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4/5

I think I liked the main character of this book the least out of the series, but I really liked the plot and ending. It's not exactly a satisfying ending to the series, but I enjoyed it overall. I'm glad to have finally read some Butler, and will probably attempt Parable of the Sower at some point in the future.

I slipped into my first metamorphosis so quietly that no one noticed.

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I can't help but think of the Oankali species as very parasitic. Their seduction of humans has a huge unfair advantage given that they use the humans biology and chemical reactions against them to produce an addictive reaction instead. The world building is incredible. The 3 genders of the Oankali and their family structure was facinating. The ending wasn't what I expected considering how the story began. I will ponder this for a while.

It took me a while to finish this trilogy, because I had to pause after each book and really reflect on it. I still find myself thinking about them a lot! I‘m kind of mad that I didn‘t know about Butler when I was first starting to read sci-fi.

Working on my #BookSpin in a park in Palo Alto, California! 😊

Let's go!! Excited for September's #BookSpinBingo. I've already started my #BookSpin (tagged) and I'm excited for the prompting to finish it! (Hopefully before classes start next week?) And the #DoubleSpin is good prompting to finish the series and get to talk about Summer with my partner's mom! 😊 @TheAromaofBooks

This is the third book in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series about an alien race that comes to Earth after a devastating nuclear war. They breed with what is left of the human race in order to advance their race. Love Butler's take on aliens and the idea that humanity will always destroy itself because of hierarchical behavior. She also explores the idea that humanity must be allowed to try again to save itself. Really good story with well ⬇️

I absolutely love Octavia Butler, and this is such a lovely way to commemorate her work. I'm sure we'll all be chattering excitedly about this throughout the day here on Litsy. (the tagged book is my favorite of her books I've read so far)

1: My husband and I are on a quest to hit all of the natural areas in our town, which has been a huge benefit to our mental health this year; my friends and family are safe
2: an alien child transitions into a third gender against cultural expectations and while their family goes into exile, the new adult seeks love among people who hate it.
#WonderousWednesday @Eggs

On June 10th I made a commitment to myself to read only Black authors until the end of August. Since then, I've read 15 books by Black authors and half of two others by white authors. With new bookstore opening today, and big #bookhaul from that, finding it hard to motivate to stick to pledge, but I really want to. Any words of encouragement would be appreciated! 😁

For #pridemonth2020, I'm highlighting 30 openly LGBTQ+ authors, and today I'm talking about a favorite of mine, Octavia Butler. I don't usually enjoy sci-fi, but I love her work. She was an American writer, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and was the first sci-fi writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. #dyslexia #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqvoices #pocauthors #blackauthors #lgbtqauthors #scifi #blackvoices

I don't usually like sci-fi and I loved this series. I accidentally read the books starting with the third. It made learning the alien lore harder but it was fun. I love the worlds Butler builds here. #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtliterature #lgbtscifi #genderneutral #genderfluid #thirdgender #alien #scifi

This is the 3rd and final installment of the Xenogenesis series and what a blast. One of Lilith‘s children, Jodahs, half human half oankali, has become the first human ooloi construct and everyone, the humans and the aliens are freaking out about a species that was never supposed to happen. Confused? Lol. This was great world building and storytelling at its best. The connections we all need as humans and other species to survive. Just wonderful.

Reading for class. 💜

So stoked for my new shirt from @bookriot ! #sffyeah

So about this series... I freaking loved it! I'm in awe of Butler and her writing because it is so beyond anything I've seen. I loved this. With that being said if you aren't a big science fiction fan. If you aren't into stories with aliens. If you don't feel like bothering with anything dystopian then walk away. But if you love Butler, science fiction and want a really interesting story with an amazing plot and world building, then go for it.

I think I am ready. I hope I am ready. I don't know what's about to happen. I'm ready. Because I have to finish! I'll stop procrastinating now and start reading.

The end of Butler's Xenogenesis/Lilith's Brood trilogy is as unsettlingly gross and fascinating as the first two books. Hard to believe how we got to this conclusion from the beginning of Dawn. I will say Dawn is the strongest in the trilogy, but the whole thing is wonderfully alien and I will probably be thinking about it for quite a while.

Came across this article describing Octavia Butler's amazing notebook of affirmations. She wrote the life she wanted into existence! "So be it! See to it!" ✍???http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_56ab92ffe4b0010e80e9c6fa/amp

Yet another surprising and unexpected twist in this continually insightful, but creepy, alien story. Definitely another angle in the results of this 'trade' that I wasn't expecting to see appear, I was again expecting a continuation from book two and more about those constructs, but instead I got something different and unexpected....something that, even in this world, was completely new and unique, and even scared our too smart aliens a bit.

This book couldn't exist without the two before it, and not just for plot reasons. The books lead you down a path, growing more and more alien, until you're here and everything is strange but you sort of understand it.

PS finishing this book on National Sibling Day... sure is something!

Up next! The (hopefully) thrilling conclusion of this trilogy. So creepy, yet introspective and engrossing!

It took me too long to finish, not because it was bad, but because I didn't want to leave the Oankali or Lilith behind...

I know it's silly, but I've been waiting for this mark!