Dawn
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Series
Xenogenesis series volume 1
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Language
English
Description
The human race, now infertile, fights to maintain its identity when the alien species, Oankali, offers to trade genetic material and bioengineering at the price of metamorphosing a new kind of being
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Butler, Octavia E. Author
ISBN
9781538753712
9780446603775
9781453263679
9780446603775
9781453263679
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Booklist Review
This first installment in the Xenogenesis series bodes well for the rest. A band of nuclear holocaust survivors is in the hands of an alien race that offers to save them. The price is high though: the survivors must participate in the evolution of the aliens by bearing children that incorporate some of the aliens' characteristics. Butler is one of the few sf writers who can handle effectively a slow-moving plot that emphasizes characters' emotions. Her command of the language is superior, and her aliens are quite convincing creations. RG. [CIP] 87-6195
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