[Poseidon; SFBC]
[Pocket Star; 1992; 0671728288; $5.99] [BB]
[See also the TV Section]
[(trans. Linda Coverdale) New Press; 1997; 1565843614; $18.00
hardcover] [BB]
[New Press; 1998; 1565844424; $10.95] [BB]
[Ace; 1989; 0441346634; $3.50] [BB]
[1: Peregrine: Primus:
Ace; 1971; 0441659500; $1.50] [BB]
[BBT]
[2: Peregrine: Secundus: Berkley;
1981; 0425048292; $2.25] [BB] [BBT]
[All:]
- [Cause: MA Result: BX/AN Saturation: -.] At the end of
the first book, Peregrine is turned into a peregrine falcon by an enchanter, supposedly to
save him from an even worse fate. At the beginning of the second, he is restored to human
shape accidentally. Very funny stories, but not exactly saturated with transformations. Rating: 3. -75
[Avon; 1973; 380-17657-095; $.95]
- Result: LY. For some reason I have
"were-whales" written down next to this one. I'll have to find the books to see
if I was sane at the time. -Ph
[Baen; 1997; 0671877623; $5.99] [BB]
[TOR; 1989; 0812516796; $4.50] [BB]
[Del Rey; 1983; 034529842X; $2.75] [BB]
- [Result: LY Description: +.] Magic. One of the villains
is a long-lived negro were-snake lady. The transformation is described in tolerably great
detail. -75
[In The Complete Compleat Enchanter; Baen; 1989;
0671698095; $4.50] [DZ] [BB]
- [Result: BM.] Excellent fantasy classic, with some
incidental shape-changing. -42
[?] (96/04/28)
[Signet/New American Library; 1988; 0451154878; $3.50] [BB]
[Tor; 1995; 0812523628; $4.99] [BB]
[TOR; 1992; 0812544501; $4.99] [BB]
- [Result: BX/AN/IN.] The heroine can get Tam Lin as her
husband (essential; she's pregnant by him) only by holding on to him while he's
shapechanged into a snake, a redhot iron rod, etc... Contemporary (actually, a couple
decades ago). -82
[Avonova; 1994; 0380774836; $?] [BB]
[1:Darkthunder's Way:
Avon; 1989; 0380755084; $3.95] [BB]
[BBT]
[2:Sunshaker's War: Avon; 1990; 0380760622;
$3.95] [BB] [BBT]
[3:Stoneskin's Revenge: Avon; 1991;
0380760630; $3.95] {/42/} [BB] [BBT]
[All:]
- [Cause: MC Result: BM.] Some of the people in the books
learn old Cherokee magic for shapeshifting. They are fun books targeted at the young adult
market. -28
[Avonova; 1996; 0380782715; $?] [BB]
[Avon; 1987; 0380753294; $3.95] [BB]
- [Result: BX.] One subplot involves turning a lizard back
into an elf. -42
[Baen; 1985; 0671559931; $2.95] [BB]
[Baen; 1984; 0671559168; $3.95] [BB]
[Bantam; 1982; 0553203096; $3.95] [BB]
[Bantam; 1983; 0553229796; $3.95] [BB]
- [Cause: AM Result: GC.] Delaney's Triton is
set on three different worlds, each of which has a different gender philosophy. (On one,
men are dominant, women on another, and things are pretty equal on the third). Sex changes
are quick and easy, and the super-macho protagonist has one in the last third of the book.
-3
- I couldn't get into it at all. No rating. -11
- After an unsuccesful attempt at romance, the protagonist has a sex change operation to
become a woman, for reasons that are not at all clear to me (or to the protagonist).
