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I could attempt to do an in-depth review of this book, but I'm sure I'd do a horrible job of it. Here are some particular thoughts that stand out, though:
Butler does a fantastic job of paralleling the mental slavery that Doro creates among his followers with the rise of the slave trade to the US.
"Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live."
The characterization is SO GOOD, and I don't know why. Butler has such an economy of style, it's hard to point to a pa ...more
Butler does a fantastic job of paralleling the mental slavery that Doro creates among his followers with the rise of the slave trade to the US.
"Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live."
The characterization is SO GOOD, and I don't know why. Butler has such an economy of style, it's hard to point to a pa ...more
I read this about thirty(!) years ago, due for a reread, promoted by reading a book of interviews with Butler, who kept talking about how interested she was in breeding humans. It's the long story of two immortal mutants, one with complete morphic control of her body, down to the level of DNA, and the other a body-jumping parasite. For me the story is more what meaning people can find in living when everyone around them ages and dies. I love the character of Anyanwu, who knows who she is and how
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Truly phenomenal. One of her best. Thrilling and sad and true.
Jan 01, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
read-adult-fiction,
read-sci-fi-fantasy
Her science fiction has anthropological elements too.
Sep 27, 2008
Meg
marked it as to-read
Apr 30, 2012
Lorena
marked it as to-read
May 24, 2012
Rachel
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
science-fiction,
fiction,
women-writers,
classics,
writers-of-color,
pre-2000,
feminism,
read-2012
Jan 21, 2017
Jessi
marked it as to-read
