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Halkin, John [??]

Fangs of the Werewolf {/87,154/} [??] [BBT]

[Barrons; 1988; 0812040716; $?] [BB]

[Result: LY.] Young adult, not very memorable. -87
Lycanthropy. -154

Hambly, Barbara [AL] [BL] [BR]

Dragonsbane {/69/} [BBT]

[Del Rey; 1986; 0345315723; $3.50] [BB]

(See the Spoiler Section for more information.)

Those Who Hunt the Night {/50,69/} [BBT]

[Del Rey; 1989; 0345361326; $4.50] [BB]

[Result: VA.] ...A recent vampire novel. -50
...Has some extremely interesting ideas about the transformation from human to vampire. -69

Hamilton, Laurell [??]

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series {/146,154/} [??]

[?: Guilty Pleasures: Ace; 1995; 0441304834; $6.50] [BB] [BBT]
[3?: Circus of the Damned: Ace; 1995; 0441001971; $5.99] [BB] [BBT]
[?: Bloody Bones: Ace; 1996; 0441003745; $6.50] [BB] [BBT]
[?: Killing Dance: Ace; 1997; 0441004520; $6.50] [BB] [BBT]
[?: The Laughing Corpse: Ace; 1994; 0441000916; $6.50] [BB] [BBT]
[?: The Lunatic Cafe: Ace; 1996; 0441002935; $6.50] [BB] [BBT]
[?: Burnt Offerings: Ace; 1998; 0441005241; $6.99] [BB] [BBT]
[?]

[Cause: NA/MA/VI Result: VA/LY.] Laurell Hamilton writes a series about a vampire slayer in a world where every legend is true. So far in this series (five books..) there have been were-rats.. were-wolves.. were-leopards.. a were-swan.. and more. Characters in this series have become shape shifters in a wide variety of ways, that include viruses.. spells..heredity and more. I do hope that you try this series and enjoy it as much as I have. -146 (98/02/10)
[On Bloody Bones, The Lunatic Cafe, Killing Dance:] Lycanthropy. -154
A search has turned up the books listed above, but I have no idea in which order they come in the series. -Ph

[1: Greyfax Grimwald: Popular Library; 1977; 0445085859; $1.95]
[2: Faragon Fairingay: Popular Library; 1977; 0445086181; $2.50]
[3: Calix Stay: Popular Library; 1977; 0445040475; $1.95]
[4: Squaring the Circle: Popular Library; 1977; 0445040890; $2.95]

Result: BX?/AN? Appears to be a young-adult series featuring several shapechanging characters; not read -Ph

Hansen, Karl

Dream Games {/76/} [??] [BBT]

[Ace; 1985; 0441166911; $2.95] [BB]

[Result: PE?/AN?.] Rating: 3 Cause: AM/GM Result: BM/GC/MT Significance: 0 Description: 0 Saturation: 0. This is set in a future where humans have hybridized their DNA in order to colonize space. However the hybridization, which granted virtual immortality to the select few, is inherently flawed by the accumulation of errors in DNA replication. To combat this xeno-DNA is introduced before puberty. The results may or may not be fully human, and earlier memories are made unavailable, while new memories are added. There are very few actual physical transformations. But there are many results of those transformations. The story evolves into rebel vs. ruler scenario. -76 (98/02/10)

War Games {/64/}

[Playboy Paperbacks; 1981; 0-872-16837-9; $2.50]

[Cause: AM/AS.] Rating: 3 Result: BM Significance: 0 Description: 0 Saturation: -. Surgical and bio-engineering to modify people into combat troops and for survival in hostile environments. (Not related to the movie of the same name.) -64

Harness, Charles [AL]

The Paradox Men {/42/} [BBT]

[Crown; ?; 051755433X; $?] [DZ] [BB]

The exact nature of the transformations constitute a major spoiler. -42
- Could someone share that spoiler with us? -Ph

Harris, Steve

Wulf {/114/} [BBT]

[?]

