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MacAvoy, R. A. [AL] [BL] [BR]

The Grey Horse {/42/} [BBT]

[Bantam Spectra; 1987; 0553265571; $3.95] [BB]

[Cause: NA Result: BX.] The protagonist is a kelpie -- a shapechanging sea-horse. -42

Tea with the Black Dragon {/42/} [BBT]

[Bantam; 1983; 0553232053; $2.75] [BB]

[Result: BX Saturation: -.] The protagonist is a dragon who has been transformed into a human. No shapechanging takes place in the novel proper. Excellent. -42

MacBeth, George [??]

The Transformation {/94/} [??] [BBT]

[Gollancz; 1975; 0575019204; UK2.20] [BB]

Rating: 3 Result: MT/GC Significance: + Description: - Saturation: -. Guy Sebring wakes up one morning as Alcestis, the woman he loves. Surrealist non-SF, with a touch of Moorcock. Very short (100 pages). -94

MacDonald, Ian [SS] [??]

Evolution's Shore {144//} [??] [BBT]

[Bantam Spectra; 1997; 0553573098; $5.99] [BB]

Moderate complication: the events narrated in "Towards Kilimanjaro" [also by Ian MacDonald, in the Stories section] show up as a diary in ES. ALso the narrator of "TK" appears in ES and explains what happened after. Each can be read alone, but "TK" has a definite sense of nonresolution.
The story in both reminds me of one of J.G. Ballard's "disaster" novels. An alien object falls on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and begins to alter Earth's biosphere. The transformations spread rapidly. People and animals who enter the transformation zone (called the Chaga, after an indigenous tribe in the Kilimanjaro region) are changed in profound, unpredictable, beautiful/grotesque ways. Changes are primarily physical, but the consequent alteration of self-image has extensive psychological consequences (for some). Rating: 4 Cause: AX/EM? Result: BM/PE Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +. -144 (98/02/09)

MacDonald, John D.

Wine of the Dreamers {/11,42/} [BBT]

[Fawcett; 1951; 449-03263-125; $1.25] [DZ]

SF; Rating: 3 Result: MT Significance: 0 Description: - Number: 0 -11
A decadent planet inhabited by voyeurs who get their kicks from taking over the bodies of Earthlings to carry out atrocities. -42

Mahy, Margaret

The Changeover {/42/} [BBT]

[?]

[Cause: MA?.] Teen fiction about a girl who needs to become a witch in a hurry. -42

Martin, George R. R. (ed.) [AL] [BL] [BR]

Wild Cards series {11/13,TG/}

[1: Wild Cards: Bantam Spectra; 1987; 0553261908; $3.95] [BB] [BBT]
[2: Aces High: Bantam Spectra; 1987; 0553264648; $3.95] [BB] [BBT]
[3: Jokers Wild: Spectra; ?; 0553266993; $4.50] [BB] [BBT]
[4: Aces Abroad: Spectra; ?; 055327628X; $4.50] [BB] [BBT]
[5: Down and Dirty: Spectra; ?; 0553274635; $4.50] [BB] [BBT]
[6: Ace in the Hole: Spectra; ?; 0553282530; $4.50] [RR] [BB] [BBT]
[7: Dead Man's Hand: Spectra; ?; 055328569X; $4.50] [RR] [BB] [BBT]
[8: One-eyed Jacks: Spectra; ?; 0553288520; $4.50] [RR] [BB] [BBT]
[9: Jokertown Shuffle: Spectra; ?; 0553291742; $4.99] [RR] [BB] [BBT]
[10: Double Solitaire: ?] [BBT]
[2/1: Card Sharks: Baen; 1993; 0671721593; $5.99] [??] [BB] [BBT]
[2/2: Marked Cards: Baen; 1994; 0671722123; $5.99] [??] [BB] [BBT]

[Cause: AX/VI.] Rating: 4 Result: BM Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +. Basic plot: in 1945, an alien lands on the earth, trying to save it from a virus his people intend to release upon the unsuspecting planet. The virus ends up being released anyway over New York City, resulting in death for 90%, horrible mutations for 9%, and superhero-like powers for 1% for those infected. In addition, one character's ability is shapechanging, and another passes on the ability to swap minds. -11

Martindale, T. Chris [HP]

Curse of the Werewolf {/Ph/} [BBT]

[TSR; 1987; 0880384328; $2.95] [BB]

Rating: 3 Cause: MA Result: BX/AN Significance: 0 Description: + Saturation: -. One of those old "choose-your-own-adventure" books. In this case, a wizard has just cursed you into a wolfish form, and you're trying to find a cure before it becomes permanent and you lose your identity. -Ph

Demon Dance {//112} [BBT]

[Pocket; 1991; 0671704524; $4.95]

[Result: MU?.] Horror western; had a scene of Indian demons stealing a man's flesh to become corporeal. -112

Nightblood {//112} [BBT]

[Warner; 1990; 0446355305; $4.95] [BB]

[Result: VA.] Action/Horror: Vietnam vet battles vampire as whole town changes into Undead. -112

Where the Chill Waits {/112/} [BBT]

[Warner; 1991; ?; $4.95]

[Cause: MA?.] It's about four businessmen who go on a hunting trip in the wilds of Canada, wander into the wrong part of the forest, and are cursed by the Indian demon known as the windigo. -112

