want the characters to be able to get away with it scot-
     free." -35
       [People seem to either like or hate Jack Chalker.  Personally, I like
     him, in small doses.  Several of his stories seem to be pretty much the
     same plotwise, though.  But he does use transformation more than any other
     author I've seen. -MP]
- Chalker, Jack       And the Devil Will Drag You Under     //11,31
       "Rating: 4 Type: B Significance: - Description: 0 Saturation: -.  SF; 
     advanced science...only touches on transformations, rather than using that
     as a main theme.  I just threw it in because it does include a few 
     transformations (minor) and is one of his better books." -11
       "there isn't much transformation, but there is a little, and some of it
     is interesting" -31
- Chalker, Jack       Changewinds series                    /35/11
   [Riders of the Winds: Ace; 0-441-72351-9; $3.50]
   [War of the Maelstrom: Ace; 0-441-10268-9; $3.95]
   [When the Changewinds Blow: Ace; 0-441-88081-9; $3.50]
       "Rating: 2 Type: B Significance: - Description: 0 Saturation: -...does 
     deal some with physical transformations, but not as much as other series/
     stories." -11
+ Chalker, Jack       Dancing Gods series                   11/2,35/
   [Demons of the Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 0-345-30893-X; $4.95]
   [River of Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 0-345-30892-1; $2.95]
   [Songs of the Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 0-345-34799-4; $4.95]
   [Vengeance of the Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 0-345-31549-9; $3.50]
       "fantasy; magic and lycanthropy; 4" -11
       "Rating: 4 Type: B Significance: 0 Description: + Saturation: +...
     essentially humor/parody, and the first three books are rather fun" -11
0 Chalker, Jack       Demons at Rainbow Bridge              35
   [Ace; 0-441-69992-8; $3.95]
+ Chalker, Jack       Downtiming the Nightside              11//
   [Tor; 0-812-53288-0; $2.95]
       "Rating: 1 Type: M Significance: + Description: 0 Saturation: 0.  SF; 
     time travel...  When time-traveling, the traveler must have a body to 
     occupy at the destination, so one is made up--someone unimportant, usually
     lower class, and most often someone who had died young, but was now 
     miraculously alive at the jump point.  This is, IMHO, Chalker's worst
     work; unorganized, poorly written, and clunky." -11
+ Chalker, Jack       Four Lords of the Diamond series      11/7,13/
   [Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold: Ballantine; 0-345-29371-1; $2.50]
   [Charon: A Dragon at the Gate: Del Rey; 0-345-29370-3; $3.95]
   [Lilith: A Snake in the Grass: Ballantine; 0-345-29369-X; $2.50]
   [Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail: Del Rey; 0-345-29372-X; $2.95]
       "(4 books - some of his better work)" -7
       "Rating: 3 Type: B Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +.  SF; 
     virus" -11
+ Chalker, Jack       Identity Matrix                       11//
   [Pocket; 0-671-44481-6; $2.95]
       "Rating: 5 Type: M Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +.  SF;
     Alien ability & advanced science" -11
- Chalker, Jack;
   Resnick, Mike;
   Effinger, George   The Red Tape War                      //11
   [Tor; 0-312-85151-0; $17.95 hardcover]
       "Rating: 2 Type: M Significance: - Description: - Saturation: -.  S; 
     Mind transfer...  Silly round-robin story, with no plot, little action, 
     and barely enough humor to get by." -11
+ Chalker, Jack       Rings of the Masters series           11/2,35/
   [Lords of the Middle Dark: Del Rey; 0-345-32560-5; $3.50]
   [Pirates of the Thunder: Del Rey; 0-345-32561-3; $3.50]
   [Warriors of the Storm: Del Rey; 0-345-32562-1; $3.95]
       "Rating: 3 Type: B Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +.  SF; 
     Advanced science and natural ability" -11
+ Chalker, Jack       Soul Rider (Flux and Anchor) series   11/1,2,17/
   [Spirits of Flux and Anchor: Tor; 0-812-53275-9; $2.95]
   [Empires of Flux and Anchor: Tor; 0-812-53329-1; $3.95]
   [2 books missing]
   [Children of Flux and Anchor: Tor; 0-812-53286-4; $3.50]
       "...deal with people being transformed via spells into all types of
     creatures and variations of creatures, both willingly and unwillingly." -1
       "Rating: 4 Type: B Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +.  SF; 
     conversion mass -> energy -> mass" -11
0 Chalker, Jack       Web of the Chozen                     11,22
   [Ace; 0-441-88081-9; $2.95]
       "Rating: 2 Type: B Significance: 0 Description: 0 Saturation: -.  SF; 
     virus" -11
+ Chalker, Jack       Well World (Well of Souls) series     11/1,13,17,35/
   [Midnight at the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 0-345-29223-5; $1.95]
   [Exiles at the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 0-345-32437-4; $3.50]
   [Quest for the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 0-345-29337-1; $2.25]
   [The Return of Nathan Brazil: Del Rey; 0-345-34105-8; $3.50]
   [Twilight at the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 345-28368-6; $2.25]
       "The Well world books basically have big holes in space where humans
     sometimes fall in.  They are then transported to the Well World, where
     they are transformed into one of 800+ different species." -1
       "Rating: 4 Type: B Significance: + Description: - Saturation: +.  SF; 
     machine" -11
  
