Bloodchild Stories by Butler Octavia, First Edition (26 results)

Paul Lewin (illustrator). New York: Seven Stories Press:, 2022. First printing, Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 188 pp. Cover artwork by: Paul Lewin "A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes Bloodchild, winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and Speech Sounds, winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, Amnesty is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans and a species of invaders. Also new to this collection is The Book of Martha which asks: What would you do if God granted you the ability - and responsibility - to save humanity from itself?" First printing, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Published by Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Light edge wear. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Very good condition. Additional photos available upon request.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine (see description). Dust Jacket Condition: Fine (see description). Photo Cover (illustrator). First Edition. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Fine example, unread, in a Fine dustjacket, 774 pages, this includes: Kindred, Fledgling, and the following storie:. Childfinder; Crossover; Near of Kin; Speech Sounds; Bloodchild; Amnesty; Book of Martha; The Evening and the Morning and the Night;--- Essays include: Lost Races of Science Fiction; Positive Obsession; Furor Scribendi; The Monophobic Response; Preface to Bloodchild and Other Stories --- Chronology; Notes on the Text; Notes, ---"An original and eerily prophetic writer, Octavia E. Butler used the conventions of science fiction to explore the dangerous legacy of racism in America in harrowingly personal terms. She broke new ground with books that featured complex Black female protagonists I wrote myself in, she would later recall -establishing herself as one of thepioneers of the Afrofuturist aesthetic. In 1995 she became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, in recognition of her achievement in creating new aspirations for the genre and for American literature. ---This 1st volume in the Library of America edition of Butler s collected works opens with her masterpiece, Kindred, one of the landmark American novels of the last half century. Its heroine, Dana, a Black woman, is pulled back and forth between the present and the pre-Civil War past, where she ?nds herself enslaved on the plantation of a white ancestor whose life she must save to preserve her own. In Fledgling, an amnesiac discovers that she is a vampire, with a difference: she is a new, experimental birth with brown skin, giving her the fearful ability to go out in sunlight. Rounding out the volume are eight short stories and five essays -including two never before collected, plus a newly researched chronology of Butler s life and career and helpful explanatory notes prepared by scholar Gerry Canavan. Butler s friend, the writer and editor Nisi Shawl, provides an introduction. "---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5w x 8.25h Inches. Not Signed. NOT Price Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Ex-library copy with glue remnants on the endpapers and a label on the front free endpaper thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with internal glue remnants.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, moderate bumps with some slight creasing to the spine ends and cover corners, and faint smudging to the edges of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy in an unclipped Very Good+ dust jacket, which has light bumps with thin creasing to the spine ends and corners, a hint of wear to the edges, and a small, faint sticker shadow to the back. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1984 Nebula Award Winner for Best Novelette. 1985 Hugo Award Winner for Best Novelette. Remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked. Jacket protected in mylar and remains free of any scuffing or tears. Binding and hinges secure. Very small area of scuffing along bottom edge of front board. Overall, a remarkably crisp copy.

First edition. Octavo, boards. Collects five stories and two essays.the The title story is the winner of the 1985 Hugo and 1984 Nebula awards for best novelette, and "Speech Sounds," the winner of the 1984 Hugo Award for best short story. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-196. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29420).

Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects five stories and two essays. Includes the title story winner of the 1985 Hugo and 1984 Nebula awards for best novelette, and "Speech Sounds," winner of the 1984 Hugo Award for best short story. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-196. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. Small remainder stripe to bottom edge of text block, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168095).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Signed. First paperback printing. Signed inscription by Butler to full title page. Wraps show only minimal shelf and handling wear; light rubbing; negligible blemishing at edges. Binding square and tight. Contact for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket design by Stark Design (illustrator). 1st Edition. The book has a red remainder mark to bottom of pages. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Unclipped dust jacket ($18.00). Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).