Where's a good place to start with Octavia Butler? I've never read her, and I should fix that.
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Nov 26, 2012 8:18:04 am PST #20121 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Connie Neil - Nov 26, 2012 9:29:45 am PST #20122 of 28344
brillig
Crap, I'm utterly broke and I don't have a Kindle.
Kate P. - Nov 26, 2012 10:09:22 am PST #20123 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
-t, I've read both Parable of the Sower and Kindred, and they're both excellent (and very different from each other).
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2012 10:23:10 am PST #20124 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kindred is a great book, but it stands on its own. Apart from Fledgling (which I do not recommend--I found it skeevy and I can't help but wonder if that's the final version, or she had more to do before she died (doubtlessly that's all wishful thinking, because I love all the rest of her stuff, and I hate this, and I just want something not-her to blame)) the rest of her works take place in 2 (3?) shared universes.
- Patternist: Patternmaster, Mind of my Mind, Survivor, Wild Seed, Clay's Ark
- Parable: Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents
- Xenogenesis (so, 3, then): Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago
I think I liked Xenogenesis the most, but they're all good--pick any start of a series.
Kate P. - Nov 26, 2012 10:30:30 am PST #20125 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, there's also Bloodchild, a story collection. I remember loving that one too.
§ ita § - Nov 26, 2012 10:36:30 am PST #20126 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes--sorry. I was in novel mode. Are all her stories in Bloodchild?
Kate P. - Nov 26, 2012 10:40:57 am PST #20127 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I don't know. It's the only story collection of hers that I'm aware of, but I have no idea if she has other stories floating around.
hippocampus - Nov 26, 2012 11:02:52 am PST #20128 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
"The Evening, The Morning, and the Night" isn't in Bloodchild. It's in the Best of Women's Fantasy and Science Fiction and a few other anthos. Don't know if it's collected.
-t - Nov 26, 2012 11:23:37 am PST #20129 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Excellent, thank you!
Dana - Nov 26, 2012 6:57:22 pm PST #20130 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Augh, I want to buy the Sayers, except I don't think I need them all, but then which ones do I choose? It's not like I'm going to get rid of my paper copies, so then it's only for convenience...
I could get Gaudy Night, Have His Carcasse, and Busman's Honeymoon. And Murder Must Advertise. And The Nine Tailors. Oh, shit, and Strong Poison.