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C. Francis Carnicelli book Something's in the Forest! And Other Tales...
Furry, Mythical, Size, Animal | | |
This book is a compliation of several short story's meant for younger readers, probably early teens. The main story Something's in the Forest has two characters in it that are able to transform from people in to giant birds which resemble eagle's but "are as large as a house". Other stories deal ...more |
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C. S. Lewis book The Great Divorce
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This book tells the story of some citizens of Hell who are given the opportunity to visit Heaven. In one tale, a man visits his wife (who went to Heaven on her death). The man is portrayed as a dwarf leading a life-size mannequin on a chain. The dwarf is the man; the mannequin is the phony, manipula ...more |
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C.J. Cherryh book Gate of Ivrel
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Well written book in a Andre Norton like way, though it has a power that her books don't have. It is a mixture of technology and sword play! The first in a serious of three. The first is far and away the best. An Exiled Bastard Prince becomes an unwilling servant to a powerful woman of legend who ha ...more |
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Cadavres Exquis
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In this short story about Fascinax, a sort of French version of The Shadow, features his nemesis Numa Pergyll
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Caroline Stevermer book A Scholar of Magics
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New fantasy hardback book involving a young American sharpshooter (my guess is the story takes place in the late 1800's although I'm not sure it's mentioned), who is invited to England's Glasscastle University (a school of magic) to help with a top secret endeavor called the Agincourt Project. It is ...more |
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Carrie Vaughn book Kitty and the Midnight HOur
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I haven't seen anyone mention the recent Carrie Vaughn novels here, so I'm giving my impressions.
I picked up _Kitty and the Midnight Hour_ on impulse at Conglomeration. It was obviously a first novel, rough around the edges, but had considerable charm.
The idea is that Kitty (yes, a werew ...more |
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"Cartomancy" by Michael A. Stackpole
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There are two significant transformations within this book: one concerning a long-running villain and the other, one of the main characters.
1. Villain - Body Swap/Gender
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Cathy Cunningham book Demons of Highpoint House
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An evil old witch from time to time drives beautiful young Lara's spirit out of her body and steals it. She eventually plans to keep it forever.
Long book with some good moments but it drags often. |
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Cecelia Ahern; Thanks For the Memories
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After a blood transfusion, Joyce Conway begins to dream about memories she's never had through the eyes of a man.
It turns out that the blood she was given originated from a man named Justin Hitchcock, and because of this, she now has a deep connection with him - she shares his likes and dislike ...more |
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Cervantes : "Dialogue of the Dogs" book Unknown
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Berganza (dog) seems to have opened his eyes to another world in which he is in actuality a man, and not a dog. La Canizares claimed that when his mother bore Berganza/Montiel, he and his twin brother, presumably Cipion, were changed into puppies because of a grudge held against their mother. The wi ...more |
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Change and Renewal in Children's Literature
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Contains links to books involving transformations and reviews of them.
*Nesbit: The cathood of Maurice (cat)
*Gillian Gross: Pictures in the dark (otter)
*Melvin Burgess: Tiger, tiger (tiger)
*William Rayners: Stag boy
*Patrice Kindl: Owl in love
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Changers Book One: Drew book by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper
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The main character Name "Ethan" is about to enter High School for the first time. He goes to asleep and wakes up as a girl name Drew Bohner (Boner).
Book 1 is a story on Drew and how she deals with the change and the parents telling her that this happens every year for the next four years. Going ...more |
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Charles De Lint book The Little Country
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The novel is broken into two stories. In one, the curious Jodi is shrunken down to the size of a mouse by a witch. She must then survive the witch's plans for her. An excellent novel. |
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Charles de Lint book Trader
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pennyless Devlin wakes up in Max Trader's body and comfortable lifestyle leaving Trader to make the best of his new, poor life he had no part in forming. The exchange is the basis for the whole plot of this thoughtful novel! |
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Charles Eric Maine book Timeliner
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Man's consciousness is bouncing back and forth in time. Eventually, he ends up back in his own time except in the body of his wife. |
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Charles Sheffield book Proteus Series
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In the future they use feedback machines to change themselves into other forms. The main character works for the Office of Form control and is the foremost expert in his field. They can change other creatures as well so they developed a test that would tell them if the form started out as human or s ...more |
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Charles Stross book Glasshouse
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Robin is a patient in a rehab clinic for convalescents of voluntary memory erasure. With only scant clues, contained in a letter from his former self, to his previous and possibly espionage-related career, Robin quickly discovers his new identity offers little protection from several would-be assas ...more |
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Chester Aaron book Home to the Sea
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Story about a girl with an overprotective mother and a kind but mysterious grandma. She can't swim, but she's turning into a mermaid and no-one knows what's happening to her. Very cool book, for young adults. |
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"Chicken Chicken" by R. L. Stine
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A lesser entry into the "Goosebumps" series in which a girl and her brother anger a weird woman who places a spell on them. Most of the book is simply the earliest stages of a slow change into chickens, with the full transformations lasting only a couple of pages near the end. But the very last l ...more |
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Chris James book Be a Lady - or Else
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George Roberts has somehow run up thousands of pounds of debt and, in order to escape the debt collectors waiting to break his ankles, slips out of the house dressed as a woman. Big mistake! The whole thing has been set up by his devoted and loyal secretary, who arranges for him to be drugged and sh ...more |
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Christa Wolf book Nachdenken /
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The main character, a female student, is tranformed into a man as a scientific experiment. The story focuses on the mental transformation that is slowly brought about by the physical transformation... East German TV made this into a TV movie in 1989 |
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Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder book Buffy: The Immortal
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Veronique a beautiful evil woman who deliberately transforms herself into an immortal evil spirit. When she possesses a human body she is like a super vampire if the body is killed she can possess another.