[Cause: MA? Result: MX Description: +.] This seems to be a novel written by a person who awakes from an LSD trip one morning or after a nightmare caused by the consumption of a Stephen King novel. It contains some kind of transformation -- the (teenage) protagonist gets the claw of a wolf which becomes a part of him and gives him the strength of the wolf spirit when he needs to fight the evil. Not very well written, a bit chaotic, but some very nice ideas. Even better than most of Stephen King's novels. (IMHO) At least it does not bore. Transformation scenes: thumb slightly up. Rating: 3. -114

Hautala, Rick

Moondeath {/11,87,154,Ph/} [BBT]

[Zebra; 1980; 0821710990; $2.95] [BB]
[Kensington; 1986; 0821718444; $?] [BB]

Result: LY. Lycanthropy; not read. -Ph
Set in Coopers Falls, New Hampshire. -87
Horror; lycanthropy; Rating: 2 -11
Lycanthropy. -154

Hawk, Douglas D. [??]

Moonslasher {/87/} [??] [BBT]

[Critic's Choice; 1987; 1555471706; $3.95] [BB]

[Result: LY.] A were-panther... -87

Hawks, Lee [??]

Night, Winter and Death {/87,154/} [??] [BBT]

[Ballantine; 1990; 0345357841; $3.95] [BB]

[Result: LY.] Lycanthropy. -154 (98/02/13)

Hazard, Adams [??]

The Truth About Dragons: an anti-romance {/99/} [BBT]

[Harcourt Brace; 1971; 015191320X; $?] [BB]

[Cause: MA?/NA? Result: BX/IN.] I remember this as being a marvelous The human main character gets turned to stone, and the dragon main character appears as any number of things. -99

Heinlein, Robert A. [SS] [AL] [BL] [BR]

I Will Fear No Evil {/11/} [BBT]

[Ace; 1970; 0441359175; $4.95] [BB]

Rating: 3 Result: BT/GC Significance: 0 Description: + Saturation: 0. SF; brain transplant... The story of a wealthy, corrupt industrialist who has his brain transplanted into his secretary's body. -11

Stranger in a Strange Land {/15/} [RR] [BBT]

[Berkley; 1968; 425-02202-150; $1.50]

Herbert, Frank [AL] [BR]

Children of Dune {/43/} [BBT]

[New English Library; 1990; 0450034275; $4.50?] [BB]

God-Emperor of Dune {/42,43/} [BBT]

[New English Library; 1990; 0450052621; $4.99?] [BB]

On both of the above:

[Cause: SY Result: BX/AN.] The multi-millennium transformation of a boy into a sandworm. -42
Children of Dune has Leto going into symbiosis with sandtrout to become/get the giant worm-like body of God-Emperor of Dune. -43

The Dosadi Experiment {/11/} [BBT]

[Berkley; 1983; 0425062368; $2.95] [BB]

SF; Result: MT/GC; not read. -11

The Godmakers {/42/} [BBT]

[Berkley; 1978; 0425039196; $1.95] [BB]

The transformation of a man into a god. -42

Herbert, Frank; Herbert, Brian

Man of Two Worlds {/54/} [BBT]

[Ace; 1987; 0441518575; $3.95] [BB]

[Cause: NA Result: BX/SC.] An alien race can shapeshift at will to any form, with mass restrictions--[they] must absorb organic material (i.e. dead mice) to grow. (Important to plot of the story.) -54

Herbert, James

Fluke {69//} [BBT]

[?]

[Cause: RE Result: BX/AN.] Main character reincarnated as dog. Book about what it's like to have a human brain in a dog's body. -69

Hill, E. S. [??]

Fangs Aren't Everything {/87/} [??] [BBT]

[?]

[Result: LY?.] -87

Hodgell, PC [BL] [BR]

Dark of the Moon {/42/} [BBT]

[Berkley; 1987; 0425095614; $3.50] [BB]

[Result: SC.] The bad guys are shape-changers. Sequel to the superb God Stalk. -42

Hoffman, Nina Kiriki [??]

