false <![CDATA[Adulthood Rites (Book Two of the Xenogenesis Series)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171721685m/116249.jpg 116249 8 In this sequel to <I>Dawn</I>, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Akin. But Akin actually has five parents: a male and female human, a male and female Oankali, and a sexless Ooloi. The Oankali and Ooloi are part of an alien race that rescued humanity from a devastating nuclear war, but the price they exact is a high one--the aliens are compelled to genetically merge their species with other races, drastically altering both in the process. On a rehabilitated Earth, this "new" race is emerging through human/Oankali/Ooloi mating, but there are also "pure" humans who choose to resist the aliens and the salvation they offer. These resisters are sterilized by the Ooloi so that they cannot reproduce the genetic defect that drives humanity to destroy itself, but otherwise they are left alone (unless they become violent). When the resisters kidnap young Akin, the Oankali choose to leave the child with his captors, for he--the most &quothuman" of the Oankali children--will decide whether the resisters should be given back their fertility and freedom, even though they will only destroy themselves again. This is the second volume in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, a powerful tale of alien existence. 249001 1988 Adulthood Rites (Book Two of the Xenogenesis Series) total:801|5:267|4:346|3:170|2:14|1:4| 801 3261 1001 37 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 14 17:47:46 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:58:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 31 21:50:54 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 00:19:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 01:52:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 01:52:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 04:01:30 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 08:41:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 22 04:02:16 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 04:02:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 25 12:21:01 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 18:45:40 -0800 2008 Lilith's Brood. A story which takes place after Earth has been destroyed by war and pollution leaving only a handful of human...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 21 18:05:11 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 18:06:50 -0800 2009 so hard to get through this book, but the utter helplessness of all the protagonists drove me insane. I didn't actually finish it -- I jumped ship about halfway through.

Other than that it was good. I like Octavia E. Butler a lot.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 17:29:09 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 17:31:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 16:31:02 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 06:33:40 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 07:33:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 07:42:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Feb 16 18:02:25 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 18:06:45 -0800 2008 Lilith's Brood" trilogy. It starts about 30 years after the end of the first book (Dawn) and covers the next twenty years. It takes on place on Earth and humans are still killing each other. Meanwhile their "keepers" are breeding with them in very weird w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 17:09:54 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 17:09:54 -0800 2007 Dawn, and this, the second book, was not a disappointment! It's full of great ideas to make you think. I was enthralled the entire time I was reading it, never wanting to put it down. The characters and the ideas were all very interesting. This c...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 20:56:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:56:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 16:37:51 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 10:56:57 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 06:19:26 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 22 06:51:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 19 11:00:56 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 11:25:55 -0800 2008 1 Dawn, Butler's tale of alien abduction, or rescue, after humanity has nearly destroyed itself in nuclear devastation. Adulthood Rites is the story of Akin, the son of Lilith, a cross between human and Oankali species, and his search to learn more about both his human and his ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Jun 22 13:21:17 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 13:21:28 -0700 2008 So powerful that it's sometimes painful. Truly brilliant page turners. All are intense studies of the morality of survival, and the meaning of humanity. A common theme is the power relationship between species or races, particularly whe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 12:40:02 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 11:31:42 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 10:48:26 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 11:40:36 -0800 2008 Fledgling that I had trouble believing it. And this is the second book in a series! But it didn't matter, because it is just really good. Lots of fascinating exploration of what it means to ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 17:33:07 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 17:36:14 -0700 2007
Throw in some sensory tentacles, alien-human breeding and a third gendered creature called an ooloi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=116249