false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190097800m/60934.jpg 60934 9 This conclusion to the Xenogenesis series (<I>Dawn</I> and <I>Adulthood Rites</I>) focuses on Jodahs, the child of a union between humans, alien Oankali, and the sexless ooloi. The Oankali and ooloi are part of an extraterrestrial species that saved humanity from nuclear oblivion, but many humans feel the price for their help is too high: the Oankali and ooloi intend to genetically merge with humanity, creating a new species at the expense of the old. Even though the Oankali have--against their better judgment--created a human colony on Mars so that humanity as a species can continue unaltered, many human "resisters" either have not heard of the Mars colony or don't believe the Oankali will allow them to live there. Jodahs, who was thought to be a male but who is actually maturing into the first ooloi from a human/Oankali union, finds a pair of resisters who prove that some pure humans are still fertile. These humans may be his only hope to find successful mates, but they have been raised to revile and despise his species above all else. 6589483 1989 Imago (Book Three of the Xenogenesis Series) total:778|5:285|4:310|3:158|2:18|1:7| 778 3182 998 38 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 31 21:51:14 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 14 21:45:54 -0800 2008
Given the choice between (1) shunning the aliens and living in an all-Human colony which is doomed to fail or (2) mating with said aliens, which would result in mixed-species children, with some remnants of huma...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 17 06:20:27 -0700 2007 Thu May 15 19:14:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 17:09:54 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 16:56:18 -0700 2009 Imago is no exception. This is the third and final book in the Xenogenesis series (a.k.a. Lilith's Br...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Apr 17 20:15:09 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 20:28:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Jul 19 13:18:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 21:34:56 -0700 2009
Unlike the first ...more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 20 16:53:11 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:19:15 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 13:16:14 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 09:43:07 -0800 2008 Imago is a really cool posthuman text, especially because Butler's posthumanism is totally organic. Her Oankali are really well imagined, and ambivalently raise questions of consent, speciesism, whether human hierarchy is essential or cultural, and of course humanity. It's really awesome that this...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 28 19:57:36 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 01 15:59:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 14:13:37 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 14:16:02 -0700 2009 1 Stranger in a Strange Land), was never developed as fully for me as it is in this series (and particularly this book). Human's reactions to three genders could very much be this way and I find it ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 19:21:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 19:27:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 11:33:52 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 11:41:16 -0700 2008
On the whole, I would say that the series is very good, a li...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 01:54:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 01:54:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:03:55 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 20:07:17 -0800 2008 1 Imago tells the story of Jodahs, the first construct ooloi, who is able to change shape and appearance in ways the Oankali ooloi are not able. Jodahs is forced ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 16:26:21 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 17:14:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 25 12:21:05 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 18:45:54 -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...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 25 12:52:11 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:52:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 07:16:58 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 07:16:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 17:10:35 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 17:11:23 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 11:36:15 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 11:37:53 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 11:17:02 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 11:17:49 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=60934