If snarky commentary on opera has taught me anything, it's that a small domino mask will completely conceal one's identity even from one's spouse or parents.
(People have come up with halfway plausible ways for Kal-El to manage it.)
"I enjoyed the book I thought I was reading (up until the ending), but was disappointed by the one I actually read."
I had that problem a lot with a twist endings to stand alone books. A lot of my enjoyment from better SF and Fantasy comes from remembering, thinking about, and rereading the book later. And the bar for my willing suspension of disbelief is lower while I'm initially immersed in the world, so both the twist and the rest of the book have to be very skillfully done to avoid shattering any possible future enjoyment.
Your description reminds me of a novella (I think) that I read some years ago. About an unattractive woman who is taken advantage of by an advertising agency to be the first remotely operated celebrity. She is put in a capsule and remotely operates a beautiful body (literally a meat puppet) whose purpose is to simply be beautiful on camera and publicly use lots of high-end consumer products as a form of advertising. Sort of reality television with product placement. It was a really interesting story that I've never forgotten, although I can't remember the title or the author.
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2016-03-25 11:51 am
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(People have come up with halfway plausible ways for Kal-El to manage it.)
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I had that problem a lot with a twist endings to stand alone books. A lot of my enjoyment from better SF and Fantasy comes from remembering, thinking about, and rereading the book later. And the bar for my willing suspension of disbelief is lower while I'm initially immersed in the world, so both the twist and the rest of the book have to be very skillfully done to avoid shattering any possible future enjoyment.
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"The Girl Who Was Plugged In"?
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