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Sight of Proteus (Paperback)

by Charles Sheffield (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Ace Books (Aug 1982)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0441763421
  • ISBN-13: 978-0441763429
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,869,847 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars intrigueing sf mystery, 24 April 2002
By awblundell@hotmail.com (Warwickshire,England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sight of Proteus (Paperback)
Form control - the technology which allows manipulation of the human form using biofeedback techniques allied with computers.
This novel is set in a future where humanity has spread throughout the solar system and is beginning to use these techniques to adapt non earth environments as well as for medical and cosmetic reasons.
The technology can be dangerous and is strictly regulated - our hero, Bey Wolf is top man in the Office of Form control.
The story centres around two mysteries which fall to Bey to investigate. The first is a transplant organ for which the DNA is not on file in a world where everybody's DNA is recorded soon after birth. The second is the discovery of the bodies of two outworlders - evidently killed by a form change which went disastrously wrong.

Some of the ideas have been used before in James Blish's 'The Seedling Stars', for example and the alien form into which Bey's sidekick was changed is reminiscent of Larry Niven's Pak, although the choice of character name (Bey Wolf) suggests an older source of inspiration.
Having said that however, the elements are blended nicely and the story rattles along at a good rate.

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