A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans a...
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans and a species of invaders. Also new to this collection is "The Book of Martha" which asks: What would you do if God granted you the ability—and responsibility—to save humanity from itself?
Like all of Octavia Butler’s best writing, these works of the imagination are parables of the contemporary world. She proves constant in her vigil, an unblinking pessimist hoping to be proven wrong, and one of contemporary literature’s strongest voices.
Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.
After her father died, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Extremely shy as a child, Octavia foun...
Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.
After her father died, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Extremely shy as a child, Octavia found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. She began writing science fiction as a teenager. She attended community college during the Black Power movement, and while participating in a local writer's workshop was encouraged to attend the Clarion Workshop, which focused on science fiction.
She soon sold her first stories and by the late 1970s had become sufficiently successful as an author that she was able to pursue writing full-time. Her books and short stories drew the favorable attention of the public and awards judges. She also taught writer's workshops, and eventually relocated to Washington state. Butler died of a stroke at the age of 58. Her papers are held in the research collection of the Huntington Library.
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vii • Preface • essay
1 • Bloodchild • novelette
33 • The Evening and the Morning and the Night • novelette
71 • Near of Kin • short story
87 • Speech Sounds • short story
111 • Crossover • short story
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vii • Preface • essay
1 • Bloodchild • novelette
33 • The Evening and the Morning and the Night • novelette
71 • Near of Kin • short story
87 • Speech Sounds • short story
111 • Crossover • short story
123 • Positive Obsession • essay
137 • Furor Scribendi • essay
147 • Amnesty • novelette
187 • The Book of Martha • short story
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The first and last one are the most impressing. And I like the afterword, without it I cannot understand many of the plots., with it I feel like I’m conversing with the author. When I learned Butler’s a Black woman, I feel more respect for her, not only f...
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1 有用 小见川枯殁丝 2024-01-17 19:34:42 上海
太写实了。外星人花了很长时间来教育人类成为外星人的代孕体，一开始的几代人还会恐惧，慢慢就会习以为常了
1 有用 惊觉因子 2024-08-10 01:37:19 北京
It was sheerly physiological
1 有用 谋杀绿老头儿 2025-04-07 07:26:31 山东
非常特别的一个collection，有science fiction，有fantasy，有作者关于过往经历的回忆和有关职业写作的感悟，甚至每一篇故事/文章之后都有作者的afterword
1 有用 Bffndvckk 2025-04-08 09:25:16 日本
A sword on the edge of tenderness
0 有用 Velvet Thunder 2023-08-14 13:48:53 四川
bloodchild跟amnesty真的很甜美恐惧，奥克塔维亚太会写那些赤裸裸的残忍了。很喜欢the book of martha里上帝一步步在martha面前变成她自己的样子的设定