Imago (Lilith's Brood, 3)

The start was mostly the protagonists thoughts and felt a bit slow but it helped shape Jodahs and the more it progressed the better I liked it. Expected a bit more about Mars but didn't mind this being something else.

Tak trosku "povinny" dokonceni trilogie. Zacatek drhl a moc me neba, pak uz to slo slusne. Samostatne asi nejslabsi kousek. Skoncilo to vsechno stastne az slza ukapla. V kazdym pripade horkej podtext zustava a k zamysleni je tam vic veci nejen ohledne lidstvi jako takovyho.

it is really interesting how I ended up being sympathetic with jodahs, my perspective towards the ooloi has changed a lot over the course of the story. some very interesting thoughts on biopolitics and human nature (the "human conflict" especially) and an entertaining read. as it has already been pointed out by other readers the gender essentialism is hard to endure sometimes. i think ooloi is a pretty cool gender though ^^

like, it's meant to be a trilogy, but the three stories just seem to live by itself, without really needing each other much, and that's why the conclusion doesn't really bring closure in my opinion?

still, it's definitely worth reading it.

of course, if amongst your hobbies there is "destroy gender", this book will kind of hurt you not a little bit, but, for example, i was happy to inflict myself that pain just to read butler.

so, you know, check where you stand and decide.

This was an interesting conclusion to the series. It did seem, in the end, like there was room for additional follow-on. Sadly, Octavia Butler is no longer with us and able to continue the tale.

The series is a magnificent discussion of human self-image; mankind's willingness to understand change, take risk and behave charitably.

I heard of Xenogenesis on the Galactic Suburbia podcast, and I'm very glad of it.

The work is incredibly original for its time. Taking biotech so far that it is indistinguishable from life. Dealing with biological changes that are required to enable space travel and colonization way back in the late 70s.

Butler manages to deal with the complexities of colonization without taking clear sides. Letting the reader draw his conclusions. The only ones that seem to suffer at her hands are Human males.

Really a wonderful trilogy I was unaware of, highly recommended.

This one was a bit slower and lacked a little bit of the sharpness of the previous two volumes. Still got plenty of food for though.

What a ride. I loved this entire thought-provoking series and can't wait to read more by Butler.