Kindred

This is a good story and important–the experience of a 20th century black woman who experiences 19th century slavery through the “joys” of time travel, but is shunned by other slaves for being too “white.” But given Butler's reputation, I had higher expectations for the writing, which I found clunky. From a craft point of view, it's interesting to note that she uses the structure of beginning with a glimpse of the story's climax and then goes back to the beginning to show the reader how the characters got to that point.