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Adulthood rites : xenogenesis
- Title
- Adulthood rites : xenogenesis / Octavia E. Butler.
- Author
- Butler, Octavia E.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Warner Books, [1988]
- ©1988
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 89-31 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 88-6322 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 277 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of "Dawn", this book is the story of Lilith's only son, Akin. Though he resembles a normal human, Akin is the first "construct"--Part man/part alien.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Nuclear warfare > Fiction
- Future life > Fiction
- Genetic engineering > Fiction
- Extraterrestrial beings > Fiction
- Life on other planets > Fiction
- Human-alien encounters > Fiction
- Race > Fiction
- Racism > Fiction
- Sexism > Fiction
- Poverty > Fiction
- Good faith (Law) > Fiction
- Science fiction, American > 20th century
- Science fiction, American > 20th century > Black authors
- Science fiction, American > 20th century > Women authors
- Science fiction, American
- Genetic engineering
- Genre/Form
- Science fiction.
- Fiction.
- Contents
- I. Lo -- II. Phoenix -- III. Chkahichdahk -- IV. Home;
- Call Number
- Sc E 89-31
- ISBN
- 9780446514224
- 0446514225
- LCCN
- 87034620
- OCLC
- 17260078
- Author
- Butler, Octavia E., author.
- Title
- Adulthood rites : xenogenesis / Octavia E. Butler.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Warner Books, [1988]
- Copyright Date
- ©1988
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 88-6322