| Description |
1 online resource (173 pages) |
| Series |
Modern Masters of Science Fiction |
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Modern masters of science fiction
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction: Beginning at the End; Chapter 1 Childfinder (1947-1971); Chapter 2 Psychogenesis (1971-1976); Chapter 3 To Keep Thee in All Thy Ways (1976-1980); Chapter 4 Blindsight (1980-1987); Chapter 5 The Training Floor (1987-1989); Chapter 6 God of Clay (1989-2006); Chapter 7 Paraclete (1999-2006); Conclusion: Unexpected Stories; Appendix: "Lost Races of Science Fiction" (1980) by Octavia E. Butler; Octavia E. Butler Bibliography; Notes; Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Index |
| Summary |
"Gerry Canavan offers a critical and holistic consideration of Butler's career. Drawing on Butler's personal papers, Canavan tracks the false starts, abandoned drafts, tireless rewrites, and real-life obstacles that fed Butler's frustrations and launched her triumphs. Canavan departs from other studies to approach Butler first and foremost as a science fiction writer working within, responding to, and reacting against the genre's particular canon. The result is an illuminating study of how an essential SF figure shaped themes, unconventional ideas, and an unflagging creative urge into brilliant works of fiction."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-217) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Butler, Octavia E
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| SUBJECT |
Butler, Octavia E. fast |
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American fiction -- African American authors -- Biography
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Science fiction -- Women authors -- Biography
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African American novelists -- Biography
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African American women authors -- Biography
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African American novelists
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African American women authors
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American fiction -- African American authors
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Science fiction -- Women authors
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780252099106 |
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0252099109 |
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