Full record for shapeshifter n.

Definition	one who shapeshifts
OED requirements	antedating 1967
Earliest cite	A. Garner 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'
Comment	There is a single cite of 1887 in OED, referring to Norse mythology. Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1983 reprint of Roger Zelazny's "Eye of Cat". Apollo Crum submitted a cite from a reprint of Roger Zelazny's "The Courts of Chaos"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the original 1977 magazine publication. Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a 1967 reprint of Alan Garner's "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen"; we would like to check the 1960 first edition. Imran Ghory submitted a 1995 cite from Doug Naylor's "Last Human". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from an undated reprint of Laurell Hamilton's 1996 "Lunatic Cafe". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1995 reprint of Patricia Wrede's 1994 "The Raven Ring". Douglas Winston submitted a 2000 cite from Glen Cook's "Soldiers Live".
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for shapeshifter n.

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1992 Locus June 58/3	Book 1 has some of the best fiction, against a shared background of alien shapeshifters (with a strong element of werewolf) older than humanity and scattered throughout human history.
1993 Sci. Fiction Stud. Nov. 400	Their nemesis is a shapeshifter capable‥of dissembling itself as any of the life-forms it has assimilated.
1993 Sci. Fiction Age Jan. 16/3	Newman's exploration of exactly what Jago's followers are trying to do brings in everything from shapeshifters to the famous tripodal Martian war machines of H.G. Wells.
1997 W. Shatner Avenger xxvi. 224	As if some shapeshifter had taken Spock's form.
1997 2000 AD 28 Oct. 27/1 (caption)	This brave new world is a bizarre mixture of aliens and anachronisms with bio-weapons and shapeshifters just as common as Imperial concubines and duels over the hand of a Lady.
2000 R. Sterling World Food: Spain 8	Geographically, culturally, emotionally, and gastronomically, Spain is a proud and adaptive melange. It's a shape-shifter, in the best mythological style.
2001 Cult Times Feb. 56/3	Liz goes off with Max, little realizing that she is being abducted by the shapeshifter, who hopes to lead Agent Pierce to him.