Dawn

This book might be part of the Xenogenesis series.

An alien race calls on one woman to revive mankind after Earth’s apocalypse in this science fiction classic from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final war. Hundreds of years later Lilith awakes, deep in the hold of a massive alien spacecraft piloted by the Oankali—who arrived just in time to save humanity from extinction. They have kept Lilith and other survivors asleep for centuries, as they learned whatever they could about Earth. Now it is time for Lilith to lead them back to her home world, but life among the Oankali on the newly resettled planet will be nothing like it was before. The Oankali survive by genetically merging with primitive civilizations—whether their new hosts like it or not. For the first time since the nuclear holocaust, Earth will be inhabited. Grass will grow, animals will run, and people will learn to survive the planet’s untamed wilderness. But their children will not be human. Not exactly.

Featuring strong and compelling characters and exploring complex themes of gender and species, Octavia E. Butler presents a powerful, postapocalyptic interplanetary epic, as well as a ray of hope for humanity. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.

3 ediciones

Libro electrónico, 321 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 24 de julio de 2012 por Open Road Media.

ISBN:: 978-1-4532-6548-2
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ASIN:: B008HALOEQ

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Another Hopeful Fool reseñó Dawn de Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis, #1)

Fascinating and disoncerting

4,0 stars

I can't remember the last time I read a book that flowed so effortlessly. There is no "dead air" in this novel. Lots of dialogue, with terse and welcome descriptions keep things moving without feeling rushed. The alien species is truly alien and disturbing on multiple levels, without coming off as malevolent.

The novel takes on a pretty different tone shortly after the halfway point, which I could definitely see upsetting people. It upset me, even though I loved the book. I think that's the point, but look up the CWs for yourself if you don't want to chance it.

I'm used to novels that much more clearly editorialize the author's morality into the book somehow. This one leaves that kind of hinting completely out, leaving you kind of gaslit over how to feel.

There is a pretty strong reading that can be done of this book …

I'm used to novels that much more clearly editorialize the author's morality into the book somehow. This one leaves that kind of hinting completely out, leaving you kind of gaslit over how to feel.

There is a pretty strong reading that can be done of this book from a critical lens of colonialism, and through that viewport, Dawn is an account of experiencing the overwhelming force of another peoples technology and culture.

reading tofu reseñó Dawn de Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis, #1)

Wild ride

5,0 stars

I hadn't really read the blurb and was just going by recommendations, not really knowing what to expect except for an interesting world. This wasn't wrong but I didn't expect Dawn to be this thrilling and chilling at the same time. Definitely continuing this series

bookafnd reseñó Dawn de Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis, #1)

dawn

3,5 stars

The Oankali have strange and disturbing ideas about consent, which makes this an uncomfortable book to read. (This is, like, intentional, though.)

There's a disregard for singular 'they' as a genderless pronoun, instead 'it' is used to refer to the Ooloi; this doesn't feel as bad as it might because it's apparently the pronoun that the Ooloi chose to use for themselves in English

The biggest problem I have with it technically is that not all that much happens for much of the book? At least the first half is spent with Lilith just learning things about the Oankali. Which is interesting, but pretty slow