"Octavia E. Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction--period. . . . A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature."- The Washington Post Book World "Readers familiar with . . . Parable of the Sower and Bloodchild will recall that <Butler> never asks easy questions or settles for easy...
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