Basically, (s)he is not a nice person, cannot get on with other people or empathise with
them at all, and the operation does nothing to resolve this basic problem. -77
[Bantam; 1977; 0553105868; $1.75] [BB]
- [Cause: AM/AX Result: MP/BC?.] Some characters in this
undergo Evolution Therapy to boost their intellect; also most of those who take the alien
drug that Eldritch introduces start to be absorbed by him (a sort of reverse communion). -77
[Sphere; 1988; 0722129831; $2.99?] [BB]
- [Cause: MA Result: BM.] Legless and handless Tibor
McMasters has his hands and legs back for a moment, so he can kneel down and pray to god
Deus Irae. -79
[Warner; 1977; 0446845523; $1.75] [BB]
[1:The Dragon and the
George: Del Rey; 1988; 0345299027; $2.50] {/15,Ph/} [BB] [BBT]
[2:The Dragon Knight:
Tor; ?; 0312931298; $19.95 hardcover] {/15,Ph/} [RR] [BB] [BBT]
[3:The Dragon on the
Border: Ace; 1993; 0441166571; $?]! {//78}[BB] [BBT]
- Another sequel to The Dragon and the
George. -Ph
- Rating: 2 Significance: -. Dragon on the Border
has only a couple of instances of tranformation in it at all, and is a rather bad book
besides, nowhere near the level of the other two. The Dragon knight deals with an uprising
of elves. -78
[4:The Dragon at War:
Ace; 1993; 0441166113; $5.50] {/78/}[BB]
[BBT]
[Ace; 1986; 044124713X; $3.50] [BB]
- Rating: 3 Cause: AS Result: MT Significance: + Description: 0
Saturation: 0. A spaceship which has absorbed some of the
personality of its now long-dead pilot gives Earth scientists the key to learning how to
transfer a person's personality, intellect, spirit into an object--such as another
spaceship. Jim Wander is transferred into his spaceship and and (with a companion coming
along in a corner of his personality) goes into space to try to gather information on the
extraterrestrials with whom Earth has been at war. -104
(98/02/07)
[Tor; 1984; 812-53-562-6; $?]
[?]
[Dell; 1980; 0440196337; $1.95] [BB]
[Donald I Fine; 1988; 1556111088; $16.95 hardback] [BB]
[?]!
- [Cause: EM.] Speculative fiction concerning future
genetic manipulation techniques and subsequent evolution. -51
[?]
[Avon; 1992; ?; $?;360 pp]
- [Result: LY.] Not strictly speaking a transformation
story .. it's non-fiction, but a great background reference for anyone curious just why
our culture has this thing about werewolves, how they got their connection with the full
moon, and other fun things. -113
[1: Bad Blood; ?; $3.99] [BBT]
- [Result: LY.] Val is bitten by a crazy werewolf. The
story is based around how she deals with her new lycanthropy, and what she does to save
her friends when the werewolf who bit her comes back for round 2. Good descriptions of her
changes. A good book, one of my favorites. -147 (98/02/10)
- Lycanthropy. -154
- Amazon.com lists a book, Bad Blood: The Moon Is Full Beware the Beast; it's
Berkley, 1993, 0-425-13953-0, $? [BB].
Does anyone know whether this is the same book? -Ph
[2: Hunter's Moon:
Berkley; 1994; 0425143627; $3.99] [BB]
[BBT]
- [Result: LY/VA.] The continued story of Val. This story
is about what she does when Vampires come to town. Interesting, good plot. I liked it
alot. -147
[3: Judgment Night:
Berkley; 1995; 0425147282; $?] [BB]
[BBT]
- [Result: LY.] The third Val book (same authors). This is
a very original werewolf tale in my opinion. The bad guy is an "ancient, inhuman
spirit of evil". People from the first two books are in this one (don't count out the
dead, hint, hint) the ending is sort of surprising. Another favorite. -147
[Berkley; 1977; 0425034135, $1.25] [BB]
[?]
