Bloodchild and Other Stories
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| Author | Octavia E. Butler |
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| Country |  United States |
| Genre(s) | science fiction, horror |
| Publisher | Four Walls Eight Windows, Seven Stories Press |
| Publication date | Aug/Sep 1995 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, trade paperback) |
| Pages | 144 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-888363-36-3 (1996 tp) |
Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only and rather brief collection of science fiction stories and essays by Octavia E. Butler. Each story features an afterword by Butler. "Bloodchild", the title story, won both Hugo Award and Nebula Award.
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[edit] Stories
- Bloodchild[1] – won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1985 and Nebula Award for Best Novelette
- The Evening and the Morning and the Night[2]
- Near of Kin
- Speech Sounds[3] – won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1984
- Crossover
[edit] Essays
- Positive Obsession
- Furor Scribendi
[edit] References
- ^ included a. o. in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois (1984)
- ^ included a. o. in Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora edited by Sheree Thomas (2000)
- ^ included a. o. in A Woman's Liberation edited by Connie Willis and Sheila Williams (2001)
[edit] External Links
- Bloodchild on Washington Post website
- Bloodchild and Other Stories in Google Books
- Bloodchild and Other Stories publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Furor Scribendi beginning (available in full after registration at Writers of the Future website)
[edit] Reviews
- Novelist and short-story writer Octavia Butler defies categories by J. Douglas Allen Taylor, Metroactive Books (1996)
