Electric Forest

Name: Electric Forest
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Tanith Lee
ISBN: 9781721366170

Author: Tanith Lee

Narrator: Susan Duerden

Unabridged: 5 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/07/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Tanith Lee's sci-fi classic of a woman's quest for acceptance through the transfer of her consciousness to an artificial body.In the futuristic world of Indigo, reproduction is controlled by the government, guaranteeing that every baby is happy, healthy, and beautiful. But mistakes happen, and a rare few babies are accidentally born biologically, like Magdala Cled.Because of her natural-born features, Magdala is an outcast in society--abandoned at birth, abused in the orphanage she grew up in, and branded with the cruel name "Ugly." But Magdala's world turns upside down when she's approached by Claudio Loro, a wealthy scientist who has created a beautiful artificial body. When he offers to transfer Magdala's consciousness into the body, she cannot refuse the priceless opportunity for a new, beautiful life.However, unbeknownst to her, Claudio has crafted her new body to resemble Christophine del Jan, his rival scientist and former lover. Now Magdala must impersonate Christophine to infiltrate high society, court Claudio's advances, and decide whose side she is truly on--all while maintaining her real body lest it die...and she die with it.

About Tanith Lee

Tanith Lee (1947–2015) was a legend in science fiction and fantasy writing. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Awards, a British Fantasy Society Derleth Award, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror.

Reviews

Goodreads review by mark on January 14, 2016

poor Ugly! her misshapen appearance really sticks out on the planet Indigo, where everyone is practically perfect in every way. Ugly needs to trade up! time to move into a new body, freshly made and certainly more pleasing to the eye. this is a futuristic morality tale in which Pygmalion is a beautif......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on December 29, 2023

4.0 Stars Video Review: [URL not allowed] I read this book based on a friend's recommendation. I knew nothing about it going in and honestly still felt in the dark during my reading experience. I really enjoyed the science fiction worldbuilding which had a fantastical and creative quality.......more

Goodreads review by Darrell on March 16, 2025

Electric Forest by Tanith Lee. Her style is something I can get used to. But her story is nothing great. It was ok, going to look at her other stuff to see what else she has. The only character I could get into and relate to was Ugly. Because of the way people treated her. Why I could sympathize wit......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on January 04, 2024

APPARENTLY I MISUNDERTOOD THE ENDING WHEN I FIRST READ IT!!! In the very far future, on the planet Indigo within the Earth Conclave (E.C.) where pretty much everything is blue, an ugly, deformed dwarf of a woman named Magdala Cled toils her life away, shunned by everyone for her appearance. You see,......more

Goodreads review by Raymond on September 28, 2018

At the end of this book, the character sits at the piano and begins playing variations on a theme. It is Lee's way of saying that she herself has been giving us variations on religious metaphor, twined within what seems a classic sci-fi tale. Lee is riffing on Christian themes such as sacrifice, tra......more