0 Charrette, Robert   Secrets of Power trilogy              42
       "Set in the universe of the Shadowrun game, but surprisingly readable.
     Some of the characters are shapechangers.  In addition some are humans who
     came down with a disease which causes them to be transformed into Orcs or
     Elves or whatever." -42
  
- Cherryh, C. J.      Cyteen                                //42
       "One book in hardcover, three in paperback.  This is actually the
     opposite [of the Morganie trilogy].  Essentially, it's a study of what
     constitutes identity and, secondarily, what constitutes genius.  The book
     centers on an attempt to reproduce a genius by cloning her and raising her
     in an identical environment to the original.  A superb book, though I'm
     not sure it's "on topic".
0 Cherryh, C. J.      Morganie trilogy                      42
   [Exile's Gate: DAW; 0-88677-254-0; $3.95]
   [Fires of Azeroth: DAW; 0-87997-466-4; $1.95]
   [Gate of Ivrel: DAW; 0-87997-956-9; $2.50]
   [Well of Shiuan: DAW; 0-88677-270-2; $3.95]
       "Actually, it's up to four books now.  Sword and not-much-sorcery, 
     except that the baddies have the technology to transfer to new bodies when
     theirs wear out.  Which is too bad for the occupants." -42
- Cherryh, C. J.      Voyager in Night                      45
       "I'm not sure if this qualifies.. A computer-run *alien* ship takes in
     some humans after the crash. Two out of three humans die, but the computer
     has taken templates (?) of them and can copy them at will.  These copies
     then mutate in quite different directions.. I liked this book a lot" -45
  
+ Clarke, Arthur C.   Childhood's End                       MP//
   [Del Rey; 0-345-29467-X; $5.95 softcover]
       [I'm amazed that no one's listed this one.  To me it's one of the
     classics, like the Xenogenesis series, it deals with the transformation of
     an entire race, and the social and psychological aspects of the events
     leading up to it.  The aliens assisting this change, who themselves can
     never change in this way, are fascinating characters as well. -MP]

0 Clayton, Jo         Diadem series                         42
       "The diadem in question contains some long-dead folks in need of new
     bodies." -42
0 Clayton, Jo         Drinker of Souls                      28,42
0 Clayton, Jo         Blue Magic                            28,42
0 Clayton, Jo         A Gathering of Stones                 28,42
       For all 3 above books: "The protagonist is a young girl changed into a
     shapeshifter/energy vampire by a goddess.  She supplies the life energy 
     she takes from people to two shapeshifting energy beings the goddess also
     coerced into taking a roll." -28
       "Assorted shapechangers." -42
  
- Clement, Hal        Circle of Fire                        //42
   [See Spoiler section for more info.]
  
? Collins, Nancy A.   Sunglasses After Dark                 MP
       [Horror; vampirism; may or may not involve shapechanging, since I
     haven't managed to locate it, but I'm told it does -MP]
  
0 Cooper, Louise      Indigo series                         42
   [Nemesis: TOR; 0-812-53401-8; $3.95]
   [Inferno: TOR; 0-812-50246-9; $3.95]
   [Infanta: TOR; 0-812-50667-7; $4.95]
   [Nocturne:TOR; 0-812-50798-3; $4.95]
       "One of the heroine's incidental talents is shape-shifting." -42
  
