Blood Child, and Other Stories

Blood Child, and Other Stories

1984 • 144 pages

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A collection of short stories by a celebrated African American female science fiction author includes the award-winning title story, "Bloodchild," a parable about the treatment of women throughout history


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Earthseed is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1984 with contributions by Octavia E. Butler.

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All of the stories were good, but the first two were fantastic.

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Butler remains incredible.

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