When Octavia Butler’s novel Kindred was assigned to me in a university literature course, I didn’t know what I was in for. Assigned books can be like wading into murky waters—you’re never sure if ...
In Octavia E. Butler’s novelette “Bloodchild,” a quantum of humanity fleeing Earth finds sanctuary on a distant planet—but at a price. The native Tlic, a species of intelligent, centipedelike aliens, ...
In fiction writer Octavia Butler’s story “Bloodchild,” humans have left Earth and must share a neighboring planet with aliens. There, the men must be impregnated and give birth; if they don’t, their ...
Today marks what would have been the 71st birthday of American science fiction novelist Octavia E Butler (1947-2006). The author of Bloodchild (1984), the Xenogenesis trilogy (1984-89) and the Parable ...
Bloodchild and Other Stories Octavia E. Butler. Seven Stories Press, $10 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-888363-36-4 Collection of SF stories about gender and race. (Dec.) ...
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