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Duncan Chalk's six-hundred-pound frame is nearly as large as his media empire. Beneath the depths of his immense rolls of flab, the fabulously wealthy mogul wields the editorial power to deliver his programming across the solar system to billions of viewers. His newest real-life romance drama... read more

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Minnera Burris, hideously changed by alien surgeons and Lona Kelvin, who donated several hundred of her ova to science, are brought together by eneterainer Duncan Chalk to provice material for is deovouring media empire and for his vampireish feeding on emotions. They start a relaiionship... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Minnera Burris, hideously changed by alien surgeons and Lona Kelvin, who donated several hundred of her ova to science, are brought together by eneterainer Duncan Chalk to provice material for is deovouring media empire and for his vampireish feeding on emotions. They start a relaiionship bullt on supporting each other, but soon find they only have their freakishness in common. Then each discovers the bargan the other made with Chalk. Chalk feeds on their emotions as their initlal fragile love is tested and broken by what has been done to each of them, physically or psychologically. The conflict is driven by both Chalk's placeing them in situations where they will be forced to confront thier limits, and also by their growing realiziaon that they must find a way to fight what has happened to them.

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  • “Yes. Yes. I accept the torture. I'm your toy, Chalk. Only a human being would refuse the offer. But I accept, I accept!”
    Minner Burris

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Pain is instructive.

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  1. Robert Silverberg (Author)

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  • Nebula (Finalist, 1967: Best Novel)
  • Hugo (Finalist, 1968: Novel)

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