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Thematically, Dawn has a lot of similarities to Butler's Kindred. Both books are about women who have no choice but to accept submission, but have a strong drive to be free. Where one book takes this theme and drops the protagonist into the worst part of US history, another takes her and puts her into deep space.
I had a hard time getting into Dawn in the beginning, partly because it's not set on Earth. It's a lot easier for me to get into a science fiction or fantasy setting when it starts out s ...more
I had a hard time getting into Dawn in the beginning, partly because it's not set on Earth. It's a lot easier for me to get into a science fiction or fantasy setting when it starts out s ...more
Having read Kindred and Bloodchild and Other Stories, I can see that Butler has some favorite themes - slavery, captivity, collaboration, survival, identity, rape, sex, procreation, civilization. She plays with these concepts as usual, leaving the reader little refuge in black and white morality.
I only wish the characters in this story felt a little more three-dimensional. The captors have an inscrutability that's quite logical within the story, but even they felt more fleshed-out than many of ...more
I only wish the characters in this story felt a little more three-dimensional. The captors have an inscrutability that's quite logical within the story, but even they felt more fleshed-out than many of ...more
Jan 01, 2019
upthetrellis
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Jai Wright
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