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Lilith's Children Trilogy
General Fiction莉莉丝的孩子三部曲
(us) Octavia E. Butler
Aliens issue "gene trading" ultimatum! Humans, do you want to agree? The fatal flaw has been mastered by aliens. Do humans still have a chance? The hybrid child mutates. Is he the savior or the destroyer of mankind? Lilith wakes up from a decades-long slumber to find herself aboard an alien Oankali spaceship. The Oankali rescued all surviving humans from an earth devastated by war. They grasped humanity's fatal flaw and issued a "gene trade" ultimatum. Humans, how should we choose? "Trade" with aliens, give birth to a hybrid species with two genes, reproduce the offspring, and retain the last trace of human fire; or reject the aliens and die slowly until the human species is extinct? Such a major decision finally fell on Lilith. She was chosen to be the awakener, the leader, and the first human to participate in the "gene trade." Lilith and her children will usher in a new future...
Aliens issue "gene trading" ultimatum! Humans, do you want to agree? The fatal flaw has been mastered by aliens. Do humans still have a chance? The hybrid child mutates. Is he the savior or the destroyer of mankind? Lilith wakes up from a decades-long slumber to find herself aboard an alien Oankali spaceship. The Oankali rescued all surviving humans from an earth devastated by war. They grasped humanity's fatal flaw and issued a "gene trade" ultimatum. Humans, how should we choose? "Trade" with aliens, give birth to a hybrid species with two genes, reproduce the offspring, and retain the last trace of human fire; or reject the aliens and die slowly until the human species is extinct? Such a major decision finally fell on Lilith. She was chosen to be the awakener, the leader, and the first human to participate in the "gene trade." Lilith and her children will usher in a new future...

Bloodline
General Fiction血缘
(us) Octavia E. Butler
Fantasy × History × Thriller. In 1976, on her 26th birthday, Dana, a black woman, inexplicably traveled back from Los Angeles to a Maryland plantation a century ago, and rescued Rufus, a white boy who was dying from drowning. After that, she experienced several time travels, each time going back to the past when Rufus was in danger, and then back to the present when she was in danger. While traveling through time and again, Dana discovers a shocking fact - the slave owner Rufus is actually her ancestor, and her family is actually the product of rape. Do you want to save Rufus next time? Do you want to save a beast that enslaves and rapes your own people, or do you want to completely erase the possibility of your own existence? When the heavy history whips the real and illusory bodies, leaving bloody marks, how should a modern independent woman survive in the cruel history, or not?
Fantasy × History × Thriller. In 1976, on her 26th birthday, Dana, a black woman, inexplicably traveled back from Los Angeles to a Maryland plantation a century ago, and rescued Rufus, a white boy who was dying from drowning. After that, she experienced several time travels, each time going back to the past when Rufus was in danger, and then back to the present when she was in danger. While traveling through time and again, Dana discovers a shocking fact - the slave owner Rufus is actually her ancestor, and her family is actually the product of rape. Do you want to save Rufus next time? Do you want to save a beast that enslaves and rapes your own people, or do you want to completely erase the possibility of your own existence? When the heavy history whips the real and illusory bodies, leaving bloody marks, how should a modern independent woman survive in the cruel history, or not?

Blood Child
General Fiction血孩子
(us) Octavia E. Butler
Science fiction × suspense × horror. Seven grotesque, bloody, ferocious and curious visions of the future, a feast for the senses that involves peeling off skin, sucking bones, and disemboweling the body. There are women who control everything and are dominated by desire, and there are men who sacrifice their bodies for love and are willing to become the other. Gender reversal, apocalyptic plague, alien invasion, pheromone control... Many science fiction settings like thought experiments reflect the real situation of marginalized people through flipping and deformation. When human beings lose control of their bodies, and when the language system that is regarded as a symbol of civilization completely collapses, is it necessary to regain control or abandon self-centeredness and accept more advanced intelligent life? By witnessing disaster, fear, oppression, and injustice, hidden corners are illuminated and different paths of survival are explored.
Science fiction × suspense × horror. Seven grotesque, bloody, ferocious and curious visions of the future, a feast for the senses that involves peeling off skin, sucking bones, and disemboweling the body. There are women who control everything and are dominated by desire, and there are men who sacrifice their bodies for love and are willing to become the other. Gender reversal, apocalyptic plague, alien invasion, pheromone control... Many science fiction settings like thought experiments reflect the real situation of marginalized people through flipping and deformation. When human beings lose control of their bodies, and when the language system that is regarded as a symbol of civilization completely collapses, is it necessary to regain control or abandon self-centeredness and accept more advanced intelligent life? By witnessing disaster, fear, oppression, and injustice, hidden corners are illuminated and different paths of survival are explored.

Children of Lilith 1: Breaking Dawn
General Fiction莉莉丝的孩子1:破晓
(us) Octavia E. Butler
"To be or not to be, that is the question." Lilith woke up from a decades-long sleep and found herself on the alien Oankali spaceship. The Oankali rescued all survivors from the war-torn Earth. They want to make a "deal" with humans. If humans agree, they will help humans rebuild the earth. If humans don't agree, they will let humans slowly die. Lilith was chosen as the leader to awaken a group of sleeping human compatriots and start the "trading plan"...
"To be or not to be, that is the question." Lilith woke up from a decades-long sleep and found herself on the alien Oankali spaceship. The Oankali rescued all survivors from the war-torn Earth. They want to make a "deal" with humans. If humans agree, they will help humans rebuild the earth. If humans don't agree, they will let humans slowly die. Lilith was chosen as the leader to awaken a group of sleeping human compatriots and start the "trading plan"...