Kindred

Author: Octavia E. Butler Type: Fiction, novel Published: 1979 I read it: November 2017 There is a brilliant conceit at the center of Octavia E. Butler’s classic novel Kindred, and it’s not necessarily the time travel. Even though you can find the book on the sci-fi shelves, Butler prefers to call it a “grim fantasy”…

Bloodchild

Author: Octavia E. Butler Type: Fiction, short stories Full title: Bloodchild and Other Stories Published: 2005 I read it: May 2013 Someone from our friends’ book club picked this one, and I had never heard of Octavia Butler. I figured the collection was going to be good when the staff person and I had trouble…