Bloodchild: and Other Stories

BUTLER, Octavia E.

$750.00

Item Number: 148326

New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.

First edition of this collection of speculative fiction from the award-winning author. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stark Design. Uncommon signed.

Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995) by Octavia E. Butler is a landmark collection that showcases the author's mastery of speculative fiction as a vehicle for probing deeply into questions of power, identity, and moral complexity. Comprising both science fiction and autobiographical essays, the volume includes stories such as Bloodchild, The Evening and the Morning and the Night, and Speech Sounds, each of which explores the human condition through imaginative yet unsettling scenarios involving genetic manipulation, disease, and dystopia. Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995) garnered significant acclaim, with its title story, "Bloodchild," winning both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, two of the most prestigious honors in science fiction. Another story in the collection, "Speech Sounds," also received the Hugo Award. In the same year, Butler became the first science fiction writer to be awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the "Genius Grant."​