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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I‘ve never read anything like this before, I desperately need the second in the series. Really cool

Not heavy on the tech this sci fi. The plot doesn‘t try to involve you in mental gymnastics. Butler asks the essential questions . What does being human mean ? Where does the threshold reside of humanness? Butler tears apart our exceptionalism very simply. Theres no waffle no over lay no mystifying by high literary language. We are laid bare as we are . Hierarchical destructive zenophobic cruel yet complex beings.

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Movie: War of the World's

I managed one bingo with my March #bookspin!

#doublebookspin #bookspinbingo

5/5

This was my first introduction to Octavia Butler, and what a weird but fascinating book. The first half was a little slow, but I read the second half in a single sitting. It's unlike anything else I've read, and I really enjoyed it.

#MarchMagic @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#AuthorofColor

Not only is Butler an award winning author, her books are still read today and she is one of the few authors of color in the Sci-Fi genre. She was truly before her time.

Alive!
Still alive.
Alive... again.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

I finished this one today and I was blown away. It was published in 1987 and frankly I'm shocked I hadn't read this sooner. Initially I thought the Oankali were cool but then they did some things that made me see them as parasitic vs symbiotic. I also felt they were slow learners when it came to human behavior considering their supposed intelligence. I have so many questions! Luckily I have books 2 & 3 of the trilogy on my shelf already & waiting.

I've just begun this and I'm already hooked!

#bookspin: Dawn by Octavia Butler
#doublebookspin: Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright.

Dawn has been on my TBR for years, so I'm glad to finally have the push I need to read it.

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

My first book of the year was a treat 💝.

Although published in 1979, Butler envisions a future for the Earth that‘s not just possible but probable. And amid the futuristic story, she writes about top-of-mind topics in our century. Butler teaches her readers through Lilith‘s experiences. You‘ll examine what it means to be human and how another race of beings might see us. Can‘t wait for part 2!

Full review https://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2022 #booked2022 #hopepunk

Transporting and complex. Great character and relationship development. I didn't want to leave this world because I was so immersed.

#dawn #octaviaebutler

Thank you for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks (and for the #alphabetgame. So much fun!) My #LetterD pick is Dawn. 80s sci-fi by the intrepid Octavia Butler. Speculative fiction at it's best, this post-apocalyptic book features aliens and explores everything from gender/sexuality and consent, to race, colonialism, and what it means to be human. And more. I discover new concepts on every re-read.

Hanging with my reading buddy for about 20 minutes before getting back to work.

I learned this morning that a beloved professor from my college days passed away this week. Diane Nelson was a Cultural Anthropology professor with such passion and vitality. I remember my class with her (Cyborgs) fondly, where course materials included the tagged book, Dawn. Rest easy, Diane. 💙💙💙

https://culturalanthropology.duke.edu/news/memoriam-diane-nelson-1963-2022?fbcli...

The tagged book is a fab choice - thank you sooo much @wanderinglynn and honey - you spoil me with stationary! I love everything and can‘t wait to stick, stamp, sticky note, book dart and page flag my life! Xxxxxx
#speculativespringswap

I couldn‘t put this book down. It sucked me in from page 1 & kept me turning pages. Once I make a dent in my TBR pile I need to find the sequel. I‘ll definitely be finding more of Octavia Butler‘s books. The world building is detailed & fantastic, the characters all complex & interesting, the scenes suspenseful even when not much is going on. There are some disturbing scenes but it‘s like watching a car wreck… you can‘t look away.

It is my great shame that I‘ve never read anything by Octavia Butler, but it‘s time to remedy that.

So good. My first Octavia Butler novel and I'm looking forward to reading more of her work. The aliens are super alien and interesting, the protagonist is fallible and flawed but likeable, and it raises a lot of interesting questions about what makes us human and how much our genetics determine our lives.

Octavia Butler laying down some more hard truths about the human race. 👏🏻

About the human race and why we were always doomed to destroy ourselves. Idk, it certainly hit home for me.

4🌟A cleverly written post-apocalyptic story about an alien race that saves earth after a nuclear war, and rescues and repairs the surviving humans, but reinhabiting earth comes with a price. Butler's writing is fantastic! The story she created and the depth of the characters pulled me in. I am a bit picky when it comes to sci-fi but this completely held my interest! If you were like me and hadn't read any Butler before I definitely reccomend her.

