Thank you, Sistah Sci-fi, this was just what I needed to finish out the year. Although I have read Fledgling a few years ago, Kindred and Octavia’s short stories and essays are the last pieces to the puzzle. I have been carrying around this beautiful edition just to look at it, almost afraid to end my journey through Butler’s works. It’s about time she got some Library of America editions!

GREAT shirt, love carrying these names on me!

Parable of the Sower Shirt

A classic from one of the modern greats.

Great coffee table book full of great information from musicians and artists to writers to scientists… this is great addition to any sci-fi lovers collection

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I absolutely love my shirt! It's great quality!

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The book was delivered with no damage and in good shape.

Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Series (Paperback) by Octavia E. Butler

These stories would terrify anyone!!!

*SIGNED* Nubia: The Awakening - Book 1 Nubia Series

This is my first autographed book. I've just started reading it and love it so far!

I don't care if anyone else doesn't like this because this book was CLEARLY written for me.

"His vision was not yet blurry enough from the booze to not immediately realize how stunningly beautiful she was. She had radiant ebony skin like polished midnight, and the edges of her frizzy afro refined the stray bits of light from the array of hanging bulbs to an eldritch fringe, like a halo. She seemed, in his mind, to be Africa made flesh—dark, mysterious, and just a little bit dangerous."

This was OH SO SULTRY. There's poly rep with so much African Mythology featuring a Nightmare god and Succubus in a way that very vaguely reminds me of an adult version of Strange the Dreamer. This is a debut contemporary fantasy by Nebula-nominated Nigerian author tells a mythic tale of disgruntled gods, revenge, and a heist across two worlds, while taking a journey around the world we are familiar with.

This is magnificent. An absolutely immaculate masterpiece. I co-read the ALC with the ebook I purchased cause I wanted to highlight passages - that's how much I enjoyed this book.

As for the narrator, Ben Arogundade's voice and delivery was just as impeccable as the narrator who presented Evan Winter's Rage of Dragon books. I will admit that there were times the rustle of clothing and breathing did take away a little from the reading experience but overall such a stunning performance.

This book is extremely character based and the "heist" of a plot takes a massive back burner to the way these characters meet and develop, what influences their choices, and how they grow as people and in their relationship. We are met instead with amazingly complex main characters who live in a world layered with the intrigue of gods and their political shenanigans. I truly enjoyed Shigidi's origin story and the way we truly see through him.

Did I mention yet how much I like Wole Talabi's writing style? The magic this author weaves through words left me spellbound. How do I even describe this? It’s not lyrical. It’s not visceral. Each word has a purpose. Perfectly balanced descriptions with emotions and intentions. There’s such a strong authorial tone in his writing that I really don't have much to compare it to. There was a certain dreamlike quality to Talabi's writing that truly added to this Shigidi's voice as the Nightmare god. You could feel his hopelessness and desperation, his passion and his love, and ultimately the realization that while he and his world may not be perfect, it was perfect enough for him.

What a PHENOMENAL breath of fresh air. I will be singing this book's praises to everyone who will listen and hope that they would love it as much as I do.