Two hundred years in the future after World War III a woman is Awoken on an alien spaceship. Maggie and Harmony start their deep dive into the Xenogenesis Series by Octavia E. Butler with its first novel, Dawn. They contend with the meaning of human hierarchy and its relationship to toxic masculinity and the importance of consent in this episode.
In this episode: Butler's biography https://octaviabutler.org/files/bio.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/octavia-e-butler-black-science-fiction-writer-bloodchild-xenogenesis-parable-a8411566.html
What we're reading:
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553499148
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316388702
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062227331
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781101885987
Check out the promo in our episode: https://notyourlittlelady.libsyn.com/
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