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kobvindex_ZLB34022643
ISBN:
9781453263662
Inhalt:
" Six extraordinary stories from a master of modern science fiction, including the titular Hugo and Nebula award–,inning novella.Octavia E. Butler's classic Bloodchild, winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards, anchors this collection of incomparable stories and essays. Bloodchild is set on a distant planet where human children spend their lives preparing to become hosts for the offspring of the alien Tlic. Sometimes the procedure is harmless, but often it is not. Also included is the Hugo Award–,inning Speech Sounds, about a near future in which humans must adapt after an apocalyptic event robs them of their ability to speak. The Evening and the Morning and the Night, another esteemed title in this collection, is a Nebula Award finalist. In these pages, Butler shows us life on Earth and amongst the stars, telling her tales with characteristic imagination and clarity. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author's estate."
Inhalt:
Rezension(1): " Octavia E. Butler (1947–,006) was a bestselling and award-winning author, considered one of the best science fiction writers of her generation. She received both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and in 1995 became the first author of science fiction to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. She was also awarded the prestigious PEN Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. Her first novel, Patternmaster (1976), was praised both for its imaginative vision and for Butler's powerful prose, and spawned four prequels, beginning with Mind of My Mind (1977) and finishing with Clay's Ark (1984). Although the Patternist series established Butler among the science fiction elite, it was Kindred (1979), a story of a black woman who travels back in time to the antebellum South, that brought her mainstream success. In 1985, Butler won Nebula and Hugo awards for the novella Bloodchild, and in 1987 she published Dawn , the first novel of the Xenogenesis trilogy, about a race of aliens who visit earth to save humanity from itself. Fledgling (2005) was Butler's final novel. She died at her home in 2006." Rezension(2): " Booklist : An outstanding short story collection. . [Butler] readily transcends the perceived stylistic limitations of the genre." Rezension(3): " St. Petersburg Times : The title story is justly famous . splendid pieces, set forth in calm, lucid prose with never a word wasted." Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: September 4, 1995 Collected in this slim volume is the entire output of short fiction from the pen of MacArthur Award winner Butler (Parable of the Sower). ``I hate short story writing,',#39,Butler admits in her preface,not surprisingly, then, there are only five tales here, ranging in date from 1971 to 1983. Two essays round out the volume: one an inspirational piece about making writing a habit, the other a more personal reminiscence about what it', like to be poor, female, black--and to persist in the writing of SF anyway. ``Bloodchild',#39,(which won both a Hugo and a Nebula ) is a compelling and horrifying novella combining a love story between a human and an alien with a coming-of-age tale,it is, as Butler puts it, a ``pregnant man',#39,story. ``The Evening and the Morning and the Night',#39,concerns genetic disorders, personal responsibility and pheremones,``Near of Kin',#39,takes a sympathetic look at a dysfunctional family,and ``Speech Sounds,',#39,another Hugo winner, depicts a near-future society in which a virus has nearly destroyed people', ability to communicate. Here, too, is ``Crossover,',#39,Butler', first published story, which deals with the ghostly by-products of hopelessness and drudgery. Following each entry is an enlightening afterword that provides a refreshing look into Butler', writing process and that helps to clarify what excites and motivates this exceptionally talented writer. "
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Butler, Octavia E.
