Blood Child, and Other Stories
Ratings89
Average rating4.2
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Ratings89
Average rating4.2
A collection of short stories by a celebrated African American female science fiction author includes the award-winning title story, "Bloodchild," a parable about the treatment of women throughout history
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I've only read another book by Octavia Butler (Kindred), and that was the graphic novel adaptation. Now I'm angry at myself for not picking up this book first. Butler was a genius. She truly was. Her stories show such great mastery of the craft of writing. She was one of a kind, and truly deserves more recognition. If this collection of short stories is just a tiny piece of her work, I'm quite sure her novels will be even more fantastic!
Everything the flame alphabet should have been in 11 pages. Butler is the absolute best.
All of the stories were good, but the first two were fantastic.
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2 primary booksEarthseed is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1984 with contributions by Octavia E. Butler.
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