She tried to bring forth her master an incredibly powerful demon. At the end to foil her mos ...more |
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Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder book Buffy: Blooded
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An evil chinese demon from the past is released by Wilow & it possesses her body! While it gains strengths it pretends to be her with her mom & friends.
So, so book. I've put this under gender as the demon seems male.
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In an credibly stupid move to save Willow Buffy allows the demo ...more |
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Christopher Pike book Spellbound
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Story is about this kid and his girlfriend gettin murdered... The a british girl named Joni and an African kid named Bala come 2 their school. Joni is actually a vulture who switched bodies with the real girl (some African shaman ritual), the girl as the vulture gets shot and dies. The vulture bec ...more |
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Christopher Whyte book The Warlock of Strathearn
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The title character of this British novel, a Scotsman born in the 17th Century, learns how to change shape early in the book. He turns into a variety of animals in several chapters, including birds and fish. But he turns himself into a woman for about two chapters in order to seduce another woman ...more |
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Christopher Wilson book The Ballad of Lee Cotton
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A well executed, if slight, exploration of race and gender in mid 20th century America. Lee Cotton is a blonde, blue-eyed boy, born to a black woman in rural Mississippi in the early 1950s. In a rigidly segregated society, he grows up black despite the color of his skin. While his situation is i ...more |
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Christopher Zimmer book Die Steine der Wandlung
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In the beginning of the story, a strange black bird is caught for a present by Jock (a kind of Halfling).
It turns out, that the bird is a young girl, who used the magic "transforming stone" to become a bird, while all the others in her tribe changed into trees like they do every year. But after t ...more |
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Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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In the next chapter of the Chronicles or Narnia series. Lucy and Edmund, along with their cousin Eustace, are transported back to Narnia thanks to a painting of a boat. They find themselves in water and are picked up by Prince Caspian who is now a few years older and king on his boat the Dawn Tread ...more |
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Clemens Brentano book Märchen vom Gockel Hinkel und Gackeleia
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This is a very old fairy tale (first publishing 1837 !) with a little "metamorphose content".
In the middle of the book the main charakters find a wishing ring (Ring of Salomon), which grants evry wish by turning it around and say the wish in a rhyme.
First the ring has been stolen by 3 evil guy ...more |
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Cline, Ernest 'Ready, Player One'
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In a future where people spend almost all their time in a virtual reality simulation, 18-year-old Wade races to complete a contest that will give the winner control of OASIS, the virtual world. In the process, he falls in love with Art3mis, a young woman with a cute avatar. But is she a cute girl ...more |
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Clive Barker book Weaveworld
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During a mysterious festival, a brother and sister pass through one another and emerge in each other's bodies... |
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Cliver Barker book Everville
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Female lead character Tesla Bombeck has had an ape which was turned into an intelligent human trapped in her conciousness for several years (why this is, carries over from Weaveworld and is a little too complicated to cite here).
Basically she has avoided intercourse for a long time partly beca ...more |
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Computer Eye
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The hero, who is able to change shape, assumes a female identity at one point. |
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Confessions of a Jane Austin Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
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Modern LA woman ends up swapping bodies with a rich young english lady in 1813. The main character uses her knowledge of Austin to help her adjust.
Note: There is a sequel
"Rude awaking of a Jane Austin Addict"
Here the english lady ends up in the modern woman's body with much more of a ...more |
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"The Cookoo Clock of Doom" by R. L. Stine
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Based on the Fox Tv. show a 12 year old boy tries to get his little sister in trouble by turing the head on his dad's cookoo clock backwards. this causes time to go backwords. he ends up going to his 12th birthday,6th birthday and eventually he ends up as a baby. Too bad he turns time around. OK. |
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Cora Jarrett book Srange Houses
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A middle aged very rich woman switches bodies with a beautiful, sexy young stripper. A pschologist tries to put it together. Its a talky book with poor characetrization & only has a few good moments. The women do not try to live each other's lives. |
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Crawford Kilian book Brother Jonathan
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on page 66 Jonathan dreams he is in a female's body, also asleep. Only it's not a dream, it's telepathy, and soon they are inside each other's minds, sharing their love for each other... in the next few pages they each reemember the memories of the other, him growing up female, and her vice versa. |
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