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Octavia Butler and the Science Fiction of Survival
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#OctaviaButler #WritingStyle #ScienceFiction #Afrofuturism #Kindred #ParableOfTheSower #Bloodchild #LilithsBrood #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #BlackScienceFiction #MacArthurFellow

I agree with @tananarivedue.bsky.social , those aliens were eugenicists and worse.

#OctaviaEButler #Xenogenesis #LilithsBrood

A humanoid figure with clusters of thin tentacles all over its body, webbed feet, and buckteeth. In the background, a round object is in the sky over its right shoulder.

#oankali #lilithsbrood

You can read the full article in Vol. 60, No. 3/4 of our journal and of course check out Butler's trilogy series "Lilith's Brood"
(First book in the trilogy is called "Dawn" as an fyi)

#octaviabutler #lilithsbrood #afrofuturism #booksuggestions #americanstudies #journal

Good lord, #LilithsBrood is a wild ride that questions the ethics of saving humanity from its flaws by mating them out of existence. I can't recommend this series enough. All of the stars. 5/5

#booksky

Last night, I finished the #OctaviaButler series #LilithsBrood. Book 1 introduces an alien race (Oankali) that kidnapped/saved humans from a war-ravaged Earth. Their goal: propagating their species by mating with humans. Humanity would be replaced w/ a new version of Oankali. 1/X

#booksky

I've been reading the #LilithsBrood series, so I'm looking forward to reading more about her position in literature and scholarship.

#booksky
#acadamicsky
#blackbooksky
#readingdiversely

Storygraph mood graph for the books I read in November: 3 books, 646 pages, average time to finish was 5 days 2 books were challenging (white) 2 books were adventurous (green) 1 book was tense (fuschia) 1 book was mysterious (brown) 1 book was dark (dark gray)

February #storygraph summary. I'm a slow reader, so 3 books/646 pages is a win.

Books read:
❤️ Head On by @scalzi.com
❤️ Unlocked by @scalzi.com
❤️ Dawn by Octavia Butler

I'm 90% finished w/ Adulthood Rites, the 2nd book in Butler's #Xenogenesis / #LilithsBrood series, which will count for March.

#OctaviaButler #LilithsBrood #Dawn

#octaviabutler #lilithsbrood

Spoilers for the #LilithsBrood series by Octavia E. Butler except it’s Galaxy Quest gifs