Polymorph (novel)

Polymorph is a 1997 cyberpunk novel by American science fiction author Scott Westerfeld.

Polymorph
AuthorScott Westerfeld
Cover artistPeter Gudynas
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherRoc Books
Publication date
December 1, 1997
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages288
ISBN0-451-45660-2
OCLC38008743

Plot

"Milica Raznakovic" is the principal alias employed by the protagonist, a shape-changer or "polymorph". Living in a recession-hit future New York, she spends her time partying anonymously, each night in a different body, enjoying casual sex and absolutely no personal attachments. She believes herself to be unique. However, one night she meets another polymorph: older, malicious and much more powerful than herself. The brief and ultimately hostile encounter leads her to place herself in danger by attempting to determine the newcomer's objective, which somehow involves a wealthy industrialist. In the process of her investigation, she finds it necessary to seek an ally, reaching out to her last one-night stand, a young man she would normally not have sought out again.[1]

gollark: So many esolangs have been created by people who somehow think their ideas are good.
gollark: I may be forced to investigate this technology.
gollark: I'm having trouble remembering where important tabs are.
gollark: Hmm. It is possible that having 800 tabs open is not an entirely optimal workflow.
gollark: Just do what that linux kernel livepatch thing does and strategically overwrite code in RAM.

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