Parable of the Sower
 Amazon.com Review: Octavia E. Butler, the grande dame of science fiction, writes extraordinary, inspirational stories of ordinary people. Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and [... more]
$6.99
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Survivor
Good Story, But Not Ms. Butler's Best: Ms. Butler has said that she's sorry this book was ever released. She knows what she's doing. This is a great story for any other SF writer. But it's mediocre coming from Ms. Butler. It's more shallow than her other [... more]
$1.75
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Fledgling
No bite: I love Octavia Butler, but this book did not live up to her talent. I found the story to be boring, and the sexual scenes with a character who physically resembles a young prepubescent girl very disturbing. I stuck it out to the end with the [... more]
$13.99
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Kindred
First time Butler Reader: I just finished Kindred and was inspired more by the character development and slave narrative than the fantastic aspect of the text. I think Butler handled the historical situation more effectively than she did the actual [... more]
$102.75
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Fledgling: A Novel
No bite: I love Octavia Butler, but this book did not live up to her talent. I found the story to be boring, and the sexual scenes with a character who physically resembles a young prepubescent girl very disturbing. I stuck it out to the end with the [... more]
$24.95
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Dawn
Amazon.com Review: In a world devastated by nuclear war with humanity on the edge of extinction, aliens finally make contact. They rescue those humans they can, keeping most survivors in suspended animation while the aliens begin the slow process of [... more]
$5.99
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Imago
Amazon.com Review: This conclusion to the Xenogenesis series (Dawn and Adulthood Rights) focuses on Jodahs, the child of a union between humans, alien Oankali, and the sexless ooloi. The Oankali and ooloi are part of an extraterrestrial species that [... more]
$5.99
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Parable of the Sower
Amazon.com Review: Octavia E. Butler, the grande dame of science fiction, writes extraordinary, inspirational stories of ordinary people. Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and [... more]
$19.95
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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
Nothing special: All the stories begin with a review of the writer's accomplishments and awards. Hugos, Nebulas, and many I have never heard of. After reading many of these stories, all I could think was "Wow, they have really lowered the standards [... more]
$15.95
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Dawn
Amazon.com Review: In a world devastated by nuclear war with humanity on the edge of extinction, aliens finally make contact. They rescue those humans they can, keeping most survivors in suspended animation while the aliens begin the slow process of [... more]
$1.00
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Imago
Amazon.com Review: This conclusion to the Xenogenesis series (Dawn and Adulthood Rights) focuses on Jodahs, the child of a union between humans, alien Oankali, and the sexless ooloi. The Oankali and ooloi are part of an extraterrestrial species that [... more]
$19.95
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Bloodchild and Other Stories: Second Edition
the short fiction of Octavia Butler, the outstanding Speech Sounds: Besides her exceptional novels, Octavia Butler has published a collection of her short fiction entitled Bloodchild and Other Stories. The opening story in the collection is her Hugo and [... more]
$14.00
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