From: phaedrus@halcyon.com (Mark Phaedrus)
Subject: Transformation Stories List, v8, pt. 1 of 4 (A-D) [long] [spoilers?]
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: Eighth release; more wanted
Reply-To: phaedrus@halcyon.com
Organization: Lycanthropes Anonymous
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 07:42:41 GMT

     This is the eighth release of the Transformation Stories List.  This is
also the first version of the list that will be made available on America
Online as well as on the Internet (unless someone else has been sneaking it
there behind my back :) ); hopefully showing it to a new crowd will bring in
some new suggestions.
     Please note that my Internet email address has changed (there comes a
point in every man's life when he must move from .edu to .com... :) )

WHAT THE LIST IS ABOUT
     About three years ago, I asked if anyone on the Internet could provide me
with the names of books or short stories using transformation as a theme.
Several dozen people could. :)  Many others have added their contributions
since, and the result is the list that follows.  My profuse thanks to everyone
who has contributed.
     The list includes books and short stories that feature physical or mental
transformation.  (By "transformation", I mean an abrupt and/or unnatural
change; someone growing up isn't transforming, unless, say, they turn into a
werewolf in the process. :) )  Currently, it's composed almost exclusively of
science fiction, fantasy and horror stories, and that will continue to be the
emphasis, but I'd be glad to list other sorts of works as well.
     In addition to listing these books and stories, each one has also been
rated as to how much of a role transformation plays in it; this should
give you a good idea of what works are most worth seeking out.
     This list includes a number of corrections to information in previous
lists, so please use this version in place of any previous ones you may have.
     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 would very much like to hear from you if you find this list
useful; I'll maintain the list as long as people are getting good use out of
it.

CHANGES IN THIS EDITION OF THE LIST
     New submissions and corrections, including many from the "TG SF List"
maintained by Marge@coyote.cs.wmich.edu.
     Quite a bit more publication info added.
     My Internet mailing address has changed.
     This list will also go out to America Online (in a slightly different
format).
     These instructions have been reorganized and rewritten to hopefully make
them clearer.

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, all the
information that has fairly obvious spoiler potential has been moved to the
end of the list.
     If the person giving me information on a book says that that information
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.

THE LIST FORMAT
     The list has two major sections; books and short stories.  Within these
sections, the list is sorted alphabetically by author.
     At first, the list may look a bit imposing, but it's easy to read once
you know how it's laid out.  An entry on the list looks like this:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Brandner, Gary      The Howling                           11/MP/
   [Fawcett; 1977; 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]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     The top line gives the author, the title, and a list of the people who
have commented on this book.  To save room, these people are listed by number;
check the list of "Contributors" later on to find out whose number is whose.
The people listed before the first slash (#11, Joe Huber, in this case) gave
the book a "+" rating, meaning that someone interested in transformations
should definitely seek out this book.  The people listed between the slashes
(just MP, myself, here) gave the book a "0" rating, meaning that the book is
about average as far as transformation goes.  The people listed after the
slashes (nobody here) gave the book a "-" rating, meaning that the book uses
transformation only incidentally.  (If the slashes are missing entirely, it
means that everyone gave the book a "0" rating.)  Please take note that these
ratings deal only with the use of transformations in the work, not with the
overall quality of the work itself.
     The character at the far left margin (a "+" here) is a quick reference;
a "+" if there have been more "+" than "-" votes, a "0" if the votes are
even, a "-" if there are more "-" than "+" votes, or a "?" if the book's
entry has critical information missing or if there's some question as to
whether the book belongs on the list at all (many of these are books that
I've gotten from other lists or picked up off the bookstore shelves, but
haven't had a chance to read to confirm their transformation content; if
you are familiar with these works, I'd greatly appreciate if you could send
me the needed info).
     The second line is publication info; publisher, year, ISBN and price.
Most of this information comes from my own collection, so the publication
info given may well not be for the most recent version.  If a "*" appears
just after the publication info, it means that I don't own the book, which
means I won't be able to answer any questions on it.  If a "!" appears
instead, it means that I don't own the book but it's on my list of Neat
Stuff to Buy. :)
     After that, any specific comments people have made about the book are
listed and identified by number.
     Joe Huber (#11), one of my best contributors, has devised a nice, compact
format for adding lots of information to his comments.  Here's his description
of that format, which I'd love to see other contributors use as well:
     "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."


