Octavia E. Butler
Paperback | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 4.12 | 26153 Users | 2587 Reviews
Details Out Of Books Dawn (Xenogenesis #1)
| Title | : | Dawn (Xenogenesis #1) |
| Author | : | Octavia E. Butler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | April 1997 by Warner Books (first published May 1987) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
Narrative During Books Dawn (Xenogenesis #1)
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.Define Books Conducive To Dawn (Xenogenesis #1)
| Original Title: | Dawn |
| ISBN: | 0446603775 (ISBN13: 9780446603775) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Xenogenesis #1 |
| Characters: | Lilith lyapo, Ahajas, Dichaan, Tediin, Nikanj, Kahguyaht, Peter Van Weerden, Jean Pelerin, Gabriel Rinaldi, Curt Loehr, Celene Ivers, Ray Ordway, Victor Dominic, Beatrice Dwyer, Allison Zeigler, Hillary Ballard, Jdahya, Tate |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1988), Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländischer SF-Roman (1992), Ditmar Award Nominee for Best International Long Fiction (1989), Le Blanc Award for Melhor Romance Estrangeiro de Fantasia, Ficção Científica ou Terror Publicado em Língua Portuguesa (2019) |
Rating Out Of Books Dawn (Xenogenesis #1)
Ratings: 4.12 From 26153 Users | 2587 ReviewsWrite-Up Out Of Books Dawn (Xenogenesis #1)
This started out awesome! Lilith wakes up from a long sleep in some kind of prison, and must cooperate with her grotesque alien captors, the Oankali, and figure out what they want from her. Turns out they want to repopulate the newly-rebuilt Earth with human alien hybrids! It had the stuff I personally love: gripping conversation between fascinating characters who are learning about each other. Despite their being no real action in the first half of Dawn, it was carried quite nicely by theseI have such conflicted feelings about this book. I found it both brilliant and disturbing in equal measure. The beginning introduces the reader to a strange and terrifying situation that sucks you in right away. The horror at some revelations is delivered so realistically that I found myself clenching my teeth and trying to hide in the pillows I was reading on. I was very impressed. The more I read on though, the more unsettling things became. Near the last quarter of the book Octavia crossed a
One of the first novels dealing with the idea of how gender, love and procreation may evolve under the influence of interspecies, in this case, alien relationships.Octavia E Butler is a unique writer, because she was both one of the first female black Sci-Fi writers and also dealt with the, at this time and strangely even today, controversial ideas of what might happen if aliens want to have some sexy time with humans.We have already a bunch of varieties with the human genders and gender
I was utterly compelled. When I got to the end, I was so hungry for the next book I was actually frustrated not to have it to hand. The last book I enjoyed nearly this much was The Lathe of Heaven so I guess I need to give in and accept that speculative fiction with feminist consciouness is my true love.I love that Lilith is angry with her captors, that she doesn't lose her drive to be free, ever. In many ways I felt the book was about consent - what does consent really mean when your options
Aliens save the human race from themselves.Octavia Butlers 1987 novel Dawn begins her Xenogenesis trilogy (the series was titled Lilith's Brood in the Omnibus that was published in 2000). She would continue the story with Adulthood Rites in 1988 and complete the set with Imago in 1989.Essentially, the world has been devastated by a nuclear war and all that remains of humanity are a few straggler survivors who are picked up by an alien race who has been observing us. Butler spends little time
I loved the almost elegant and unrelenting unfolding of a most unusual alien apocalypse. The Oankali are the saviors of humankind after a nuclear war, preserving a population of survivors in a form of suspension while working to facilitate recovery of planetary ecology. But at what a cost. Their agenda is to merge genetically with humans to make a new species. That plot overview is certainly a spoiler, but that is what is rendered for a draw on the books cover. Its really okay because we are
This was an awesome sci-fi that discussed a lot of issues that left you thinking. For example, freedom and survival are big themes in the book and are expanded on with the character's actions and points of view. One thing I really like was getting to know the human's perspective alongside the alien's perspective. It's definitely a very interesting book and it was one that got me interesting in reading more science fiction for the sake of learning new things and thinking of things differently. I
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