[Ballantine; 1988; 0345351959; $?] [BB]
- [Cause: MA Result: BX/AN.] Transformations include a
squirrel-like creature transformed into a bird which is later transformed into a goat and
eventually changed back to the original form of an woman. Also a transformation of
the main character rogue Madmartigan, princess Sorsha, and an army into a herd of pigs by
an evil enchanting queen. Also a movie made in 1988 by LucasFilm. Transformations is not
the overriding theme, but plays a major part in the mythical world. The
transformation scenes in the movies are quite good and the pig transformation scene
portrays a forced transformation well. -167 (98/03/12)
[in Support Your Local Wizard; SFBC]
[Delacorte; 1985; 0385293739; $?] [BB]
- [Result: BX/AN.] 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, but raises some very serious points too. -Ph
[The Door Into Fire:
Dell; 1979; 0440118743; $1.95] [BB]
[BBT]
[The Door Into Shadow: TOR; 1984;
0812536738; $2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[The Door Into Sunset: TOR; 1993;
0312851847; $21.95 hardcover] [BB]
[BBT]
On all three of the above:
- [Cause: MA?/MC?/NA/SY Result: SC/BX/AN.]
- In all three books, characters can transform themselves and others, for both disguise
and offense, with the appropriate ability (there are three different mechanisms involved).
In Fire, one character (a fire elemental) is by nature able to take on any
form that pleases it. In Shadow and Sunset, another character
takes on a dying dragon as indweller ('mdaha'), and after some time is able to take the
shape of a dragon herself. -70
[1:The Reluctant
Swordsman: Del Rey; 1988; 0345352912; $3.50] [BB] [BBT]
[2:The Coming of Wisdom: Del Rey;
1988; 0345352920; $3.95] [BB] [BBT]
[3:The Destiny of the Sword: Del
Rey; 1988; 0345352939; $3.50] [BB]
[BBT]
On all three of the above:
- Rating: 4 Cause: DT? Result: MU Significance: 0 Description:
- Saturation: -. Fantasy. Following a bout of (or death by?) meningitis, Wallie Smith
awakes in a body of a swordsman--more than just a job description in the caste-based
fantasy society presented here. The trilogy (closed-ended--rare these days!) follows
Wallie's search for why the transfer occurred and his explorations of the semiprimitive
society. Once the initial transfer takes place, not much in the way of transformations,
but good characterizations and plotting make this an entertaining read. -88
[Warner; 1989; ?; $9.99]
- [Cause: AM Result: BX.] The set-up for this weird and
fascinating novel is that a carnival-owning couple decide that in order to make any money
in the business they're going to have to breed their own freaks. Which they do, with the
aid of "drugs, insecticides, arsenic, radioisotopes" etc. The story is mainly
about the kids coming of age in such a weird world. Other transformations involve a cult
in which initiates progressively amputate their limbs and a wealthy woman who gets her
kicks from permanently mutilating overly beautiful young women (so that they can be
evaluated by their brains rather than their bodies). Fascinating book but certainly
disturbing. -95
[Baen; 1994; 0671876171; $4.99] [BB]
- [Cause: MA Result: BX/MP Significance: 0 Description: -
Saturation: 0.] Back cover copy: "HORSE CRAZY... When Dayna and Eric find a young
woman on their property, naked, terrified and incapable of speech, they're sure she's
abused and mentally deficient. But the truth is much stranger; she isn't human at all,
she's Dun Lady's Jess, a horse transformed into this new shape by a
malfunctioning spell that brought her and her rider, to whom she is utterly devoted, into
our world. Possessed now of human intelligence but still a horse deep inside, Jess
searches this world desparately for her master and rider--while a new, more human self
slowly wells up in her, making her doubt her very reason for existence..." A very
well-written first novel, by an experienced horse-woman. Mechanism: Magical. Extent: total
physical, and intelligence, though personality remains equine. Saturation: She changes a
few times each way in the course of the story. Description: None, instant change. -135 (98/02/07)
[Hale; 1980; 0709182759; UK5.25] [BB]
Where to from here?
Copyright © 1993-2000 Phaedrus /
Books C (p. 3) 
Transformation Stories List
Wilderness
{11,88/65,154,Ph/} [BBT]
Pig Tales: A Novel of Lust
and Transformation {/164/} [??] [BBT]
Peregrine
series {//75} [BBT]
Ursus of
Ultima Thule {/Ph/} [BBT]