Uglies er den første boken i en trilogi som foregår i en framtidig pen-verden hvor alle blir operert som 16 åringer for å bli vakre som supermodeller. Store øyne, fyldige lepper, ingen er for tykke eller for tynne. Alle er perfekte. De fleste tenker at det er bra, at ingen lenger dømmes av utseendet alene. Men for dem som bor i Smoke, et opprørersamfunn langt utenfor sivilisasjonen, er situasjonen en annen: Tenåringene her nekter å la seg operere. Hovedpersonen Tally oppdager snart at pen-verdenen er alt annet enn pen når det kommer til stykket.
...ith themes of change, both emotional and physical. The book is the first installment in what was originally a trilogy, the Uglies series, which also includes the books Pretties, Specials, and Extras. In 2018, four new installments within the Uglies Universe were announced, to be titled the Imposters Series. Uglies (Uglies, #1), 2005, Scott Westerfeld Uglies is a 2005 science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld. It is set in a future post scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is considered an "ugly", but then turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age 16. Uglies is a book series by Scott Westerfeld for young adults. Westerfeld originally intended for Uglies to be a trilogy. However, after publishing the series' first three novels, Uglies, Pretties, and Specials, he ultimately wrote an additional fourth book, Extras. The world of Uglies, set in our not-so-distant future, is a complex place filled with bubbly technology and lingo, yet bogus rules about status a...