Helpful Score: 2
Octavia Butler is the first black woman short-story writer to have been published. I have not had the pleasure of reading her other works, but Blood Child is a book I'd recommend to anyone that likes a little twist to their "nighttime" stories!
She can not only take the unreal and make it seem perfectly normal, but can take the perfectly normal and make it jaw-dropping when you least expect it!
She can not only take the unreal and make it seem perfectly normal, but can take the perfectly normal and make it jaw-dropping when you least expect it!
Helpful Score: 1
I think that everything Butler ever wrote deserves 5 stars.
This book is much too short (as was Butler's time on this earth).
It includes five previously published stories, an autobiographical essay, an essay on writing, and two new-to-this book stories.
As well, it includes brief 'afterwords' by Butler about each piece.
Everything in the book is superb, thought-provoking and fascinating.
Contents:
Stories: Bloodchild, The Evening and the Morning and the Night, Near of Kin, Speech Sounds, Crossover
Two Essays: Positive Obsession, Furor Scribendi
New Stories: Amnesty, The Book of Martha
This book is much too short (as was Butler's time on this earth).
It includes five previously published stories, an autobiographical essay, an essay on writing, and two new-to-this book stories.
As well, it includes brief 'afterwords' by Butler about each piece.
Everything in the book is superb, thought-provoking and fascinating.
Contents:
Stories: Bloodchild, The Evening and the Morning and the Night, Near of Kin, Speech Sounds, Crossover
Two Essays: Positive Obsession, Furor Scribendi
New Stories: Amnesty, The Book of Martha
