Electric Forest by Tanith Lee

[james_davis_nicoll]

Electric Forest by Tanith Lee

Comments

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

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.)

[w. dow rieder (from livejournal.com)]

"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.

[awesomeaud.livejournal.com]

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.

"The Girl Who Was Plugged In"?

[raja1999.livejournal.com]

Are you thinking of "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" by James Tiptree, Jr? I came here to ask James how this Tanith Lee novel compared to that.

Re: "The Girl Who Was Plugged In"?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I don't remember it well enough to comment.