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Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Xenogenesis Ser.
From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower:After the near-extinction of humanity, one young man with extraordinary gifts will either help the human race rebuild its future . . . or doom it to self-destruction. In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race inter ...Show more
Adulthood Rites (Lilith's Brood #2) by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Lilith's Brood Ser.
'Octavia Butler was playing out our very real possibilities as humans. I think she can help each of us to do the same' GLORIA STEINEM'Her evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately,what it means to be human' NEW YORK TIMESFrom the groundbreaking, a ...Show more
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Science Fiction
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who ...Show more
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E Butler
Category: Fiction
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes Bloodchild, winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and Speech Sounds, winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, Amnesty is a story of a woman named Noah who works ...Show more
Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: The\Patternist Ser.
'A book that shifted my life... Epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant' VIOLA DAVIS on Wild Seed'Butler's evocative, often troubling novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' NEW YORK TIMESA PATTERNIST NOVEL: BOOK THREEBlake Maslin is a doctor. ...Show more
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Fiction | Series: Lilith's Brood Ser.
One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers t ...Show more
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Xenogenesis Book One
One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers ...Show more
Dawn: Lilith's Brood 1 by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Lilith's Brood Ser.
'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century' JUNOT DIAZ'Octavia Butler was playing out our very real possibilities as humans. I think she can help each of us to do the same' GLORIA STEINEMOne woman is called upon to reconstruct humanity in this hopeful, thought-provoking novel ...Show more
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
'The Octavia Butler novel for our times' THE ATLANTIC'My book of the year . . . completely devours the genre which gave rise to it' JUNOT DÍAZThe final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler.A young girl wakes up in the woods, gravely injured and alone, with no memory ...Show more
Fledgling by Octavia E Butler
Category: Fiction
"Octavia E. Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction--period. . . . A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature."-"The Washington Post Book World "Readers familiar with . . . "Parable o ...Show more
Imago by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Xenogenesis Ser.
The stunning conclusion to a postapocalyptic trilogy about an alien species merging with humans--from "one of science fiction's finest writers" (TheNew York Times). Human and Oankali have been mating since the aliens first came to Earth to rescue the few survivors of an annihilating nuclear war. The O ...Show more
Imago (Lilith's Brood #3) by Octavia E. Butler
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Lilith's Brood Ser.
'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct' LUPITA NYONG'O'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center' VANITY FAIRFrom literary pioneer O ...Show more