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“It gets to the root of so many human fears. Again, to me it exemplifies Butler’s concern with moral ambiguity and survival. The entire book of short stories is worth reading, but the title story deals with an abandoned human colony on a planet circling another star, and the humans who have been abandoned there are dealing with sentient beings that lay their larvae in living organisms.” Read more...
The Best Books for an Introduction to Octavia Butler
Nisi Shawl, Novelist