WHERE AND HOW TO MAIL FOR LIST STUFF
     Please send any mail regarding this list to phaedrus@halcyon.com.  It
would help me if you start your mail message's Subject: line with
"Transformation", 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. :)  (See below for more
information on making additions/corrections to the list.)
     SPOILER COMPLAINTS: If you see information in the main portion of the
list that you believe constitutes a 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
to Internet users within 48 hours.
     THE MAILING LIST:  It's getting to be too much of a pain to deal with the
umpteen zillion bounces caused by account expirations/mailbox overflows, so at
least for now I'm doing away with the mailing list.  I would still be happy to
email a copy of the most recent mailing list to anyone on the Internet upon
request.
     SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGE:  If you think you have a way for the list to be
improved, please let me know about it (though if it involves a lot of extra
work I'll probably draft you for the job :) ).
     QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC WORKS:  I will do the best I can to answer
questions about specific works (the plot, the specifics of the transformation,
etc.), but I have to do so as time permits, which means it may take a while.
You will probably get a faster and better response by posting your question to
the net. instead.
     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. :)

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 (who is
       transformed into what and how), and anything else you feel would be
       helpful to know about the story (such as whether or not it's actually
       any good :) ).  If you feel that any of this information constitutes a
       "spoiler," please say so and that information will be put in the
       Spoiler Section instead of in the regular 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
       transformation occurs every page but nothing is ever made of it might
       be a "-".)   Also bear in mind that the quality of the work itself
       should not go into this rating, though it can certainly go into your
       description above.
     If you'd like to be *exceptionally* helpful, you can add the additional
       information that Joe Huber has used in his reviews; his format is
       described up in "List Format" above.

     Please mail me your submissions at phaedrus@halcyon.com; I don't have
time to follow all the Internet news (what a surprise :) ), so if you post it
I probably won't see it.

CHANGES I'D LIKE TO MAKE FOR THE NEXT VERSION
     I'd very much appreciate brief summaries for those works that don't
currently have them (and those that do, for that matter :) ).
     Some works still don't have complete publication info; any information
you can provide on these works would be most helpful.  (Almost all of these
works are flagged by a question mark where the publication info should be.)
     For those works with question marks by the left margin (meaning that I'm
not sure whether or not they belong on the list), I'd greatly appreciate any
additional information on these works that you can give me.
     Ideally, all the listed works should have at least a basic explanation
of what is transformed into what and how.  If you're familiar with any of
the listed works that don't have this information given, I would *very* much
appreciate your providing it (though be sure to let me know if it constitutes
a spoiler).
     And of course, new works are always more than welcome too. :)

CONTRIBUTORS
     I received suggestions and ideas from the following people, listed in no
particular order.  Once again, my thanks to each of them.
 1. Jeff Jensen            2. Greg Alan Raburn       3. Gavin Steyn
 4. Todd Haynes            5. Dave Schaumann         6. Paul S Shannon
 7. Seth D. Kadesh         8. Janet M. Lafler        9. Michel Forget
10. Dan Bloch             11. Joe Huber             12. Andy Nelson
13. David Goldfarb        14. Marc Espie            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            29. Marc Colten           30. Ron Hough
31. D. Jay Newman         32. Maurizio Codogno      33. Leslie DeGroff
34. The Humbug Wizard     35. Ryk E Spoor           36. Caroline Kierstead
37. Mark Gooley           38. David Fenger          39. Ben Cohen
40. Matthew P Wiener      41. Rolf Wilson           42. Dani Zwieg
43. Malcolm Mladenovic    44. Juri Munkki           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        57. Marcy Thompson
58. Bob Ewoldt            59. Jim Lawson            60. Aaron Humphrey
61. Greg Hughes
     Comments with "MP" next to them are my own.
     Marge@coyote.cs.wmich.edu was kind enough to send me her "TG SF List", a
list of SF/fantasy stories with transvestite/transsexual themes or characters.
The list is a large and useful; one, and I would encourage anyone interested
in the topic to mail her for a copy.  Where you see "TG" listed for a book in
this list, it means that that book is listed on the TG SF list; I've tried to
place these markers in the category (+, 0 or -) that seemed appropriate based
on the comments in that list, but I haven't included the comments themselves,
because I didn't want to step on anyone's toes (after all, the people sending
in those comments sent them to her list and not mine).  There are many more
books in her list that aren't in mine at all (and vice-versa, of course :) ).



