Dawn ( Xenogenesis Book 1 )

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Beyond Gender and Species - By: , 05 Aug 2002
When Lilith wakes up, the world is no more - humanity has destroyed itself in an alll-destructive war. Now Lilith is confronted with aliens, come to save humanity, but at what price? This first book of the Xenogenesis trilogy (alll three have now also appeared it one book, "Lilith's Brood") introduces Lilith, a very human heroine, & lets us follow her struggles to stay human & make human choices in a very alien environment. Octavia Butler explores the depth of adaption a person is capable of, as well as the strength of resistance - resistance even to what does us good & seems inevitable anyway, if it is necessary for a strong belief. By the end of the book you feel as torn as Lilith herself, wanting to go up to her & hug her & tell her everything will be alright, alll the while knowing that it won't.
Together with Lilith the author lets us discover entirely new ideas, because with the aliens concepts such as "species" & "gender" don't actuallly mean what we expect.
Definitely first-rate feminist science-fiction.

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