WOW, I really enjoyed reading Octavia Butler's Dawn (1987). Of all the novels we've read for this course, Dawn has the most compelling narrative voice and feels the most current, though it was written over thirty years ago and is predicated on nuclear winter. Perhaps this is because the novel primarily deals with themes as broad as all… Continue reading Dawn, Parts III & IV
I've really enjoyed Octavia Butler's Dawn (1987) thus far. While Samuel Delany's Trouble on Triton (1976) was pretty difficult for me to read, I find myself getting engrossed in Dawn's narrative. Part of this, I think, is because Lilith is a far more likable protagonist. In addition, Butler's narrative style is much more accessible than Delany's parenthetical, stream-of-consciousness narration. As… Continue reading Dawn, Parts I & II
Feminist Science Fictions 