Transfigurations (novel)

Transfigurations is a novel by Michael Bishop published in 1979.

Plot summary

Transfigurations is a novel in which an anthropologist studies the Asadi, a culturally and technologically primitive alien race.[1]

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed Transfigurations in Ares Magazine #8 and commented that "Despite its narrative flaws, Transfigurations is exceptionally well written, and Bishop is a writer whose work deserves close attention."[1]

Kirkus Reviews states "Some intriguing speculations about behavior -- but Bishop's usually engaging curiosity blends poorly here with the traditional furniture of outer-space fiction."[2]

Reviews
  • Review by Tom Easton (1980) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1980
  • Review by Charles N. Brown (1980) in Locus, #230 February 1980
  • Review by John Clute (1980) in Foundation, #19 June 1980
  • Review by Joseph Nicholas (1980) in Vector 98
  • Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1981) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1981
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References
  1. Costikyan, Greg (May 1981). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (8): 34.
  2. "TRANSFIGURATIONS by Michael Bishop". Kirkus Reviews. October 29, 1979.
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