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Cover art: Clyde Caldwell
Blurb: “In the 22nd century a combination of computer-augmented bio-feedback and chemo-therapy techniques has given man the ability not only to heal himself, but to change himself-to alter his very shape at will. But Form Change has its darker aspects, ranging from unauthorized experimentation on human subjects to a threat to the very essence of humanity— a SIGHT OF PROTEUS
Charles Sheffield has written a thrilling novel of pursuit and unveiling in a world where the forms of humanity are practically boundless-until one man breaks an unbreakable law; until an alien force looses itself upon the world-and a planet that exploded sixteen million years ago delivers its final legacy...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: As well as being a writer of great skill, Charles Sheffield is a scientist of recognized stature Educated in Cambridge, England, he holds a Master's Degree in Mathematics and a Doctorate in Theoretical Physics. He is First Vice President of the American Astronautical Society and Vice President of Special Projects for Earth Satellite Corporation, in which capacities he is often called upon to give testimony before various Congressional committees concerned with Americas space pro-gram. Since his first stories appeared in GALAXY MAGAZINE two years ago, he has been published in most of the major science fiction magazines and several original anthologies. SIGHT OF PROTEUS is his first novel.”