   * * * Transformation Stories List, Version 8: Part 1 of 4 (Books A-D) * * *
  Author              Title                                Mentioned by(+/0/-)
- ------------------  ------------------------------------ -------------------

? (editor unknown)    Darkwater (anthology)                 3
   [?]!
       "There 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

?                     The Arabian Nights                    3
   [?]!
       "...at least half the stories have transformations of one sort or
     another." -3

--------------------------------------- A --------------------------------

- Adams, Douglas      The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul    /40/11
   [Pocket; 1990; 0-671-69404-9; $4.95]
       "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
   [Helliconia Spring: Berkley; 1984; 0-425-07328-9; $3.50]
       "summer/winter climate adaptation" -22
0 Aldiss, Brian       Starswarm                             11
   [Baen; 1985; 0-671-55999-0; $2.95]
       "SF; genetic manipulation; not read" -11

? Almquist, Gregg     Wolf Kill                             MP
   [Pocket; 1990; 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; 1974; 345-24685-3-150; $1.50]
       "mind power increase" -22
0 Anderson, Poul      Operation Chaos                       10,11,31
   [Berkley; 1978; 0-425-03750-9; $1.75]
   [Baen; 1992; 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; 1970; 380-00412-060; $.60]
       [On a list of transformation stories, but not read. -MP]

0 Anthony, Piers      Apprentice Adept series               42,54,TG
   [1:Split Infinity: Del Rey; 1982; 0-345-30761-5; $2.95]
   [2:Blue Adept: Del Rey; 1984; 0-345-31424-7; $2.95]
   [3:Juxtaposition: Del Rey; 1983; 0-345-28215-9; $2.95]
   [4-7:?]*
       "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; 1977; 0-380-01755-5; $2.95]
   [2:Chaining the Lady: Avon; 1978; 0-380-01779-2; $2.50]
   [3:Kirlian Quest: ?]*
       "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
   [1:A Spell for Chameleon; Del Rey; 1989; 0-345-34753-6; $4.95]
   [2:The Source of Magic; Del Rey; 1988; 0-345-35058-8; $4.95]
   [3:Castle Roogna; Del Rey; 1989; 0-345-35048-0; $4.95]
   [4:Centaur Aisle; Del Rey; 1990; 0-345-35246-7; $4.95]
   [5:Isle of View; Avon; 1990; 0-380-75947-0; $4.95]
   [6-:?]*
       "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
   [DAW; 1975; 451-UY1201-125; $1.25]
       "Agent operates by taking over someone else's body." -42

? Armstrong, F. W.    The Changing                          MP
   [TOR; 1985; 0-812-52754-2; $3.50]
       [Lycanthropy story; not read. -MP]

? Arnason, Eleanor    Daughter of the Bear King             MP
   [Avon; 1987; 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
   [Avon; 1986; 0-380-75110-0; $3.50]
       "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
   [Fawcett Crest; 1973; 449-01829-125; $1.25]
       "One part involves a rather surprising transformation." -40

- Asimov, Janet       Mind Transfer                         //18
   [Ace; 1989; 0-441-53306-X; $3.95]
       "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

