Inscribed uncorrected page proofs of the first book of Lilith's Brood, also known as the Xenogenesis trilogy.
Very good plus.
Price: $1,500.00
"Yes," he said, "intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn't matter."
Butler credited DAWN's post-catastrophe setting to the man then doing his best to make nuclear war a reality, explaining in one interview: "I got my idea for the Xenogenesis books (DAWN, ADULTHOOD RITES and IMAGO) from Ronald Reagan because he was advocating this kind of thing." The novel's hero, Lilith Iyapo, awakens to find herself held captive by the alien Oankali, a species with a poor opinion of human nature and an alarming action plan for fixing it. One of Butler's best, and scarce in this format, especially so inscribed.
Read more: Green, "There Goes the Neighborhood" in Donawerth & Kolmerten (eds), Utopian and Science Fiction by Women: Worlds of Difference; Sanders, "Interview with Octavia Butler."
First edition. (New York): Warner Books, (1987). 9'' x 6''. Original printed gray wrappers. 264 pages. Inscribed by Butler on the title page: "To Edwin Austin / Best Wishes / Octavia E. Butler." Minor toning to spine, slight lean, touches of shelfwear. Else clean and sound.
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