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In this sequel to Dawn, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Akin. But Akin actually has five parents: a male and female human, a male and female Oankali, and a sexless Ooloi. The Oankali and Ooloi are part of an alien race that rescued humanity from a devastating nuclear war, but the price they exact is a high one--the aliens are compelled to genetically merge their species with other races, drastically altering both in the process. On a rehabilitated Earth, this "new" race is emerging through human/Oankali/Ooloi mating, but there are also "pure" humans who choose to resist the aliens and the salvation they offer. These resisters are sterilized by the Ooloi so that they cannot reproduce the genetic defect that drives humanity to destroy itself, but otherwise they are left alone (unless they become violent). When the resisters kidnap young Akin, the Oankali choose to leave the child with his captors, for he--the most "human" of the Oankali children--will decide whether the resisters should be given back their fertility and freedom, even though they will only destroy themselves again. This is the second volume in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, a powerful tale of alien existence.
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Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of "Dawn", this book is thestory of Lilith's only son, Akin. Though he resembles a normal human, Akin isthe first "construct"--part man/part alien.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best of the Xenogenesis Series by a Very Narrow Margin,
By watzizname "watzizname" (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adulthood Rites (Mass Market Paperback)
Better than "Dawn," the first of the series, and slightly better than the finale, "Imago." All 3 are OUTSTANDING. Save money by buying "Lilith's Brood," which contains all 3. See "Lilith's Brood" for more about each book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Integral to the 3 part story,
By Raquel B. (Mount Vernon, New York USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adulthood Rites (Mass Market Paperback)
Butler uses her skills as a Science fiction writer to make all of us think about what defines our humanity. It's a test that has no correct answers except to survive. Only a leap of faith and fear aids Butlers characters through their Adulthood Rites.
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It challenges you to think,
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This review is from: Adulthood Rites (Mass Market Paperback)
Well, what would I have done last spring if I didn't have an Octavia Butler book to get me through the one hour trips on the E train to Manhattan? Probably gone crazy just staring into the abyss of peopele.The one thing a Butler book does is challenge the reader to think. It challenges your beleif of what is morally right as related to creationism (i.e., unless you're an evolutionist). How dare another species have the right to tinker with human DNA coding and alter things because they think they know what's good for us, right!? Oh, by the way, did we tell those scientists in laboratories to halt their cloning studies that supposedly exist for the betterment of mankind? Akin represents that which we all chase, but are afraid to face when it becomes a reality. We dream of the "so-called" perfect human, who is free of illness and deformities. We drag our bodies through diet after diet, and strenuous workouts to do our best to become a better specimen. But when we receive those results at the hands (or tenticles in this case) of another species, we feel violated and discusted. The book was a tad dry in one or two spots, but otherwise, Butler does it again; she challenges one to think about what makes the world go round. Buy it.
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