[Baen, 1992; 0671720996; $4.95] [BB]
- [Cause: MA Result: BX/AN.] Part of an upcoming
series about Bards and magic, one of the bards ends up being captured by an evil priest
and shifted into a bird. Minor but somewhat important to the storyline at one point. -72
[Baen; 1995; 0671876872; $22.00 hardcover] [BB]
[Baen; 1996; 067187750X; $6.99] [BB]
[?]
[DAW; 1988; 0886774144; $4.99] [BB]
[?]!
- [Cause: AS Result: AN/BM?.] ...A
science-fiction version of [Homer's] Odyssey
(although the science is VERY loose :-) ); there's a Circe section, in which the circe
changes all the crew members into different animals (sort of). -3
- Gavin also mentioned that some other Lafferty books might qualify. -Ph
[DAW; 1977; ?]
- [Cause: AX.] Rating: 2 Significance: 0 Description: 0 Saturation: -.
Story set on the planet Dextra, colonized by humans but then cut off. The planet's ecology
is entirely based on amino acids of the wrong chirality, meaning that humans can't eat
anything native. At the end of the book, there is an intelligent plant that can
biologically transform people. -103
[DAW; 1977; ?]
[Warner; 1971; ?; $?]
- [Cause: AX Result: BT/IN.] Rating: 3 Significance: + Description: + Saturation: 0.
A good story about aliens covertly harvesting human brains. The protagonist tries to work
against them, but they catch him and take his brain too. They are using the brains to run
huge cyborg tanks in a war they're fighting across the galaxy. The protagonist breaks his
conditioning, and leads a tank revolt against the aliens. -103
[Baen; 1970; 0671653407; $2.95] [BB]
- All mind transfers--the hero ends up in a farmhand's body, then inside a horse, then
switches bodies with the heroine. (All played for laughs, incidentally.) The book's not
fantastic, but not bad either. The transformations take up about three chapters, so
they're pretty significant, I guess. -3
- SF; Rating: 3 Result: MT/GC Significance: -
Description: - Saturation: -. -11
[Berkley; 1970; 425-01895-5-075; $.75]
- [Result: MT?.] The hero ends up switched into
the body of a notorious criminal. I don't remember much more than that about it, although
he is in that body for most of the book, making it a significant change. -3
[A Wizard of Earthsea:
Bantam; 1975; 553-02168-150; $1.50] [BBT]
[The Tombs of Atuan: Bantam; 1971;
0553101323; $1.75] [BB]
[BBT]
[The Farthest Shore: Bantam; 1975;
0553101315; $1.75] [BB]
[BBT]
[Tehanu: Bantam; 1990; 0553288733; $?] [RR] [BB] [BBT]
- The second favorite series of my youth -20
- [Cause: MA Result: AN/PE.] [Tehanu
was] published much later, not thematically part of the set, and not a juvenile (though
the others are, but are also eminently readably by adults). Rating: 4 Result: BX Significance: + Description: 0
Saturation: 0. Transformation is one the the types of magic practiced by the mages of
Earthsea. Ged, the protaganist, does so and at one point loses his identity in that of a
hawk while transformed into one. Transformations play a larger part in the first book than
in the other two. They play almost no part in the 4th book. -64
[Avon; 1973; 0380435470; $2.95] [BB]
- Transformation of a person? This book is about transformation of the world. When George
Orr sleeps the world changes into a new and different place. Doctor Haber induces dreams
into George "for the good of all people" creating strange and bizarre worlds
that are not quite as utopian as might be expected. -47
[Ace; 1972; 0441478123; $4.50] [BB]
[Night's Master: DAW; 1978;
0879974141; $1.75] [BB]
[BBT]
[Death's Master: DAW; 1979; 0879977418;
$2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Delusion's Master: DAW; 1981;
0879976527; $2.25] [BB]
[BBT]
[Delirium's Mistress: DAW; 1986;
0886771358; $3.95] [BB]
[BBT]
[Night's Sorceries: DAW; 1987;
0886771943; $3.50] [BB]
[BBT]
[DAW; 1976; UY1221; $1.25]
[DAW; 1977; 0879975652; $1.75] [BB]
- SF; Suicide --> New body; Rating: 3 -11
- [Cause: RE? Result: BX/TG .] Teenagers
frequently suicide so they can have new bodies, sometimes designed by themselves. Frequent
sex changes, occasional non-human forms. -26
On Don't Bite the Sun and Drinking Saphire Wine:
- ...I'll just say that I found them weaker than the other books I've listed. -3
[Tempo; 1984; 0441186211; $2.25] [BB]
[Headline Book Publishing PLC; 1992; 0747239169; 4.99 pound sterling] [BB]
[Dell; 1993; 0440214556; $?] [BB]
[DAW; 1981; 0879976101; $2.25] [BB]
[DAW; 1983; 0879977906; $2.50] [BB]
- A book of short stories which are retellings of fairy tales, usually with a macabre
twist. To tell the truth, I don't remember any shapeshifting in that book, but I don't
have the book handy as a reference. -3
- The book was reviewed in OtherRealms, and something in the review there led
me to believe transformation was involved. Anybody? -Ph
[Overlook Press; 1990; ?]