Octavia Butler (1947- 2006)‘s
speculative considerations underline a strong grasp of human instincts and emotions. Her unique fusion of imagination with science is provocative and convincing. I really love her ability to tap into the tensions where curiosity and repulsion, hope and distrust- converge. #xenogenesisseries #octaviabutler #coverart

More from my recent book order. Another author I've not yet read, but is highly recommended. #tbrpile

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I haven't been buying nearly as much from my favorite indie store this year. They are closed due to covid, so it's online only. The problem is that I am a browser. I like to walk around to see what catches me. I'm also trying to read what I already have, so I'm not spending as much there lately. I ordered these today to show my support. I figure every little bit helps. Anyone else do some indie shopping today?

#SpringSentiments Day 4 @Eggs

Octavia Butler has become a favorite author of mine in the past few years. Her writing and the world, and characters she creates in Dawn left me #dazzled and breathless. Great trilogy for fans of sci-fi.

#ShowSomeLove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheKidUpstairs
Prompt: fave book by black author

It was hard to choose just one. Yet in the end, Octavia Butler is one of my favorite authors and this is my personal favorite by her.

Finished this one on my last day at the beach today! Such a quick to read, simply written book - heavy on dialogue too - but so intense, disturbing, and thought-provoking too. Butler demands the reader do almost all of the interpretation with really difficult content around colonialism, rape and the ethics of consent, bioethics, control and manipulation. I need a break before reading the next in the trilogy. 😵 CW for rape and abuse/manipulation.

It‘s a new Dawn, it‘s a new day , and I‘m feeling good!

Reading on the beach with some hot mint tea after watching the Inauguration! #bookandtea

I started this one on the beach the other day, and now I'm enjoying spending more time with it and a warming cup of tea after a lovely, chilly sunrise on the beach! I've never had elderberry and echinacea tea before; it's lovely: warm and sweet. 😍 DAWN is quick to read but also full of things to ponder. 🤔 #bookandtea

I always love Octavia Butler so much in a way I find hard to explain. I don‘t think any other writer balances beautiful and horrifying writing quite the same way? Like Fledgling, this had some disturbing sex stuff that I‘d put a tw on just fyi, but if you‘re up for reading that then the way it‘s considered and the mc considers her relationship with her captor aliens/new family and how she occupies space between species is amazing

#SciFiSeptember @Klou
#Oblivion

#20Series20Days @Andrew65

Dawn is the first book in the Xenogenesis series. I love everything Octavia Butler wrote but this series hits all the boxes for. Great plot, outstanding characters, a strong female MC and some awesome world building.

1. Binti by Nnedi Okafora 2. Octavia Butler is becoming one of my favorite authors. Dawn is on my TBR List. 3. Neptune #SundayFunday @ozma.of.oz

Happy Birthday Octavia E. Butler. The Hugo and Nebula award-winning sci fi author would be 73 today, born June 22, 1947. She is my favourite author, her book Dawn (Xenogenesis #1) having introduced me to sci fi, for which I am eternally grateful. Her book Kindred, is my favourite book of all time. #blackvoices

Alive!

Yep... just one word to open this one. Great impact! #BookHunt Round 1 #isolationgames

Day 6 of #7Books7Days books that impacted me. Introduced me to a whole new genre that I had never really engaged with: sci fi... which is now one of my absolute faves ❤

I've seen a lot of pieces that explore this book as a metaphor for colonization. I think it's a good read for that. It's also a story of aliens saving Earth & repopulating it with humans, at a price. Much of that story is slow and opaque to me. I kept thinking "can y'all aliens just get on with whatever test you are currently putting the main character through?"

Hopefully i will finish tonight... Unless age induced sleep takes over.

I'm always surprised when the internal dictionary has obscure words. I think of dictionaries as these giant things that couldn't possibly fit in the limited memory of an ereader. Like, i have 689 books on it with room for triple that, but a good dictionary in this also? No. Possible. Way.

Only about 200 pages left. Gotta say, the 1st 1½ weeks on Litsy has been a good incentive to make time for reading. Been too many years without my reading mojo.

Starting Part III of Dawn while reading in the bathtub. I got a water resistant Kobo for hot tub reading on vacation in 2014. The bathtub isn't as luxurious ( or luxurious at all! ), But the reading is still decent.

Wednesday nights i read at Polar Bar. Tonight, it's Dawn, and the story is feeling very familiar. I never recorded it as read at LibraryThing.

Breakfast at the diner with Octavia E. Butler's Dawn.

I‘m still processing this one. I think that I liked it overall. It‘s not my favorite Octavia Butler, but I‘m ready to ready the next book in the trilogy 😊 (Man, the Oankali are so weird)

Listening to Dawn on audiobook. I like the story (end of the world, aliens, somewhat cerebral), but the narrator is beginning to annoy me. Perhaps I‘ll switch to reading it.

I'm behind on my reviews and my end of the month totals. June was a good month for me though, with a lot of excellent reads.