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<p><P>The acclaimed trilogy that comprises LILITH'S BROOD is multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winner Octavia E. Butler at her best. Presented for the first time in one volume, with an introduction by Joan Slonczewski, Ph.D., LILITH'S BROOD is a profoundly evocative, sensual &#151; and disturbing &#151; epic of human transformation.<P>Lilith Iyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth. Centuries later, she is resurrected &#151; by miraculously powerful unearthly beings, the Oankali. Driven by an irresistible need to heal others, the Oankali are rescuing our dying planet by merging genetically with mankind. But Lilith and all humanity must now share the world with uncanny, unimaginably alien creatures&#58; their own children. This is their story...</p><h3>The Village Voice - Carol Cooper</h3><p>Ever since the mid 1970s, [Butler's] books have opened up new territory by imagining a future specifically informed by the historical experience of black American females...The themes of kidnapping, forced impregnation, and involuntary genetic transformation that suffuse <i>Lilith's Brood</i> clearly parallel the experience of American blacks during slavery,

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Author

Octavia E. Butler

Publisher

Warner Aspect

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780446676106

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (8,688 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14