Dawn
Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. Creatures covered in writhing tentacles, the Oankali had saved every surviving human from a dying, ruined Earth. They healed the planet, cured cancer, increased strength, and were now ready to...
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Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. Creatures covered in writhing tentacles, the Oankali had saved every surviving human from a dying, ruined Earth. They healed the planet, cured cancer, increased strength, and were now ready to help Lilith lead her people back to Earth--but for a price.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780446603775 (0446603775)
ASIN: 446603775
Publish date: April 1st 1997
Publisher: Warner Books
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
Series: Xenogenesis (#1)
Lilith, the name is important for the reference, awakens on an alien ship, long after the human race has almost destroyed itself (doomsday). The problem is that in order for the human race to continue live, Lilith must work with aliens who will make the humans a bit more than human. The book is m...
Dawn by Octavia Butler appears on a lot of must read lists for a reason. The way the humans react to their captivity, to the aliens, and to each other makes the reader take a hard look at humanity. It's very easy to not like what you see. It's easy to want to walk away from a book that leaves you wi...
Series: Xenogenesis #1 I didn’t like this book. I know I’m the odd one out here, but nothing about it really worked for me. The writing style didn’t draw me in, to start with. It’s hard to explain why, exactly. It just didn’t. It felt clumsy and awkward. I think the main reason I finished it was t...
Book Riot Read Harder Challenge Item: The First Book in a Series by a Person of ColorSo, now I know why Octavia Butler is such a big deal.I first acquired this book used about 10 years ago after a random stranger recommended her in a comment on a Livejournal post. Thank you, stranger, wherever you a...
After being awoken by Oankali (aliens) Lilith Iyapo finds out that it has been 250 years since human beings sparked a nuclear war and wiped out most of the inhabitants of Earth. The Oankali came along and found survivors with the hopes that one day they would be able to breed with the humans in orde...
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