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Keep Your Shape

Robert Sheckley

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Only a race as incredibly elastic as the Grom could have a single rule of war:

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Hunter shape. Ilg has never had any definite charge brought against him. But I hear that he remains immobile for suspiciously long periods of time. Possibly, he fancies himself a Thinker."

"But, sir," Pid protested. "If they are even slightly tainted with Alterationism or Shapelessness, why send them on this expedition?"

The Chief hesitated before answering. "There are plenty of Grom I could trust," he said slowly. "But those two have certain qualities of resourcefulness and imagination that will be needed on this expedition." He sighed. "I really don't understand why those qualities are usually linked with Shapelessness."

"Yes, sir," Pid said.

"Just watch them."

"Yes, sir," Pid said again, and saluted, realizing that the interview was at an end. In his body pouch he felt the dormant Displacer, ready to transform the enemy's power source into a bridge across space for the Grom hordes.

"Good luck," the chief said. "I. . . Read More

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lovely

“We're a long way from home now. However,” Pid said sternly, “distance is no excuse for promiscuous shapelessness."

An Earth invasion told from the perspective of the alien invaders. Brilliant. Pid, Ilg and Ger make up the invasion force. Obviously numbers are not on their side so we must presume the

In brief this is about a race of shapeshifters who are trying to take over Earth. Unfortunately the expeditionary forces keep failing to set up what amounts to a transporter between the two worlds. The latest expedition is the twenty first attempt to set up the link and possibly find out what happen

“Exotic forms will undoubtedly be called for,” Pid went on. “And for that we have a special dispensation. But remember—any shape not assumed strictly in the line of duty is a foul, lawless device of The Shapeless One!” - Robert Sheckley, Keep Your Shape

Transformation, such an important theme from my

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