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Title: Ms. Butler uses her 248 pages exquisitely well...
Review: A short, enthralling, beautifully painless read. The author really knows how to tell her story, which is fascinating and new. Characters and plot are detailed, interesting and realistic. Human and alien characters (the Oankali) alike are very lifelike. The ideas behind the aliens are very fun and interesting : a species that can remix its own DNA, has three sexes and that acts as an interstellar DNA trader. A lot of thought went into creating the Oankali culture and biology. The pace of the book is brisk, details are given in the perfect amount, no overlong, self gratifying (for the author) descriptions... Octavia Butler has a thoroughly enjoyable writing style. I highly reccomend this book to any who cared enough to read these words. :)
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