? Asprin, Robert(ed.);
    Abbey, Lynn(ed.)  Thieves' World series [anthology]     61
   [The first four are edited by Robert Asprin only.]
   [1:Thieves' World; Ace; 1983; 0-441-80581-7; $2.95]
   [2:Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn; Ace; 1980; 0-441-79577-3; $2.75]
   [3:Shadows of Sanctuary; Ace; 1983; 0-441-76029-5; $2.95]
   [4:Storm Season; Ace; 1982; 0-441-78710-X; $2.95]
   [5:The Face of Chaos;Ace; 1984; 0-441-22550-0; $2.95]
   [6:Wings of Omen; Ace; 1985; 0-441-80588-4; $2.95]
   [7:The Dead of Winter; Ace; 1985; 0-441-14089-0; $2.95]
   [8:Soul of the City; Ace; 1986; 0-441-77581-0; $3.50]
   [9:Blood Ties; Ace; 1986; 0-441-80595-7; $2.95]
       "...you might look into Asprin-Abbey's Thieves' World series with
     Sorcerers being changes and performing changes.  I can't spot you a
     specific instance as I haven't read them for some time." -61

0 Awlinson, Richard   Avatar series (Forgotten Realms)      54
   [Shadowdale: TSR; 1989; 0-88038-730-0; $3.95]
   [Tantras: TSR; 1989; ?; $3.95]!
   [Waterdeep: TSR; 1989; 0-88038-759-9; $3.95]
       "One character is cursed to change into a panther occasionally.
     (Adds good characterization, but not much to the plot.)" -54
     [more information in Spoiler Section]

--------------------------------------- B --------------------------------

0 Banks, Iain M.      Culture series                        TG
   [The Player of Games: Harper & Row; ?]!
   [Consider Phlebas: Bantam Spectra; 1991; 0-553-29281-1; $5.99]
   [Use of Weapons: Bantam Spectra; ?]!
   [Against a Dark Background: forthcoming; Bantam Spectra]

0 Barnes, Steven      The Kundalini Equation                22
   [Tor; 1986; 0-812-53150-7; $3.50]
       "king of a berserker transformation, with some twists" -22

0 Baudino, Gael       Dragonsword                           11,TG
   [ROC; 1991; 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]
   [?]
       "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]
   [?]
       "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; 1986; 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

0 Benford, Gregory    Across the Sea of Suns                TG
   [?]!

- Benford, Gregory;
   Brin, David        The Heart of the Comet                //42
   [Bantam Spectra; 1987; 0-553-25839-7; $4.50]
       "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 Berlyn, Michael     The Integrated Man                    TG
   [Bantam; 1980; ?]!

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; 1983; 0-441-10260-3; $2.75]
       [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; 1966; 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
   [Del Rey; 1983; 0-345-30986-3; $2.95]
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Elves and the Otterskin           45
   [Del Rey; 1985; 0-345-32054-9; $2.95]
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart     45
   [Del Rey; 1983; 0-345-31445-X; $2.95]
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Wizard and the Warlord            45
   [Del Rey; 1983; 0-345-30711-9; $2.95]
       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
   [Del Rey; 1986; 0-345-32182-0; $3.50]
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Curse of Slagfid                  45
   [Del Rey; 1989l 0-345-33265-2; $3.95]
0 Boyer, Elizabeth    The Dragon's Carbuncle                45
   [Del Rey; 1990; 0-345-35459-1; $4.95]
       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; 1970; 553-03408-075; $.75]
       [Flagged as "transformation" in my files.  I have no idea why. :) -MP]

0 Bradley, Marion Z.  Endless Voyage                        42
   [?]!
       "Space travel requires surgical adaptation." -42
? Bradley, Marion
    Zimmer, ed.       Sword and Sorceress(anthology series) 38
   [1:DAW; 1984; 0-87997-928-3, $2.95]
   [2:DAW; 1985; 0-88677-041-6, $2.95]
   [3:DAW; 1986; 0-88677-302-4, $3.95]
   [4:DAW; 1987; 0-88677-210-9, $3.50]
   [5:DAW; 1988; 0-88677-288-5, $3.95]
   [6:DAW; 1990; 0-87997-423-3, $4.50]
   [7:DAW; 1990; 0-88677-457-8, $4.50]
   [8:DAW; 1991; 0-88677-486-1, $4.50]
   [9:DAW; 1992; 0-88677-509-4; $4.50]
       "Every volume in the series has at least one or two transformation
     stories.  Some good, some mediocre.  Fantasy." -38
       [It would be great if someone could point out a few specific stories
     here. -MP]
0 Bradley, Marion Z.  The World Wreckers                    42,TG
   [Ace; 1971; 0-441-91172-2; $1.75]
       "Hermaphrodites who go through a gender-shifting metamorphosis." -42

