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Please help. I’ve posted this in every book group I can find. I’m starting to think I am actually crazy. Between 2000-2003 I read a series of books, I want to say there were 4, that had to do with a boy coming of age and discovering his worth and powers. Pretty typical for that time frame. The specifics though, involve broken waygates (they could be called something else). The boy eventually, probably in the last books, transforms physically because of his use of magic. He gets ears like a horse, his eyes move a bit farther apart, his nails and teeth become square and harden. I remember him accepting the changes. They’re part of him. He also lived an older couple in the book. They had horses and a farm I believe. The woman was ugly, but her husband loved her deeply, because of her character. That always struck me as relatable because I tend towards liking people based on how they act rather than how they look and when you’re 16 that’s a rare trait. Or it seemed to be anyways. I remember fire magic and maybe a magic plague of some sort, though that could be from another series entirely. This book series was one of the first that introduced me to gates and I feel like they traveled between places in his world, not to other worlds. Someone has to have read these right?? Thank you!!

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iodama

I think I read this short story before 1989 in Asimov's SF Magazine (which started publication in 1971 and I was reading back through old ones in a collection, so it could be any time in the 70s or 80s). It concerned a young adult male protagonist (on Earth, who thinks he's human) who meets an "uncle" who looks a lot like him, from whom he learns that he is not human, but an alien passing among humans, who goes through a maturational process whereby two genetically related individuals fuse into one, and his "uncle" who is looking younger by the day and he are fated to merge into one person.

( Key scene description )

Anybody recognize this story?

morivoveso

I remember one christmas in the mid to late 90s asking for Animorphs books and nothing else. I ended up getting books about kids who could turn into things instead of animals. I ended up throwing them out, but recently remembered this event, but not the name of the books. I never read them as I was so disappointed, so I don't havea lot to go on, and google has been no help.

nella_sweet2

So I read this book early 2000s when I was in high school and remember loving it. Here are some details I think I remember, hope someone can help.

1. I think it's an apocalypse/post-apocalypse/sci-fi/sci-fi horror themed with a strong focus on female protagonist.

2. The catastrophe on earth (think it was a series of natural diasters and combination of gases?) has killed a lot of people but most importantly to the plot, it has pretty much knocked out modern technology and modern conveniences.

3. I remember the heroine best and her along with several other characters grow scars but through their actions the scars eventually reveal a face fitting their character.

4. Another prominent plot line was that some of the characters have visions which is what leads their journey particularly the girl who is portrayed as kind and she has a band of others travelling with.

5. The story is at times brutal with survival of the fittest emphasised and the stronger but cruel of the remaining population hunting others.

6. There is also a male protagonist who also has visions of the heroine.

7. A point I remember vividly is when her scar falls away and her true face is revealed she is beautiful with flowing hair of multiple hues. I remember how the highlights in her hair was vividly described.

8. I think there may be something about a printing press or trying to restore means of communication (not sure if this is ftom that story or something else I was reading at the time?)

I hope someone can recognise this work. It's been plaguing my memories for years and no Google search has yielded any results.

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peter_j_m

So I read this book a while ago back it 7th or 8th grade, it was about this demonic carnival that they got sucked into. The book starts with these group of teenagers at the local carnival and I remember the main character has a younger brother who had a hat that had the middle finger and the younger brother loved the hat. The only other major part of the book I remember is while in the demonic carnival the main character finds himself in this mirror maze, where if you walk into a mirror you actually walk through it and the mirror changes you and if you walk through too many you bring to turn into a hideous monster. Which that what happens to his girlfriend. That's really all I can remember besides I think the book was call Thrill Ride, but I can't find anything like it online. Hope someone can help me out!

sketchpadnc

I'm looking for help with the name of a book I read in the late 80's. The main characters were a brother and sister that discovered the often used "this could change everything" thing. Gene mods were a large part of the book as many characters were adapted to life in space... The brother had three arms but I dont recall the sisters.

I do recall that the brother played guitar. There was one point where he was playing a jam session and the lead singer was ripping up his throat trying to sing "half cord" or "off cord". That's about all I recall and I know its not much but any help will be appreciated. It's driving me crazy that I cant recall the name.

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Entries tagged with cat: transformation/modification

High Fantasy probably from the 80’s

Short story: aliens that merge into one

Sci-fi, YA, Animorphs knock-off, 90s

FOUND - The Swan Song - YA apocalypse book - heroine grows scar that covers her entire face

Can't find this book.

Sci-fi from late 80's about sibs modified for space life

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