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Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis) MP3 CD – Unabridged, November 3, 2015
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In this sequel to Dawn, Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy named Akin. But Akin actually has five parents: a male and female human, a male and female Oankali, and a sexless Ooloi. The Oankali and Ooloi are part of an alien race that rescued humanity from a devastating nuclear war, but the price they exact is a high one. The aliens are compelled to genetically merge their species with other races, drastically altering both in the process. On a rehabilitated Earth, this "new" race is emerging through human/Oankali/Ooloi mating, but there are also "pure" humans who choose to resist the aliens and the salvation they offer. These resisters are sterilized by the Ooloi so that they cannot reproduce the genetic defect that drives humanity to destroy itself, but otherwise they are left alone (unless they become violent). When the resisters kidnap young Akin, the Oankali choose to leave the child with his captors, for he the most "human" of the Oankali children will decide whether the resisters should be given back their fertility and freedom, even though they will only destroy themselves again.
This is the second volume in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, a powerful tale of alien existence.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAudible Studios on Brilliance Audio
- Publication dateNovember 3, 2015
- Dimensions5.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches
- ISBN-101511338512
- ISBN-13978-1511338516
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- Publisher : Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (November 3, 2015)
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 1511338512
- ISBN-13 : 978-1511338516
- Item Weight : 3.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches
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OCTAVIA E. BUTLER (1947–2006) was the renowned author of numerous ground-breaking novels, including Kindred, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. Recipient of the Locus, Hugo and Nebula awards, and a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work, in 1995 she became the first science- fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship ‘Genius Grant’. A pioneer of her genre, Octavia’s dystopian novels explore myriad themes of Black injustice, women’s rights, global warming and political disparity, and her work is taught in over two hundred colleges and universities nationwide.
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What I found disappointing about the novel was that it actually became tedious. The Oankali are so superior to humans in terms of physical strength and capacities, virtual indestructibility, cleverness and ability to manipulate humans, that some of the tension in the story is dissipated. I found the rebel humans rather dull too - predictable, violent, stupid, an extremely depressing view of human nature that is unmitigated by sufficient shades of character or varied experience or response. It was as if Butler's ideas were taking over the narrative and character, rendering the people in the book less interesting than they could have been.
The book is still interesting however, though there is an element of repetition in the plotline and I felt that the whole trilogy could have been condensed into one book.




I want to give the series a lower rating for all the reasons mentioned above, but it is nonetheless an interesting series that explores interesting ideas with interesting characters. And I did choose to read all three books.