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The Polack MSgt

(13,191 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:55 PM Oct 2018

Found an Octavia Butler anthology that I had never heard of

Unexpected Stories. I hope the link works

https://books.google.com/books?id=TJhxAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=octavia+butler+anthology&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQla7y05DeAhXRulMKHaNeDq0Q6AEISzAH#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Found an Octavia Butler anthology that I had never heard of (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Oct 2018 OP

It's fairly recent and posthumous sweetloukillbot Oct 2018 #1

Ebook purchased. Codeine Dec 2018 #2

It's good. The Polack MSgt Dec 2018 #3

Same here. Codeine Dec 2018 #4

sweetloukillbot

(11,040 posts)

1. It's fairly recent and posthumous

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2018, 03:18 PM

Oct 2018

The stories are from the early 70s IIRC.

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

2. Ebook purchased.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 06:27 PM

Dec 2018

Thanks for the heads-up!!

The Polack MSgt

(13,191 posts)

3. It's good.

Reply to Codeine (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 06:47 PM

Dec 2018

Some of her laterworks echoed these themes. Im a big O. Butler fanboy

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

4. Same here.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 06:51 PM

Dec 2018

Back around 1990 I discovered her work when KPFK read “Kindred” over the course of several late Friday nights. I immediately started devouring everything OEB I could get my mitts on.

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