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Survivor | Octavia E. Butler

Wow , is it really worth this much? I was at my local book exchange, saw this in the case . Read that Butler said it was filled with Sci-Fi cliches and she wouldn‘t let it be republished.Enjoyed a sighting! 😄

Riveted_Reader_Melissa So not great, but rare 😂 2y

Leftcoastzen @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Exactly! But one reviewer on Litsy liked it.😄 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Leftcoastzen That was me 🤫 LOL. I found a version free online to read though. 2y

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vivastory Is it signed by Butler? 2y

Leftcoastzen @vivastory no , not signed 2y

vivastory Seems expensive 2y

vivastory Although, now that I'm looking at eBay it's cheaper 2y

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BookishMarginalia

Survivor | Octavia E. Butler

Interesting article! I remember reading about #StephenKing ‘s regret over his novel Rage…

https://apple.news/ASP1m4vMoQo21EpYcGGQsug

Prairiegirl_reading I also regret that Salinger published catcher in the rye haha! 🤣 Interesting article. Thanks for sharing!!! 3y

kspenmoll Fun read! 3y

SW-T Interesting read. Thanks for sharing! 3y

vonnie862 Super interesting! Thanks for sharing! 3y

Hooked_on_books Great article! 3y

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GreenGrl87

Survivor | Octavia E. Butler

#3books I recommend. Even though I know the tagged book was dismissed by Octavia Butler and is often left out of the Patternist series, it is actually one of my favorites. Whenever I hear of people reading it I always make a point to tell them not to stop at the Pattermaster, and to read this one too! (I mean seriously, if you can read Clay‘s Ark 🙄 you would be doing yourself a huge disservice not reading this one as well, or maybe even instead.)

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

OriginalCyn620 📚😊📚 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Survivor | Octavia E. Butler

pick

Octavia Butler may have considered this her least favorite story, but I actually enjoyed it. It‘s more Sci-Fi than some, more in the Xenogenesis vein . Alanna the main character‘s parents die, she lives wild for awhile, and then is adopted by a Missionary group...the whole group then leaves the planet to colonize elsewhere. Alanna skills at assimilating and adapting with various groups becomes essential to the survival of them all. (Cont. ⤵️)

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ...There were some feminist issues, not unusual in early scfi, and Butler handles them better than most who wrote at that time, the bad things happen, but the characters confront them instead of just letting them pass unexplored. And I wished for more at the end, still a page turning read, but I was left wanting a few more chapters. #AuthorAMonth 5y

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RiaWritten

Survivor | Octavia E. Butler

I don't know how many of you know about #RedMyLips but it's an organization that I think is pretty important. I'm a sexual assault survivor. So are too many of my friends. Listen to us. http://www.redmylips.org

CouronneDhiver 💋💄 Love this! 8y

8little_paws ❤❤❤ 8y

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Glaiza_echo

Survivor | Octavia E. Butler

One word title: Survivor. Out of print #scifi. #photodaynov16

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badlibrarians

Survivor | Octavia E. Butler

so-so

Butler herself said that this was her least favorite novel, and she purposefully let it go out of print. As Patternist books aren't that long, I decided to read it anyway. And it was good- really good! Up until the very last page. All of her books have a somewhat ambiguous ending, by this one was just downright dissatisfying. Maybe she wrote herself into a corner? It's a bit like Mozart's Requiem- maybe someone just needs to rewrite the ending?

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