Title: Such stark darkness which draws you in...
Review: I'm buying a copy of the book for my library, but remember when Blood Child was first published in (I think) Analog. I read it in absolute fascination, the stark horror and desolution, and the world it wove around you. I was still on my mind when we arrived that evening at LASFS (Los Angeles Science Fantacy Society, oldest SF club in the country). Then this grandmotherly woman comes up as the guest. It was Octavia Butler. She talked about how she came up with the idea for the horrific images she can write, and it seemed such a paradox. I don't remember all the words, but it was wonderful to hear a writer so clearly describe the process and impact.It stands with me as one of the best stories I've ever read and one of the most moving because it is in the end something which touched the fundamental humanity in all of us.
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