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Language English Pages 288 pp Originally published 1 December 1997 Publisher Roc Books OCLC 38008743 | 3.6/5 Goodreads Publication date December 1, 1997 ISBN 0-451-45660-2 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Scott Westerfeld books Fine Prey, Evolution's Darling, The Killing of Worlds, The Risen Empire, The Last Days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polymorph is a 1997 cyberpunk novel by American science fiction author Scott Westerfeld.
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.