+ Brandner, Gary      The Howling                           11/MP/
   [Fawcett; 1977; 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; 1978; 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; 1988; 0-553-27418-X; $4.50]
   [Sundiver:?]!
   [The Uplift War:?]!
       "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; 1987; 0-345-31758-0; $4.50]
   [The Black Unicorn: Del Rey; ?]
   [Wizard At Large: Del Rey; 1989; 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
   [Avon; 1991; 0-380-76097-5; $4.50]
       [Horror; lycanthropy; not read -MP]

0 Bull, Emma          War for the Oaks                      42
   [Ace; 1987; 0-441-87073-2; $4.50]
       "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/TG/
   [Bantam Spectra; 1988; 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
   [Pocket; 1980; 0-671-43288-5; $3.50]
       "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     Xenogenesis series                    11,MP/8,12,15,TG/
   [Dawn: Questar; 1988; 0-445-20779-5; $4.50]
   [Adulthood Rites: Questar; 1989; 0-445-20903-8; $4.95]
   [Imago: Questar; 1990; 0-445-20977-1; $4.95]
       "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; 1988; 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]

--------------------------------------- C --------------------------------

0 Cabell, James B.    Poictesme series                      42
   [Figures of Earth: Del Rey; 1979- 0-345-28170-5; $2.25]
   [?]!
       "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; 1991; 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; 1974; 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; 1979; 0-8439-2269-9; $3.25]
        [Lycanthropy novel; not read. -MP]

0 Card, Orson Scott
    (ed.)             Dragons of Darkness (anthology)       20
   [Ace; 1983; 0-441-16664-4; $2.95]
0 Card, Orson Scott
    (ed.)             Dragons of Light (anthology)          20
   [Ace; 1983; 0-441-16661-X; $2.95]
0 Card, Orson Scott   Treason                               15,TG
   [St. Martin's; 1990; 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
   [Batnam Spectra; 1989; 0-553-27639-5; $3.95]
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
   [Del Rey; 1982; 0-345-30504-3; $2.50]
       "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
   [When the Changewinds Blow: Ace; 1987; 0-441-88081-9; $3.50]
   [Riders of the Winds: Ace; 1988; 0-441-72351-9; $3.50]
   [War of the Maelstrom: Ace; 1988; 0-441-10268-9; $3.95]
       "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,TG/
   [The River of Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 1984; 0-345-30892-1; $2.95]
   [Demons of the Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 1990; 0-345-30893-X; $4.95]
   [Vengeance of the Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 1985; 0-345-31549-9; $3.50]
   [Songs of the Dancing Gods: Del Rey; 1990; 0-345-34799-4; $4.95]
       "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
? Chalker, Jack       Demons at Rainbow Bridge              35
   [Ace; 1990; 0-441-69992-8; $3.95]
       [I know that other books in the Quintara Marathon series have come out;
     can someone tell us what they are, and whether or not they involve
     transformation as well? -MP]
+ Chalker, Jack       Downtiming the Nightside              11/TG/
   [Tor; 1985; 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,TG/
   [Lilith: A Snake in the Grass: Ballantine; 1983; 0-345-29369-X; $2.50]
   [Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold: Ballantine; 1982; 0-345-29371-1; $2.50]
   [Charon: A Dragon at the Gate: Del Rey; 1989; 0-345-29370-3; $3.95]
   [Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail: Del Rey; 1983; 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       The Identity Matrix                   11,TG//
   [Pocket; 1982; 0-671-44481-6; $2.95]
       "Rating: 5 Type: M Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +.  SF;
     Alien ability & advanced science" -11

