Unexpected Stories
by Octavia Butler
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Pub Date Apr 28 2014 | Archive Date Jun 10 2016
Description
The novella “A Necessary Being” showcases Octavia E. Butler’s ability to create alien yet fully believable “others.” Tahneh’s father was a Hao, one of a dwindling race whose leadership abilities render them so valuable that their members are captured and forced to govern. When her father dies, Tahneh steps into his place, both chief and prisoner, and for twenty years has ruled without ever meeting another of her kind. She bears her loneliness privately until the day that a Hao youth is spotted wandering into her territory. As her warriors sharpen their weapons, Tahneh must choose between imprisoning the newcomer—and living the rest of her life alone.
The second story in this volume, “Childfinder,” was commissioned by Harlan Ellison for his legendary (and never-published) anthology The Last Dangerous Visions™. A disaffected telepath connects with a young girl in a desperate attempt to help her harness her growing powers. But in the richly evocative fiction of Octavia E. Butler, mentorship is a rocky path, and every lesson comes at a price.
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Advance Praise
“These riveting additions to Butler’s oeuvre are superb examples of her
craft and will be welcomed by Butler fans and scholars alike.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Both
stories deal in their own way with the issues of race and gender that
informed much of Butler’s work. . . . These stories, with an
introduction by Walter Mosley, will be a joy for Butler’s many readers.”
—Library Journal
Striking social commentary underscores
the action in two dark, previously unpublished stories from the late
sci-fi master. . . . A small but important addition to the oeuvre of a
writer deeply concerned with issues of race and gender.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“One
of the finest voices in fiction—period. . . . Butler casts an
unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty and ignorance and lets the
reader see the terror and beauty of human nature.” —The Washington Post Book World
“What
we have in these stories is actually something less like a childhood
photograph, or juvenilia, or apocrypha, and more like the miraculous
discovery that the beloved book you’ve read a dozen times has an extra
chapter you’ve somehow never noticed. These stories don’t feel
different; they feel like just her.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
“In
both stories Butler is able to create a whole world and a whole history
out of very few words, by centering them on women who suffer no
illusions about the worlds and circumstances they live in. She addresses
race and class head-on as well as in metaphorical terms.” —NPR Books
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| ISBN | 9781497601376 |
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