0 Cooper, Susan       The Dark is Rising                    36
0 Cooper, Susan       GreenWitch                            36
0 Cooper, Susan       The Grey King                         36
0 Cooper, Susan       Silver on the Tree                    36
     On all of the above:
       "[a juvenile series]...which have one or two references to shape-
     changing also.  Those ones are more of a 'discovery of power enables 
     change' type books." -36
  
0 Danvers, Dennis     Wilderness                            MP
   [Poseidon; SFBC]
       [Werewolf story.  Got very good reviews; I didn't think it was all that
     good, but certainly not bad either. -MP]
 
+ David, Peter        Howling Mad                           11,MP/3/
   [Ace; 0-441-34663-4; $3.50]
       "about a wolf who gets bitten by a werewolf and turns human 3 nights a
     month" -3
       "Rating: 3 Type: L Significance: + Description: 0 Saturation: 0.  
     Fantasy; lycanthropy (in reverse)" -11
       [A quite good (and different) lycanthropy story, and a rather funny look
     at our own culture as a bonus. -MP]
  
- de Camp, L Sprague;
   Pratt, Fletcher    The Compleat Enchanter                //42
   [In The Complete Compleat Enchanter; Baen; 0-671-69809-5; $4.50; 1989 ]
       "Excellent fantasy classic, with some incidental shape-changing." -42
  
0 de Lint, Charles    Wolf Moon                             11/20,36/MP
   [Signet; 0-451-15487-8; $3.50]
       "Rating: 3 Type: L Significance: + Description: X Saturation: X" -11
       "lycanthropy; not bad to good yarn.  Several other stories by de Lint
     have incidental morphisms." -20
       "about a werewolf and the evil man hunting him" -36
       [I don't know why, but I just couldn't get into this story, even enough
     to finish it.  The werewolf character didn't seem very well-developed; 
     I'll have to try reading it again to see if it was just me. -MP]
  
0 Deitz, Tom          Darkthunder's Way                     28
0 Deitz, Tom          Sunshaker's War                       28
0 Deitz, Tom          Stoneskin's Revenge                   28,42
   [Avon; 0-380-76063-0; $3.95]
       "A monster whose talents include shapechanging." -42
       For all 3 above books: "Some of the people in the books learn old
     Cherokee magic for shapeshifting.  They are fun books targeted at the
     young adult market." -28
0 Deitz, Tom          Fireshaper's Doom                     42
       "One subplot involves turning a lizard back into an elf." -42
  
- Delaney, Joseph     In The Face of My Enemy               //11
       "Rating: 3 Type: B Significance: 0 Description: - Saturation: -.  S; 
     Alien granted ability; 3...  The story of a primitive man made an immortal
     shape-changer by aliens, and his adventures into the past and future." -11
  
0 Dickson, Gordon R.  The Alien Way                         MP
   [Warner; 0-446-84552-3; $1.75]
       [A mind-transfer story, where a human's mind is projected into an alien
     body.  Interesting mental changes result. -MP]
0 Dickson, Gordon R.  The Dragon and the George             15,MP
   [Del Rey; 0-345-29902-7; $2.50]
       [A modern-day scholar gets projected into the body of a dragon in a
     medieval world.]
0 Dickson, Gordon R.  The Dragon Knight                     15,MP
   [hardback: Tor; 0-312-93129-8(?); $19.95]
       [The protagonist of The Dragon and the George now has to learn to
     control the magic that keeps changing him from dragon to human and back.
     Another character can change into a seal. -MP]
? Dickton, Gordon R.  The Dragon on the Border              MP
       [Another sequel to the above series, not read.]
  
? DiSilvestro, Roger  Ursula's Gift                         MP
       [Reviewed in OtherRealms 24.2; not read.]
  
0 Dixon, Dougal       Man After Man                         51
       "Speculative fiction concerning future genetic manipulation
     techniques and subsequent evolution." -51
  
0 Duane, Diane        Deep Wizardry                         28,42,MP
   [in Support Your Local Wizard; SFBC]
       "The heroine and hero transform and are transformed into whales to 
     undertake this mission.  This is the middle book of a trilogy consisting
     of 'So you Want to Be a Wizard' and 'High Wizardry' also." -28
       "The protagonists change themselves into whales in order to save the 
     world.  Much better than it sounds." -42
       [Two different mechanics are used for the shapechanges, though that
     fact doesn't change much in the plot.  A fun story to read; it reads like
     juvenile fiction, but raises some very serious points too. -MP]
  
  
    The E's through Z's, and the Spoiler information, are in the next two
 sections.