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Lackey, Mercedes [Bo] [AL] [BL]

"Were-Hunter" {/72/}

[in Tales of the Witch World 1; ed. Andre Norton; ?] [BBT]

[Result: LY.] A young girl finds a gate into Arvon and discovers that she's a werecat, and is chased by a hunter who is also a werecat himself. Amusing tale, worth reading. -72

Lafferty, R. A. [Bo] [AL] [BL]

"Once on Arenea" {Ph//}

[in Changes, by Bishop and Watson]

Cause: AX Result: BX/AN. A man and his dog get involuntarily introduced to an alien ecosystem's shapeshifting customs. -Ph

Laine, Marko [HP]

Untitled {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/transcontest/1/MarkoLaineStory.html]

Result: BX/AN/FU. Human into (morphic?) rat. -Ph (98/04/06)

Landis, Geoffrey A. [??]

"Paradigms of Change" {94//} [??]

[in Interzone 53; Nov. 1991; ISSN 0264-3596; UK2.25]

Rating: 2 Cause: AM/VI Result: GC Significance: + Description: + Saturation: 0. Recombinant viral DNA changes Y chromosome into X - easily spreadable. Usual problems for our hero(ine) - Tampax, tights, high heels, sex discrimination. Not too plausible technically, but the battle in the Vatican between Pope Innocent XIV and Pope Jeanne-Paul sounds interesting. -94

Laumer, Keith [Bo]

"Hybrid" {103//}

[in Nine by Laumer; Doubleday; 1967] [BBT]

[Cause: NA?/AX?/SY? Result: BX.] Rating: 4 Significance: + Description: 0 Saturation: -. A story about the last Yanda tree. Yanda trees are vast, ancient, sentient trees. They reproduce by implanting a spore into a host animal, making it healthy and long-lived but eventually turning it into a Yanda. The one in the story falls in a hurricane, and before it dies it communicates with the protagonist who agrees to become a host. -103

Lawson, James

"Gagrito" {/79/}

[in Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1993]

[Cause: AS?.] Some animals have artificial nervous systems that can be remote-controlled. These 'magimals' are used as pets by rich people. -79

Le Guin, Ursula K. [Bo] [AL] [BL] [BR] [DZ]

"Horse Camp" {/78/}

[in Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences; Roc; 1990; 0451450493; $?] [BB] [BBT]

A rather odd story with a transformation that is difficult to detect, and never stated outright. Really interesting to say the least. -78

[in Bestiary; eds. Dann, Jack and Dozois, Gardner; Ace; 1985; 0441055060; $2.95] [BB] [BBT]
[in The Fantastic Imagination; eds. Boyer, Robert H. and Zahorski, Kenneth J.; Avon; 1977; 0380009560; $2.25] [BB] [BBT]
[in The Wind's Twelve Quarters; Bantam; 1976; 055302907X; $1.75] [BB] [BBT]

Rating: 3 Result: BM Significance: + Description: + Saturation: -. A tale that leads up to a wizards duel involving multiple transformations, plus one surprising change. -64
[Cause: MA/MC.] A shapechanging wizard comes to recover stolen treasure from another such wizard (who had previously stolen it from a dragon), armed with the other wizard's true name, which should give him control over the battle. More in the Spoiler Section. -Ph

"The Wife's Story" {/Ph/}

[in Changes, by Bishop and Watson]

Result: LY. A lycanthropy story with a difference which I'll tell you in the Spoiler Section. -Ph

"The Word of Unbinding" {64//}

[in The Wind's Twelve Quarters; Bantam; 1976; 055302907X; $1.75] [BB] [BBT]

Rating: 3 Cause: MC Significance: 0 Description: + Saturation: +. An imprisoned wizard tries several transformations in order to escape, none working untill he finally finds the 'key.' -64

Lee, Tanith [Bo] [AL] [BL] [BR]

"A Day in the Skin" {/3,TG/}

[in Dreams of Dark and Light; Arkham House; 1986; 0870541536; $21.95] [BB] [BBT]

[Cause: AS Result: MT.] About a colony where 90% of the people were wiped out in an accident, and so everyone swaps in and out of the bodies of the remaining 10% (and none of the remaining ones are allowed to use their own bodies, to prevent jealousy). -3

Leiber, Fritz [Bo] [AL] [BR]

"The Hound" {/Ph/}

[in Werewolf! by Pronzini]

A sort of supernatural city force that haunts a man and possesses things and people around him. -Ph

"Space-Time For Springers" {/75/}

[in The Best of Fritz Leiber; Ballantine; 1974; 345-242256-4-175; $1.75] [BBT]

About a kitten who expects that he will turn into a human when he grows up. -75

Lem, Stanislaw [AL] [BL] [BR] [DZ]

"The Twenty-First Voyage" {/77/}

[in The Star Diaries; Stanislaw Lem; ?] [BBT]

[Cause: GM Result: BX.] This voyage is to a world where bioengineering has resulted in a wild variety of bodies, and bodily form becomes a matter of fashion and political statement. There are several curious illustrations, such as the octabod and a stoolmaid. -77

Leslie, Elisabeth

"How to Petrify Your Brother" {126//} [FT$]

[Mind's Eye Fiction; 1995; net published; http://tale.com/titles.phtml; $0.24]

The bulk of the story is free; the ending is 16-24 cents, or free if you view a "targeted ad.". -Ph (98/02/14)
[Result: IN.] Rating: 3 Cause: AM Result: BX(Petrification) Significance: + Description: 0 Saturation: +. Science Fiction. Cute little story with mixture of humorous tone and jarring inner-city human problems as told by a ten (?) year old narrator. Very realistic science. Drug dealers meet their ironic end. Framing story is fun for those who know the history of Analog magazine. As the title implies, the whole story centers around the transformation. -126

Linaweaver, Brad

"Close Shave" {/28/}

[In The Ultimate Werewolf by Preiss]

[Result: LY.] Fun story about a barber who tries to cure a curse. Also a parody of the old B horror movies. -28

Longyear, Barry [AL] [BL] [BR]

"Savage Planet" {/TG/}

[?]

[Result: GC.] -TG

Lovecraft, H. P. [??]

"The Doom That Came to Sarnath" {//141} [??]

[in H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2, Dagon and other macabre tales; Grafton Books; 1985; 0586063242; $?] [BB]

Rating: 2 Cause: MA(divine) Result: BM Significance: - Description: - Saturation: 0. Originally published 1919. Strange story of how the population of Sarnath angered an ancient deity, and the resulting destruction of their city. In the process it is suggested that the king and his courtiers are turned into strange creatures. -141 (98/02/08)

"The Moon-Bog" {//141} [??]