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Octavia Butler is an acquired taste. Her writing is decriptive, detailed, and I've had a few people who I've given her books to say she was too descriptive. To me, her stories, most importantly "Dawn" is like being pulled into another world. Her characters become three dimensional, and she has an ability to make each character, large or small in importance, seem to jump off of the page. Her decriptions sometimes frustrate me when I'm waiting to see what happens next, but the story pulls me in so much that I have no choice. Im addicted to her now, as I was the first time I read her books. She reminds me of a more contemporary, and science fiction version of Michener, whose descriptive wrtiting is unparralled. Dawn is about a group of aliens who save Earth after a nuclear war and help them repopulate the earth - at a price. The main charcter, Lillith, is smart and naive, strong and weak - utterly human. I admire the creation. You will enjoy this book, I think. It is part of a trilogy. Next is Adulthood Rites, the Imago. You can get it as a bundle (which is what I did) - all three books sold in one. It is called Lillith's Brood. If you like the first one, better to get the collection.
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