I have been squirreling away Octavia Butler books. I consider myself an avid fan of her works yet I have only read two of her novels so far ([b:Wild Seed|52318|Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)|Octavia E. Butler|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1344271475s/52318.jpg|1330000] and [b:Kindred|60...
Octavia Butler should be required reading for those of us who like the more psychological sci-fi than the jargony/war/sciency sci-fi stuff. Which is not to say that Verner Vinge doesn't have his place. But I've always been more of an Orson Scott Card, Dan Simmons, Anne McCaffrey, Sherri S. Tepper ...
After reading several reviews of this feminist author falling off the "feminist bandwagon" I must give it a try. Though describing all men as violent, animalistic rapists and women are the perpetual victims who are so victimized by men they protect the victimizers sounds a lot like the feminist spe...
This was a re read. I had already read this in the omnibus volume Lilith's Brood. Re read it for a book club discussion and it was still terrific and provided lots of content for a good meaty discussion.
Not since Nancy Kress's Beggars in Spain have I been so blown away by a science fiction book. Dawn is the story of Lilith Iyapo, one of the few human survivors of the nuclear war that destroyed the Earth. She is being held aboard a ship by a race of beings called the Oankali, who have rescued huma...
Earth is destroyed by war and an alien civilization tries to rescue the few survivors. They are also traders in that each new civilization they come across they add their DNA to form a new improved Oankali. They Awaken Lilith and she finds out she's been asleep on-and-off for 250 years. Earth has...
I've read this series at least three or four times before, and each re-read I get something new from it. This time I was doing a close reading specifically for queer subtext--and there's plenty to reward that effort, although mostly it's in the second and third books. It is interesting that Lilith i...
Octavio Butler was an unique voice in science fiction. I have only read Wild Seed and a few short stories before, but Dawn, the first of the Xenogenesis series, is in keeping with her recurring themes. Lilith finds herself revived after a 250 years sleep on a alien spaceship. She discovers that she ...
I suddenly need to read as much Octavia Butler as possible. I get the same excitement from her that I got when I first discovered Vonnegut-complicated ideas presented in a way that makes total sense, causing you to wonder why you didn't think this way all along. OK not a great description but you kn...
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