Series
The series, originally designed to be a trilogy, has four books, with the fourth released in 2007. If the first three covers are lined up spine-to-spine, a mouth, an ear, and an eye are visible on each book, a possible reference to the three wise monkeys. The fourth book, Extras, takes place a few years after the mind-rain brought about by Tally Youngblood, the main character of the proper trilogy (Uglies/Pretties/Specials), which ended the Prettytime. Aya Fuse's (main character of the fourth book) city now runs on a "fame economy," which was invented when it was discovered that non-bubbleheads consume way too many resources to keep the Prettytime economy afloat. The series shares many of its themes with the 1964 The Twilight Zone episode "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You." In a blog posting, the author of the books notes that he had seen the episode in his childhood and had forgotten all the details.
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