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ISBN 0-575-04268-0 (UK pbk)
novel, science fiction, alien, biotechnology, genetic engineering, transgenic species, transhuman, posthuman, identity, women
Xenogenesis: 1, first book of the trilogy: Dawn , Adulthood Rites , Imago .
"When Lilith Iyapo awoke, she was no longer on Earth. For Earth was dead and Lilith was, she feared, alive. But the terrors that haunted her past were nothing to the future her alien saviours had chosen for her. Genetic traders, who manipulated DNA as man had once moulded metal, the Oankali demanded repayment for their rescue of mankind. Their price was the only inheritance the human species had left to offer. The Oankali demanded humanity itself!" [jacket blurb, UK pbk, 1988]
"Dawn is Butler's most imaginative novel yet. It is elegant and thoughtful, and I highly recommend it." --Greg Bear.
"Gives us the best heroine I've met in a long time, a completely alien yet strangely human race, and a gene's eye view of ourselves." --John Varley.
Highly recommended.
Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler
(online HTML version of this novel... book 2 'Xenogenesis' trilogy... presented by Aspect Books)
Imago by Octavia Butler
(online HTML version of this novel... book 3 'Xenogenesis' trilogy... presented by Aspect Books)
The Unofficial Octavia Butler Page
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