Adulthood Rites.
First Edition of Octavia E. Butler's Adulthood Rites; inscribed by her
Adulthood Rites.
BUTLER, Octavia.
Item Number: 125837
New York: Warner Books, 1988.
First edition of the second book in Bulter’s Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Margie + Scott Best Wishes Octavia E. Butler.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Wayne Barlowe. Jacket design by Don Puckey.
With the Xenogenesis trilogy, Butler has created a richly imagined future world, where the last survivors of mankind face a bitter choice: extinction or xenogenesis. Furthering Butler's recurring exploration of genetically-altered, hybrid individuals and communities, the trilogy includes Dawn (1987), Adulthood Rites (1988), and Imago (1989). All three were nominated for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel upon publication.
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