The Silent Strength of Stones {/154/} [??] [BBT]

[Avon; 1995; 0380777606; $4.99] [BB]

[Result: LY.] Lycanthropy. -154 (98/02/13)

Hogan, James P. [SS] [AL] [BL] [BR]

Entoverse {/75/} [BBT]

[Ballantine; 1992; 034537942X; $?] [BB]

(See Spoiler Section for more info)

The Multiplex Man {/75,Ph/}

[Bantam; 1993; ?]

Result: MT? May have some mind transfer, but neither of us have read it. -Ph

Holt, Tom [BL]

Expecting Someone Taller {//11,Ph} [RR] [BBT]

[Ace; 1990; 044122332X; $3.95] [BB]

Cause: MA Result: BX/AN Significance: -. Fantasy/humor. The protagonist gets the Tarnhelm, which lets him change shape. The transformation is mostly incidental and played for laughs or a good punch line, and the changes are very straightforward. -Ph
Fantasy; Rating: 3 Result: SC Significance: - Description: - Saturation: -. -11

Homer

The Odyssey {/Ph/} [BBT]

[trans. Fitzgerald, Robert: Anchor; 1963; 0385050402; $7.95 softcover] [BB]

Rating: 3 Cause: MA Result: BX/AN/MD Significance: - Description: - Saturation: -. The enchantress Circe transforms all the men arriving at her island (including Odysseus' crew) into animals (swine in the case of the crew). This scene is retold, in varying ways, in R. A. Lafferty's Space Chantey and Myers' Silverlock. -Ph

Hoover, H. M. [DZ]

The Delikon {/42/} [BBT]

[Avon; 1978; 0380409801; $1.50] [BB]

[Result: BX.] Well written children's sf about an alien child who has been transformed into human appearance to better train human children. -42

Housman, Clemence [??]

The Werewolf {/154/} [??] [BBT]

[Arno Press; 1976; 0405081073; $?] [BB]

[Result: LY.] Lycanthropy. -154 (98/02/13)

Huff, Tanya [BL]

Blood Trail {/87,154/} [BBT]

[DAW; 1997; 0886775027; $5.99] [BB]

[Result: VA/LY.] A continuing series centered on a female private detective and her vampiric sidekick/lover, this book concerns a rural family of werewolves that is being picked off one by one. Other than the werewolves coming across more like a litter of puppies, it's a good read. -87
Lycanthropy. -154

Hughes, Robert Don [AL] [BL]

The Prophet of Lamath series {/36,39,42,45,75/} [BBT]

[The Forging of the Dragon: Del Rey; 1989; 0345337441; $3.95] [BB] [BBT]
[The Power and the Prophet: Del Rey; 1985; 0345303539; $2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[The Prophet of Lamath: Del Rey; 1985; 0345325443; $2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[The Wizard in Waiting: Del Rey; 1982; 0345285743; $2.75] [BB] [BBT]

About The Prophet of Lamath only:

[Result: PE.] The hero, Pelmen, changes personality when he travels from one country to another. Very interesting. -75

About all of the above:

...a fantasy series...In that set, only (powerful) wizards can transform themselves and it's a key sign of their power - the shape sometimes comes as a result of some type of pressure or danger. -36

Hurwood, Bernhardt

Vampires Werewolves and Other Demons (anthology) {/Ph/} [BBT]

[Scholastic; 1972; TK1967; $.50]

Result: LY. Some lycanthropy stories; not read -Ph

Huxley, Aldous

After Many a Summer {//77} [BBT]

[aka After Many a Summer Dies the Swan]
[Perennial; 1965; P 3046 B; $.60]

[Cause: CM Result: BX/AN.] I read this a long time ago, but I recall this had a subplot about an 18th century english nobleman's quest for immortality. He realised that carp never die of old age (a recurring theme in Blaylock's stories), and decided that it was something in their gut that did this. The twentieth century protagonists, themselves hoping for immortality, find his journals and manage to track him down. On a diet containing regular doses of raw fish intestines, once he managed to keep them down, he has indeed lived two centuries. The catch: Human beings are neotenous apes. In two hundred years, the embryo ape gets time to grow up. He's turned into what is, for all practical purposes, an orang-utan. Marginal transformation story, but it's a good joke. -77

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