Proteus Manifest (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Sheffield
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—evolutionary fantasy
- Time of Work: The twenty-second century
- Setting: Earth and elsewhere in the Solar System
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Bioengineering or biotechnology, Earth, Metamorphosis or transmogrification, Aliens, space
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
In the future Charles Sheffield describes, shape-shifting is commonplace; anyone, with enough money, can be transformed into a replica of Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, or anyone else desired. Behrooz (commonly known as Bey) Wolf is an agent of the Office of Form Control, charged with blocking the creation of illicit forms.
As Sight of Proteus begins, Wolf is investigating a series of mysterious losses of data on form-change patients at Central Hospital, where most of these operations take place. With his colleague, John Larsen, he searches the...
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