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This is not my favorite of Tanith's Lees books, but its still an interesting story and gives us a few nice twists along the way. It takes place on a planet in the future named Indigo, where one of the seasons is actually Blue. Here, everyone is made to be born perfect and our heroine, Magdala, is not among them as she was born the old fashioned way (which is definitely out of fashion) and is not perfect in the least. She works a boring job and goes home to a tiny room, had no friends but her toy cat, and hardly speaks to anyone at all. Along comes Claudio who offers her a deal...put her own body into a capsule that will keep it alive while her consciousness is transferred to a beautiful body. Of course, Magdala goes for it.

From here on, you discover that all things are not what they seem. That Claudio is doing this for his own benefit and drags Magdala along with his intrigues, threatening her all the way with the death of her real body if she disobeys. Yet, we have to applaud Magdala as she learns to stand up for herself and the story keeps one guessing as to who is really behind everything. There are some slow points in the book, but its closer to a novella than a novel, so it keeps you going to the end...and the final twist.

Recommended, but not for a sf first book by Tanith Lee. Silver Metal Lover might be a better choice to start with.


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Electric Forest Tanith Lee Don Maitz 9780879974824 Books Reviews

On the planet Indigo, a beautiful but heartless world of physical perfection, a deformed, rejected woman is offered the chance to leave her body behind and become beautiful. But what will be the price? I really enjoyed this short novel and its exploration of consciousness transferral. The heroine of this short novel, Magdala, has been in a state of near non-existence until she meets the mysterious Claudio, and with little ability to make decisions, awakens in an artifical body and begins to make it her own. In a world where beauty has become boring, she is excited by it and yet filled with hatred at the cruelty of Claudio who reminds her of what she truly is, and terror at the threat of having her new beauty, and body, taken from her. I wasn't too bothered by the pre and post screenings that weren't really part of the story, and yet explained what it was about. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys scifi, especially virtual reality stories.
I imagine that I am going to have quite the addiction on my hands now. My second novel by Ms. Lee, I have already hopelessly fallen in love with her futuristic worlds of holostat illusions, decadent bungalows in the sky and trees of indigo blue. As for her charactors, her writing allows me to feel their pain and anguish as though it were indeed my own. Even the antagonists are far too intriguing to truly hate. But, on with the novel...

The life of Magdala Cled is that of a severly deformed misfit in a society of rich snobs who were geneticly created to ensure that they would become physically attractive. Magdala, on the other hand was born to a prostitute Mother and unknown Father who dumped her off into a group home after she was born because she never bothered to have an abortion.

Her she lives and goes out into the world, but her life is "lifeless" really because everywhere she goes people are so disgusted and frightened by the sight of her that even going to work is an ordeal. Her only companionship at all is the stuffed toy cat she hides in her apartment.

But that all changes when the beautiful, rich Claudio spies her on the street and gives her the opportunity to have a whole new body through a transfer of consciousness. Now Magdala is beautiful--and under the complete and total control of a derranged mad scientist who indeed has his own selfish vendetta in mind--especially when Magdala realizes that she is an exact copy of a real living woman. A woman who Claudio desipises for mysterious reasons and Magdala hates for the reason that she is everything that Magdala could never be because of her physical deformities.

It is heart wrenching to watch Magdala's dull life change into one of mystery and grand intrigue. To watch her charactor transform having been given the chance to experience feelings and emotions that she never could before because of having no friends or human contact whatsoever. To watch Claudio torment her with mind games and grand thoughts only to remind her of what she really is, something which she is always grimly aware of herself. And all the while as she contemplates her newfound situation, Magdala realizes her feelings of love/hate for Claudio, the one man who dared to notice her, and questions his motives. To live a life knowing it is not really hers at all, and that it is no longer even in any of her own control.

My only gripe about the novel was it's shortness in length. I also agree with one of the other reviewers comments about the pre and post screenings being completely unnessasary and muddling to the plot. But even so, this was such an enjoyable read that I have to give credit where it's due. I'm a Bona Fide Tanith Lee fan now. I can't wait to read more of her novels.
Speculative alt-reality psychological sci-fi. A genetically degenerate woman jumps at an opportunity too good to be true offered by a rogue scientist "Consciousness Transferal" to a new and improved body. She discovers the price to be paid for this new perfect body is in acting out the roll as an impersonator of the original she now looks like for nefarious ends. Or not. Tanith Lee explores the philosophical questions of narcissism, reality and the embodiment of self awareness when confronted with one's self as a separate ego. Fans of alt-reality novels (such as those of Jack L. Chalker) will appreciate this short (160 pages) deceptively simple book which reveals layer after layer of smoke and mirrors while keeping a storyline climbing to a climatic multiple plot-twisting conclusion. Excellent combination of psychological second-guessing, action, intrigue and thoughtful speculation. Highy recommended.
This is not my favorite of Tanith's Lees books, but its still an interesting story and gives us a few nice twists along the way. It takes place on a planet in the future named Indigo, where one of the seasons is actually Blue. Here, everyone is made to be born perfect and our heroine, Magdala, is not among them as she was born the old fashioned way (which is definitely out of fashion) and is not perfect in the least. She works a boring job and goes home to a tiny room, had no friends but her toy cat, and hardly speaks to anyone at all. Along comes Claudio who offers her a deal...put her own body into a capsule that will keep it alive while her consciousness is transferred to a beautiful body. Of course, Magdala goes for it.

From here on, you discover that all things are not what they seem. That Claudio is doing this for his own benefit and drags Magdala along with his intrigues, threatening her all the way with the death of her real body if she disobeys. Yet, we have to applaud Magdala as she learns to stand up for herself and the story keeps one guessing as to who is really behind everything. There are some slow points in the book, but its closer to a novella than a novel, so it keeps you going to the end...and the final twist.

Recommended, but not for a sf first book by Tanith Lee. Silver Metal Lover might be a better choice to start with.