Martine-Barnes, Adrienne

The Fire Sword and series {/42/}

[The Fire Sword: Avon; 1984; 038087718X; $3.75] [BB] [BBT]
[The Crystal Sword: Avon; 1988; 0380754541; $3.50] [BB] [BBT]
[The Rainbow Sword: Avon; 1988; 038075455X; $3.50] [BB] [BBT]
[The Sea Sword: Avon; 1989; 0380754568; $3.50] [BB] [BBT]

A moderate amount of shapechanging occurs in all the books of this series, but more in these first two. -42

Massa, Jack

Mooncrow {64//} [BBT]

[Berkeley; 1979; 0425042871; $1.95] [BB]

[Cause: MC.] Rating: 3 Result: BM Significance: + Description: + Saturation: +. Protaganist is an adept (mage), one of whose main powers is self-transformation, and he uses this power frequently. -64

Masterton, Graham [??]

Hymn {/136/} [??] [BBT]

[also known as The Burning] [BBT]
[Tor; 1992; 0812522079; $?] [BB]

A lost Wagner opera allows people to transform into immortal Salamanders. -136 (98/02/07)

The Wells of Hell {/136/} [??] [BBT]

[Tor; 1989; 0812522117; $?] [BB]

[Result: BM.] A number of people are transformed into crustaceous creatures by some well water. -136 (98/02/07)

Matheson, Richard [AL]

The Shrinking Man {74//} [BBT]

[Berkley; 1979; 0425040216; $1.95] [BB]

[Cause: AS Result: ZC.] The main character is slowly shrinking after exposure to radioactive fallout...The 1950s movie The Incredible Shrinking Man was made after this novel. -74

Maxwell, Ann [AL]

The Jaws of Menx {/AHW/} [BBT]

[?]

[Cause: NA? Result: BX.] There's a planet with nearly omniscient, nearly omnipotent beings on it -- called, not unreasonably, gods. And the entire planetary culture (even the ecology) is devoted to staying the hell out of their way. If you attract a god's attention, you're likely to be turned into something random (and not necessarily physically possible)... -AHW

May, Julian [AL] [BL] [BR]

Pliocene Saga {/36/} [BBT]

[1: The Many-Colored Land: Del Rey; 1984; 0345309898; $2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[2: The Golden Torc: Del Rey; 1983; 0345308387; $2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[3: The Nonborn King: Del Rey; 1984; 0345314212; $3.50] [BB] [BBT]
[4: The Adversary: Del Rey; 1985; 0345314220; $3.50] [BB] [BBT]

[Result: BX.] One of the (anti)heroes, Marc Remillard, becomes a pure-mind type entity. -36

McCaffrey, Anne [SS] [AL] [BL] [BR]

Dragonriders of Pern series {/54/}

[Dragonflight: Del Rey; 1989; 0345335465; $4.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Dragonquest: Del Rey; 1989; 0345335082; $4.95] [BB] [BBT]
[The White Dragon: Del Rey; 1990; 0345341678; $5.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Dragonsong: Bantam Spectra; 1988; 0553258524; $3.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Dragonsinger: Bantam Spectra; 1989; 0553258540; $3.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Dragondrums: Bantam Spectra; 1990; 0553258559; $4.50] [BB] [BBT]
[Moreta: Dragonlady Of Pern: Del Rey; 1990; 034529873X; $4.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Nerilka's Story: Del Rey; 1989; 0345339495; $4.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Dragonsdawn: Del Rey; 1989; 0345362861; $4.95] [BB] [BBT]
[The Renegades Of Pern: Del Rey; 1990; 0345369335; $5.95] [BB] [BBT]
[All the Weyrs of Pern: Del Rey; 1992; 0345368932; $5.99] [BB] [BBT]
[?]

[Cause: GM Result: RM.] Genetic manipulation was performed on the fire lizards to form the dragons (detailed in Dragonsdawn). (If you've read any of the books, you know that this is crucial to the survival of the planet.) -54

Restoree {/42/11} [BBT]

[Del Rey; 1967; 0345351878; $4.95] [BB]

A woman kidnapped by space aliens is skinned alive, but winds up with a better body. Straddles the line between sf and bodice-ripper. -42
SF; Rating: 2 Cause: AM Result: MX Significance: - Description: 0 Saturation: -. Plain looking woman wakes up to find herself beautiful, but on an alien planet. -11

McCaffrey, Anne; Ball, Margaret

PartnerShip {/Ph/} [RR] [BBT]

[Baen; 1992; 0671721097; $5.99] [BB]

Cause: AS? Result: BX?/IN?. A sequel to McCaffrey's "The Ship Who Sang". -Ph

McCammon, Robert [SS] [AL]

The Wolf's Hour {/10,11,87,154/} [BBT]

[Pocket; 1989; 0671664859; $4.95] [BB]
[Pocket; 1989; 0671731424; $6.99] [BB]

[Result: LY.] It's 500+ pages long and god-awful. In my humble opinion, of course. -10
Horror; lycanthropy; not read -11
I've heard better things about this book from the alt.horror readers, but I still haven't gotten around to reading it myself. -Ph
A wonderful short story about an adolescent werewolf growing up with a pack of werewolves, told as flashbacks and padded to a bloated novel with the adult werewolf - now a British secret agent on a mission in Germany against the Nazis during WWII. Read the flashbacks, skip the rest. Disappointing. -87
Lycanthropy. -154

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