+ Chalker, Jack       Rings of the Masters series           11/2,35/
   [Lords of the Middle Dark: Del Rey; 1986; 0-345-32560-5; $3.50]
   [Pirates of the Thunder: Del Rey; 1987; 0-345-32561-3; $3.50]
   [Warriors of the Storm: Del Rey; 1988; 0-345-32562-1; $3.95]
   [Masks of the Martyrs:?]!
       "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,TG/
   [Spirits of Flux and Anchor: Tor; 1984; 0-812-53275-9; $2.95]
   [Empires of Flux and Anchor: Tor; 1984; 0-812-53329-1; $3.95]
   [Masters of Flux and Anchor:?]!
   [The Birth of Flux and Anchor:?]!
   [Children of Flux and Anchor: Tor; 1986; 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
   [Ballantine; 1987; 0-345-33959-2; $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,TG/
   [Midnight at the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 1980; 0-345-29223-5; $1.95]
   [Exiles at the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 1988; 0-345-32437-4; $3.50]
   [Quest for the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 1980; 0-345-29337-1; $2.25]
   [The Return of Nathan Brazil: Del Rey; 1987; 0-345-34105-8; $3.50]
   [Twilight at the Well of Souls: Del Rey; 1980; 0-345-28368-6; $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

- 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

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'." -42
0 Cherryh, C. J.      Morganie series                       42
   [Exile's Gate: DAW; 1988; 0-88677-254-0; $3.95]
   [Fires of Azeroth: DAW; 1979; 0-87997-466-4; $1.95]
   [Gate of Ivrel: DAW; 1976; 0-87997-956-9; $2.50]
   [Well of Shiuan: DAW; 1978; 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; 1980; 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
   [Diadem from the Stars: DAW; 1977; 0-87997-293-9; $1.50]
   [?]!
       "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
   [DAW; 1988; 0-88677-270-2; $3.95]
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
   [Onyx; 1989; 0-451-40147-6; $3.99]
       [Horror; vampirism; may or may not involve shapechanging; not read -MP]

0 Cooper, Louise      Indigo series                         42
   [Nemesis: TOR; 1989; 0-812-53401-8; $3.95]
   [Inferno: TOR; 1989; 0-812-50246-9; $3.95]
   [Infanta: TOR; 1990; 0-812-50667-7; $4.95]
   [Nocturne:TOR; 1990; 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

--------------------------------------- D --------------------------------

0 Danvers, Dennis     Wilderness                            MP
   [Poseidon; SFBC]
   [Pocket Star; 1992; 0-671-72828-8; $5.50]
       [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; 1989; 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; 1989; 0-671-69809-5; $4.50]
       "Excellent fantasy classic, with some incidental shape-changing." -42

0 de Lint, Charles    Wolf Moon                             11/20,36/MP
   [Signet; 1988; 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
   [Avon; 1989; 0-380-75508-4; $3.95]
0 Deitz, Tom          Sunshaker's War                       28
   [Avon; 1990; 0-380-76062-2; $3.95]
0 Deitz, Tom          Stoneskin's Revenge                   28,42
   [Avon; 1991; 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
   [Avon; 1987; 0-380-75329-4; $3.95]
       "One subplot involves turning a lizard back into an elf." -42

- Delaney, Joseph     In The Face of My Enemy               //11
   [Baen; 1985; 0-671-55993-1; $2.95]
       "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 Delaney, Samuel R.  Triton                                TG
   [Bantam; 1976;?]!

0 Dickson, Gordon R.  The Alien Way                         MP
   [Warner; 1977; 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; 1988; 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]
? Dickson, Gordon R.  The Dragon on the Border              MP
   [?]!
       [Another sequel to the above series, not read.]
? Dickson, Gordon R.  The Dragon at War                     MP
   [?]!
       [Yet another sequel to the Dragon and the George; not read.]

0 DiSilvestro, Roger  Ursula's Gift                         MP
   [Donald I Fine; 1988; 1-55611-108-8; $16.95 hardback]
       [A man helps out a prostitute, and gets turned into a werewolf by way
     of thanks.  Things get progressively worse from there.  A funny read; not
     as good as Lila the Werewolf, but worth reading. -MP]

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.  Short stories are in the final (fourth) section.
 


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