[Guild America; SFBC]
- ...Also have one or two strange [transformations]. -3
- Result: TG. The TG SF list has a long
description of this, which I'm leaving out because it sounds like it comes from a review
that I don't have permission to include. -Ph
[aka The Indian Nights] [BBT]
[DAW; 1984; 0879979151; $2.50]
[BB]
- [Cause: NA? Result: BX/AN.] A book of short
stories, set in India. One story features beings which can shift between being snakes and
humans. -3
[Ace; 1982; 0441062237; $2.50] [BB]
- A war being fought through time, trying to alter history to benefit the combatants. -Ph
[?]
[Beyond Rejection: Del Rey;
1980; 0345290542; $2.25] [BB]
[BBT]
[Beyond Humanity: Tor; 1987; 0812544331;
$2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Beyond Gravity: Tor; 1988; 0812544358;
$3.50] [BB] [BBT]
Robots and Aliens (Isaac
Asimov's Robot City series) {/154/} [??] [BBT]
[Ace; 1989; 0441731279; $?] [BB]
[Berkley; 1981; 0425052222; $2.95] [BB]
- Basis for a really cheesy movie; the novel isn't much better. -87
- [Result: LY.] Lycanthropy. -154 (98/02/13)
[Collier; 1970; 0020442408; $2.95] [BB]
- [Result: LY/BX/AN.] ...Has some incidental
transformation: there's a werewolf in it, and some naughty little boys are turned into
pigs near the end. -75
[Collier; 1970; 0020442505; $2.95] [BB]
- [Cause: MC? Result: BM.] ...I think The
Silver Chair had a witch that changed her shape several times in the final battle. -75
[?]
- One very good novel that has transformations as the central theme (though not
overtly)...a retelling of the Psyche-Cupid myth, from the vantage point of one of the evil
sisters. -6
[Collier; 1970; 0020442602; $2.95] [BB]
- [Result: AN.] Rating: 5 Result: BM Significance: - Description: -
Saturation: -. Do not read this for the transformation--it's an extremely minor part
of a significant fantasy series. Lewis' Narnia series is, in my opinion, a great
children's book, and a wonderful example of Christian Fantasy for adults. The religious
tones are rather heavy, though, so be forewarned. -11
- One character gets transformed into dragon. (Children's book.) -43
[First Channel (coauthor Lorrah,
Jean): Playboy; 1981; 0872167720; $2.50] [BB] [BBT]
[House of Zeor: Playboy; 1981; 0872168018;
$2.25] [BB] [BBT]
[Unto Zeor, Forever: Playboy; 1980;
0872165981; $2.25] [BB]
[BBT]
- [Cause: NA? Result: VA.] Every adolescent goes
through a changeover into either an energy vampire or an energy generator. Makes for a
tense childhood. -42
[Ballantine; 1974; 345-24681-0-150; $1.50]
- Cause: AX Result: GC Significance: X Description:
X Saturation: X.
- Reviewed in OtherRealms 8.2; not read, but the blurb promises
"countless physical transformations," among other things... -Ph
- Rating: 2 Result: BM Significance: -. This was
a weird book. I finished it but I didn't like it much. The land itself seems to undergo
changes as does the protagonist and most other things; it is hard to be sure exactly what
is going on. -64
- Cause: AS/MA Significance: +. All kinds... Has
a lot of transformations, both spiritual and physical. On arriving on Arcturus, Maskull
gets a blood transfusion from a native woman and grows several new sensory organs which
the natives have. Later, there is a story of a baby who couldn't decide whether to be a
boy or a girl. There are lots more. It's a very, very weird book. -75
[Starfire; 1992; 0553296531; $?] [BB]
- Young adult novel, quick but fun read with predictable outcome. -87
- [Result: LY.] Lycanthropy. -154 (98/02/13)
[Ace; ?]
[?]
- [Cause: MA Result: BX/AN/IN.] ...By Carlo
Lorenzini (known as 'Collodi'). At the end of the story the puppet Pinocchio becomes a
child, and during it Pinocchio and his (its?) friend Licignolo, who are in the Paese
dei belocchi (Toyland), are transformed into monkeys. I think Pinocchio
is widely translated, so you should find an English version... -32
[Tor; 1995; 0812521269; $6.99] [BB]
Where to from here?
Copyright © 1993-2000 Phaedrus /
Books K 
Transformation Stories List
Jinx High {171//} [BBT]
The Oathbound {/38,TG/11} [BBT]
Red as Blood (anthology) {/3,Ph/} [BBT]