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Van Belkom, Edo [??]

Wyrm Wolf {/154,Ph/} [??] [BBT]

[Harper; 1995; 0061054399; $4.99] [BB]

• [Result: LY.] Lycanthropy.  -154 (98/02/13)
• Another book set in the World of Darkness setting from the White Wolf roleplaying games. Not read. -Ph

Van Scyoc, Sydney J. [DZ]

Darkchild trilogy {/42/}

[Darkchild: Berkley; 1983; 0425061574; $2.75] [BB] [BBT]
[?]

• [Cause: NA?.] Certain members of a race have the ability to acquire tremendous powers. Unfortunately, it requires deadly danger to find out. Excellent reading. -42

Starmother {/42/} [BBT]

[?]

• [Result: BM.] A planet on which babies can be molded into duplicates of their caretakers. -42

van Vogt, A. E. [SS] [AL] [BL] [BR] [DZ]

The Beast {/42/} [BBT]

[Manor; 1972; 532-00479-075; $0.75]

• An accident turns a man into a superman. -42

Computerworld {/130/} [BBT]

[DAW; 1983; 0879978791; $?] [BB] (96/10/15)

• [Cause: NA? Result: BM.] The main thrust of the story is about the evolution of a sentient computer who runs most of the planet, but a large subplot exists about a group of people who can transform themselves into duplicates of anyone else they can observe. Their transformation skills vary, depending on the amount of "life force" each has; of course, this force is drained by extended electronics use. -130

The Man With a Thousand Names {/11,TG/} [BBT]

[DAW; 1974; 0879975024; $1.75] [BB]

• SF; Rating: 2 Result: MU/GC Significance: 0 Description: - Saturation: 0. -11

The Mind Cage {/42/} [BBT]

[Pocket; 1978; 0671817701; $1.75] [BB]

• [Result: MT/PE?.] Personality transfer and musical bodies. -42

The Silkie {/103/} [BBT]

[Ace; 1969; ?; $?]

• [Cause: NA Result: SC.] I haven't read it, but it's about an artificial shapeshifting race. -103

Supermind {/14/} [BBT]

[DAW; 1977; 0879972750; $1.25] [BB]

• [Result: MP?/PE?.] ...Not one of his best books, especially since it combines some short stories into a kind of novel, but it describes a quite impressive mental transformation in lots of detail. It is short and readable, unless you have an allergy to Van Vogt... I liked it, even though I'm aware of its shortcomings. -14

The Universe Maker {//79} [BBT]

[Ace; 1953; 020-07660-050; $.50]

• [Rating: X Cause: NA? Result: BX.]
• SF novel. 'Shadow Men' can change their shape between normal human and almost immaterial shadow shape. -79

The War Against the Rull {/Ph/} [BBT]

[Ace; 1959; 441-87180-075; $.75]

• Cause: NA Result: SC. As I recall, the Rull are shapechangers, able to assume any form. Now, of course, I can't figure out where I put the book, so I can't check. -Ph

Vance, Jack [SS] [??]

The Dying Earth {/141/} [??] [BBT]

[Grafton; 1972; 0583120911; $?] [BB]
[American release: Lightyear Press; 1992; 0899683762; $?] [BB]

• This is a collection of fantasy stories centering around a number of people living when the sun is old. In one of the stories a man is given a demon's visage by a witch, but in the end an ancient shrine sees that justice is done by returning his face to him, and giving the demon's face to the witch. Rating: 4 Cause: MA Result: MX Significance: 0 Description: 0 Saturation: -. -141 (98/02/08)

Vance, Steve

The Hyde Effect {/11,65,87,154/} [BBT]

[Leisure; 1986; 0843923601; $3.95] [BB]

• Rating: 3 Result: LY Significance: + Description: 0 Saturation: -. Horror; lycanthropy. Rather a different werewolf tale--very horrific. -11
• Lycanthropy. -154

Planet of the Gawfs {//94} [??] [BBT]

