Bloodchild and Other Stories - Octavia Butler

Hi all,

For the month of May, we will be reading another short story collection. As a follow-up to our April selection, "Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024", we are going to read an older short story anthology for May. This one is a collection of stories by one of the best science fiction authors of the twentieth century.

Book of the Month
Bloodchild and Other Stories - Octavia Butler (1995)

This title contains both well-known and never-before-published stories, including Hugo AND Nebula award-winning "Bloodchild" and Hugo award-winning "Speech Sounds." Appearing in print for the first time are the "The Book of Martha" and "Amnesty", a story of a woman who works to negotiate the tense relationship between humans and a species of invaders.

From Goodreads: "Like all of Octavia Butler’s best writing, these works of the imagination are parables of the contemporary world. She proves constant in her vigil, an unblinking pessimist hoping to be proven wrong, and one of contemporary literature’s strongest voices."

Reading a very contemporary anthology followed by a short story collection by a single author should give us some unique insight into the format. I'm really looking forward to discussing short fiction in general and discussing these stellar short stories from a prolific writer.

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