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Yep, I knew this was the Octavia Butler I should've started with. I liked these characters much more (is "like" the proper word for my feelings for Rufus? Gosh, he was complex) than the characters in Dawn, and I found the story more compelling.
I've seen people complain about the lack of an explanation for the time travel, but I like what I think it was symbolizing. The time travel made Dana a slave, and every time she returned to her own time, she was a runaway. Getting dragged back in time was ...more
I've seen people complain about the lack of an explanation for the time travel, but I like what I think it was symbolizing. The time travel made Dana a slave, and every time she returned to her own time, she was a runaway. Getting dragged back in time was ...more

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