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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

Octavia E. Butler; Stephen King; George R.R. Martin; Cory Doctorow

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Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler

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2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia

Octavia E. Butler; Ray Bradbury; Harlan Ellison; Karel Capek; Robert A. Heinlein; Robert Heinlein; Connie Willis; Kurt Vonnegut; Arte Johnson; Fredric Brown

Presented here are brilliant dramatizations of works by Hugo and Nebula award-winning authors originally created for a prize-winning NPR series treasured by science-fiction fans. 2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia is a winner of the Ray Bradbury Award and includes "Pillar of Fire" by Ray Bradbury, "By His Bootstraps" by Robert A. Heinlein, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Kurt Vonnegut, "'Repent Harleguin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison, and others.

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Wild Seed

Octavia E. Butler

Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu has also died many times. She can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss, give birth to tribes, nurture and heal, and savage anyone who threatens those she loves. She fears no one--until she meets Doro. From African jungles to the colonies of America, Doro and Anyanwu weave together a pattern of destiny that not even immortals can imagine.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2001, Hardcover - 1999, Hardcover - 1999, Softcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1980

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Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler; Octave E. Butler

In this long-awaited novel, Butler revisits familiar themes of a society in 2032 whose very fabric has been torn, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet. 30,000 first print.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2001, Softcover - 2000

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Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler

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Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

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Octavia E. Butler

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Parable Of The Talents

Octavia E. Butler

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Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

Forced to flee an America where anarchy and violence have completely taken over, empath Lauren Olamina--who can feel the pain of others and is crippled by it--becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world and a new faith christened "Earthseed". A stirring portrait of 21st-century America by the author of "Wild Seed".

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1999, Hardcover - 1993, Hardcover - 1993

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Imago

Octavia E. Butler

The futures of both humans and Oankali rest in one young being's successful metamorphosis into adulthood.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1990, Hardcover - 1989, Softcover - 1989

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Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. Creatures covered in writhing tentacles, the Oankali had saved every surviving human from a dying, ruined Earth. They healed the planet, cured cancer, increased strength, and were now ready to help Lilith lead her people back to Earth--but for a price.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1996, Hardcover - 1987

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Bloodchild: And Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

From the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Parable of the Sower--one of the few African-American women writing science fiction--comes a collection of chilling fiction--true parables of the contemporary world. "Butler graces new mansions of thought with her eloquent, distinguished, and poignant prose".--Booklist.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1995

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Clay's Ark

Octavia E. Butler

In a violent near-future, Asa Elias Doyle and her companions encounter an alien life form so heinous and destructive, they exile themselves in the desert so as not to contaminate other humans. To resist the compulsion to infect others is mental agony, but to succumb is to relinquish humanity and free will. Desperate, they kidnap a doctor and his two daughters as they cross the wasteland...and endanger not only their victims, but the world.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1985, Hardcover - 1984

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Patternmaster

Octavia E. Butler

The Patternist is a telepathic race, commanded by the Patternmaster, whose thoughts can destroy, heal, rule. Coransee, son of the ruling Patternmaster, wants the throne and will stop at nothing to get it, including venture into the wild mutant-infested hills to destroy a young apprentice--his equal and his brother. Previously out of print.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1979, 1976

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Mind of My Mind

Octavia E. Butler

For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds of a master race, using the downtrodden as his private breeding stock. But now a young ghetto telepath has found a way to awaken--and rule--her superhuman kind, igniting a psychic battle as she challenges her creator for her right to free her people.

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Other editions: 1977

L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future

Octavia E. Butler; Kevin J. Schwartz Anderson

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award-winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction--the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

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The Evening and the Morning and the Night

Octavia E. Butler

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Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

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Other editions: Softcover - 1981, Hardcover - 1979

Survivor

Octavia E. Butler

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