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Bloodchild and Other Stories

Bloodchild and Other Stories
Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only collection of science fiction stories and essays written by American writer Octavia E. Butler. Each story and essay features an afterword by Butler. "Bloodchild", the title story, won the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.

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“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”

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“You're truly free for the first time. What could be more difficult than that?”

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The Book of Martha
Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995)

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“They can create something beautiful, useful, even something worthless. But they create. They don't destroy.”

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The Evening and the Morning and the Night
Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995)

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“Who knows what we humans have that others might be willing to take in trade for a livable space on a world not our own.”

Octavia E. Butler book Bloodchild and Other Stories

Bloodchild
Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995)

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“Don’t you know everything? God smiled. “No, I outgrew that trick long ago. You can’t imagine how boring it was.””

Octavia E. Butler book Bloodchild and Other Stories

The Book of Martha
Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995)

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