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Lilith's brood : The Xenogenesis trilogy : Dawn ; Adulthood rites ; Imago / Octavia E. Butler ; Imani Perry, editor.
Van Pelt Library PS3552.U827 L55 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, Octavia E., author.
- Series:
- Butler, Octavia E. http://viaf.org/viaf/1988155919071939730006 Xenogenesis trilogy
- The library of America ; 393
- Library of America ; 393.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afrofuturism--Fiction.
- Afrofuturism.
- Women, Black--Fiction.
- Women, Black.
- Genetic engineering--Fiction.
- Genetic engineering.
- Science fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 701 pages ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Xenogenesis trilogy
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Library of America, [2025]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Here in its entirety is Octavia E. Butler's wildly imaginative saga of human survival and transformation... Conceived against the backdrop of 1980s Cold War brinksmanship, these classics of Afrofuturist speculative fiction from the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award-winning author of Kindred and the Parable series asks prophetic questions about genetics and hybridity, colonization and consent, gender and sexuality, family and community, technology and the future of humankind." from dust jacket page 2.
- This speculative fiction unfolds in the aftermath of nuclear apocalypse, when humanity's survival depends on an uneasy alliance with a gene-trading, shape-shifting alien species know as the Oankali, Across three astonishing novels -- Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago -- Octavia E. Bulter explores the price of survival, the complexities of identity, and the possibilities of transformation. As Lilith Iyapo and her hybrid descendants navigate a world remade by extraterrestrial contact, Bulter asks enduring questions about consent, coexistence, and what it means to be human. This definitive edition includes authoritative texts of the novels, a forward by national Book Award winner Imani Perry, and letters and notes from Bulter's archive offering a rare glimpse into the creative process of one of the most visionary writers of the past century. from dust jacket page 4.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Imani Perry
- Dawn
- Adulthood Rites
- Imago
- Appendix: Letter to Brian M. Thomsen ; Letter to Ian Watson ; Dawn Pronunciation Guide
- Chronology
- Note on the texts
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1598538187
- 9781598538182
- OCLC:
- 1482119339
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