[Leisure; 1978; 0843911131; $1.50] [BB]

• [Result: AN.] Rating: 1 Result: MU/GC Significance: - Description: 0 Saturation: -. Genetically affected survivors of a plague produce mutant offspring. These are rounded up and shipped off to exile on another planet. There are two instances of bodyswapping - one animal/girl, one male/female. Hackneyed plot devices (monstrous evil character is puppetmaster etc.) and poor characterisation. A one-shot read. -94

Shapes {/28,87,154/} [BBT]

[Leisure; 1991; 0843130179; $4.50] [BB]

• [Cause: AS? Result: SC/LY.] This book also explores the nature of the shapeshifter, but from a more scientific approach. It has some interesting ideas regarding werewolves and their cause. -28
• Lycanthropy. -154

On The Hyde Effect and Shapes:

• [Result: LY/SC.] The first was an ultra-violent novel about a single werewolf, the second shows us an underground shapeshifter society. A third is in the works. Good stuff. -87

Varley, John [SS] [AL] [BL] [BR]

several books {/38/}

• [Cause: AS Result: BX/GC.] One major 'universe' has the technology for extensive physical modification of humans. "Options" is particularly good, exploring the effects of (fully functional, reversible) sex-change technology on family structure. -38

The Ophiuchi Hotline {/42/TG,11} [BBT]

[Berkley; 1984; 0425071928; $2.95] [BB]

• Not as strong as Varley's shorter works; transformations play a very small role in the story. SF; Rating: 3 Cause: AM Significance: 0 Description: - Saturation: -. -11
• [Result: BM.] A future in which bodies are made to order, and changed at will. -42

Steel Beach {/11/} [BBT]

[Ace/Putnam; 1992; 0399137599; $22.95 hardcover] [BB]

• Much better than Ophiuchi Hotline; still not up to the level of his short stories. SF; Rating: 3 Cause: AM Result: GC Significance: 0 Description: + Saturation: -. -11

Titan trilogy {/38,42,44/}

[Titan: Berkley; 1980; 0425044688; $2.25] [BB] [BBT]
[Wizard: Berkley; 1983; 0425064271; $2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[Demon: Ace; 1987; 0441142672; $4.50] [BB] [BBT]

• [Cause: AS? Result: BX.] Another universe (Titan, Wizard, Demon) has a huge, intelligent orbital space colony with the ability to alter and create lifeforms. -38
• A space-exploration crew undergoes various transformations on an intelligent, but insane, worldlet. -42

Vaughn, Evelyn [??]

Waiting For the Wolf Moon (Silhouette Shadows) {/154/} [??] [BBT]

[Harlequin; 1993; 0373270089; $?] [BB]

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

Vinge, Joan [AL] [BR]

Ladyhawke {//42,Ph} [BBT]

[Signet/New American Library; 1985; 0451133218; $3.50] [BB]

• A novelization of the movie. Not recommended. -42
• Cause: MA Result: BX/AN. For those who haven't seen the movie, it involves a cursed couple; the man turns into a wolf by night, and the woman into a hawk by day. Thus making the relationship somewhat difficult. -Ph

Vinicoff, Eric [??]

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

[Baen; 1992; 0671721445; $4.99] [BB]

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

von Allmen, Stewart [??]

Conspicuous Consumption {/154,Ph/} [??] [BBT]

[Harper; 1995; 0061054712; $4.99] [BB]

• [Result: LY.] Lycanthropy. -154 (98/02/13)
• A book set in the background of the Werewolf: the Apocalypse roleplaying game from White Wolf.  -Ph

Vonarburg, Elizabeth

The Silent City {TG//11} [BBT]

[Bantam Spectra; 1981 (trans. 1988); 0553297899; $4.99] [BB]

• [Cause: GM Result: SC.] Originally written in French. The story of a genetically engineered human shapechanger who must use her ability to save the remnants of a war-ravaged world. SF; Rating: 4 Significance: 0 Description: - Saturation: -. -11

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