![]() ![]() This post is meant to help you with that–I’ll provide a short summary of the setting and premise of each of my recommendations, followed by the reasons why I think they’d make good starting points.įull disclosure: I haven’t read every single one of Butler’s books-I’m still missing four. If you haven’t read any of her work and you’re like me, then you’ll want to do a bit of research before picking your very first Octavia Butler. Problem is, Butler wrote loads of books, and they vary in terms of content and quality, and some of them are stand-alone and some of them form series. they double as philosophical treaties on racial and sexual power dynamics, as well as, often, the ethics of genetic tinkering: when reading her books, I often have a sense of Butler arguing and counter-arguing with herself, through her characters, the ins and outs of a series of fiendish moral puzzles, some of which ultimately have no answer, and/or resist the author’s attempt at figuring them out through logic. ![]()
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