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I once studied the map of Charon and asked myself who is Octavia Butler? Guess what Xenogenesis was about. Next I recalled Cherryh's Foreigner series and then s
by gdy 4y ago
I once studied the map of Charon and asked myself who is Octavia Butler? Guess what Xenogenesis was about. Next I recalled Cherryh's Foreigner series and then searched my mind palace for the works of Le Guin and found The Left Hand of Darkness and The Word for World Is Forest.
- filoeleven 4y agoXenogenesis, now being published under the title Lilith’s Brood, is about colonization, coercion, identity. Missing all of that because sex—and more importantly the changing nature of the humans’ desires—plays a large role in the work is missing the forest for the trees.
- gdy 4y agoWho told you I missed anything?
- filoeleven 4y agoOk, a better reply is, “why do you ask the question?”
- gdy 4y agoBecause I want to read the answers. Why does my question bother you?