![]() ![]() Then she immediately returns home to her time period, but things only get weirder after that. Before she can figure out what is going on, she saves a small white child’s life but is almost killed herself. Kindred is the story of Dana, a Black woman living in the 70s era Los Angeles. She is unpacking boxes at home when all of a sudden she disappears, and fall into the 1800s of the Pre-Civil War South. ![]() She is one of my favorite writers because the worlds she creates are vivid and timely, even though all of her published works are in our past. ![]() She is the first writer in this genre to receive the McAuthor Foundation “Genius” grant. My last book hangover came from Octavia Butler's most notable work about time travel, family ancestry, and sacrifice, Kindred.īutler is known throughout the science fiction world as the Dame of Science Fiction. It changes the way you exist in the world even though the world is exactly the same. Have you ever had a book hangover? It's when you finish a book and it leaves such an intense mark on your life that you are a bit unfocused and unable to continue on with your day. ![]()
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