In fact, their entire identity and self image is that of a completely robotic form.
The first, "Metalloids" or "Suit Men" whose infant forms are placed in space suits, in which they inhabit their entire lives. The secondary plot consists of a team of scientists who travel to a distant portion of the galaxy and manage to discover two completely unique forms of life. Though he begins to wonder if it is he who wants to go, or if it is the suit. Soon Peder forms an overwhelming desire to visit Caean and will do anything to get there. Its design is such that he can convince anyone of anything - even that the suit itself is not as it seems. However, garments from Caean are outlawed in Peder's home world and most of the galaxy and as such Peder must utilise the suits qualities to bamboozle whomever gazes upon it. Peder commandeers the suit and uses it to scale the ranks of the social scene. This particular suit is only one of five the designer completed in his life – and is made of Prossim, a material so rare that any one item would be infinitely valuable. While scouring the wreckage, Peder finds a rare suit designed by the legendary designer, Frachionard. Due to the particular nature of the clothing -– so exquisite as to imbue the wearer with certain qualities – on Caean the skill of the designer is such that the title "supplants the functions of psychiatrist, priest, and molder of public opinion." They seek to obtain items of fashion from a crashed ship, filled with items of clothing from the planet Caean. The main plot covers a journey to a crashed planet by a con-man, Rialto Mast and Peder Forbath, a knowledgeable sartorial. He described it as being his attempt to create a Vancian space opera. The Garments of Caean is the seventh novel by the science fiction author Barrington J.
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