New Releases by Octavia E. Butler

Reunidos neste livro estão os melhores contos da literatura pós apocalíptica das últimas duas décadas, com muitos dos maiores nomes da ficção especulativa mundial. Descubra os futuros imaginados pelos grandes mestres do gênero, como Octavia E. Butler (Kindred), Stephen King (O iluminado, It: a coisa), George R.R. Martin (As crônicas de gelo e fogo) e outros! Fome, Morte, Guerra e Peste: os Quatro Cavaleiros do Apocalipse, o presságio do Fim dos Dias. Esses são os pilares das histórias contidas nesta coletânea. Desde Blade Runner a Mad Max, passando por Cântico para Leibowitz e Black Mirror, escritores e roteiristas de todos os cantos se dedicaram a especular a respeito do fim do mundo. Ao longo de muitos anos, imaginaram cenários catastróficos, onde imperam o caos, o desespero e a calamidade. Seja falando de uma hecatombe nuclear, da iminente mudança climática ou de um cataclisma vindo do espaço, esses visionários abordaram um dos mais desafiadores e permanentes temas da ficção especulativa: a natureza da própria vida, posta à prova diante de um colapso social completo.

Zwischen zwei Welten Die dreigeschlechtlichen Oankali haben die Menschen wieder auf der Erde angesiedelt, die nach dem Atomkrieg für Jahrhunderte unbewohnbar war. Jetzt leben Menschen und Aliens zusammen, doch nicht alles ist friedlich: Während einige Menschen den Handel mit den Fremden akzeptiert haben und „Konstruierte“, mit Ooloi-Genen veränderte Kinder, zur Welt bringen, leben andere in abgeschiedenen, rein menschlichen Gemeinschaften. Doch die Ooloi, Angehörige des dritten Oankali-Geschlechts, haben sie unfruchtbar gemacht, sodass keine menschlichen Kinder mehr geboren werden können. Akin ist der erste männliche Konstruierte. In ihm steckt mehr Menschliches als in jedem anderen Hybridwesen – doch er hat auch Oankali-Gene und versteht, dass die Vermischung der beiden Spezies notwendig ist, wenn die Menschheit weiter überleben will ...

The complete series about an alien species that could save humanity after nuclear apocalypse—or destroy it—from “one of science fiction’s finest writers” (The New York Times). The newest stage in human evolution begins in outer space. Survivors of a cataclysmic nuclear war awake to find themselves being studied by the Oankali, tentacle-covered galactic travelers whose benevolent appearance hides their surprising plan for the future of mankind. The Oankali arrive not just to save humanity, but to bond with it—crossbreeding to form a hybrid species that can survive in the place of its human forebears, who were so intent on self-destruction. Some people resist, forming pocket communities of purebred rebellion, but many realize they have no choice. The human species inevitably expands into something stranger, stronger, and undeniably alien. From Hugo and Nebula award–winning author Octavia Butler, Lilith’s Brood is both a thrilling, epic adventure of man’s struggle to survive after Earth’s destruction, and a provocative meditation on what it means to be human. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.

Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted—and still wants—to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.

A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans and a species of invaders. Also new to this collection is "The Book of Martha" which asks: What would you do if God granted you the ability—and responsibility—to save humanity from itself? Like all of Octavia Butler’s best writing, these works of the imagination are parables of the contemporary world. She proves constant in her vigil, an unblinking pessimist hoping to be proven wrong, and one of contemporary literature’s strongest voices.

The first collection of interviews with the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author of Kindred, Parable of the Sower, Fledgling, and Bloodchild

Als die Oankali die Menschheit auf der verseuchten Erde entdecken, fällen sie eine vernichtendes Urteil: Diese Spezies darf sich nicht weiter fortpflanzen. - Science-fiction-Roman.

In the aftermath of Earth''s final war, Lilith awakens to see a shadowy figure -- Jdahya, one of the Oankali, a race that has decided to save the human race from itself. Lilith learns that the Oankali are gene traders who interbreed with failing species so that both races can survive. Jdahya proposes that Lilith mate with a third sex in their culture, creating human-alien hybrids who do not have humanity''s weaknesses. As her new world beckons, Lilith must decide if survival is worth the price.

Alanna, une fille de la Terre retournée à l''état sauvage est recueillie par un groupe de Missionnaires qui consacrent leur vie à perpétuer dans l''Homme l''image sacrée deDieu. Dans la crainte que la race humaine disparaisse de la Terre, la Mission est expédiée sur une autre planète où vivent d''étranges humanoîdes, avec leurs moeurs, leurs querelles, leurs guerres... Enlevée lors d''un raid des Tehkohns contre les Garkohns, Alanna se retrouve en déséquilibre entre deux espèces différentes...

"La obra más famosa de Butler, aclamada por la crítica, cuenta la historia de Dana, una joven negra que de repente e inexplicablemente es transportada desde su hogar en la California de los 70 hasta la Guerra Civil del Sur. Mientras viaja en el tiempo entre ambos mundos, uno en el que es una mujer libre y otro en el que forma parte de su propia y complicada historia familiar en una plantación del sur, se enreda aterradoramente en la vida de Rufus, un conflictivo esclavista que es a la vez un antepasado de Dana, y en las vidas de las muchas personas que están esclavizadas por él."--Publisher''s description.