jogoso2014 t1_ivk4gt2 wrote
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It’s part of a series but it’s best to think of it as an anthology as the series covers centuries.
The first book is about two beings with different powers getting together and forming essentially a community and super race.
One of them is clearly a bad guy and the power is cool and scary.
What I love about it, along with Kindred, is that they both change the perspective on the slave narrative from what we typically see.
horseren0ir t1_ivltpeq wrote
Change it to what?
jogoso2014 t1_ivm5fzf wrote
For example, I grew up on a narrative of Thomas Jefferson being in love with his slave Sally Henming and that romance tends to crossover to to other interracial slave based relationships.
Wild Seed likewise shows what happens when black people actually have the power to change a systemic circumstance.
It’s interesting to see slavery in the context of fantasy or sci-if and Butler makes it feel natural.
Underground Railroad does a great job at it too but that story has nothing to do Butler.
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