Lilith's Brood is a collection of three works by Octavia Butler. The three volumes of this science fiction series were previously collected in the now out of print volume, Xenogenesis. The collection was first published under the current title of Lilith's Brood in 2000.
Lilith's Brood introduces the alien species, known as Oankali, who come in three sexes - male, female and ooloi, a sex that mixes and manipulates the genetic material produced by ...
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Lilith's Brood is a collection of three works by Octavia Butler. The three volumes of this science fiction series were previously collected in the now out of print volume, Xenogenesis. The collection was first published under the current title of Lilith's Brood in 2000.
Lilith's Brood introduces the alien species, known as Oankali, who come in three sexes - male, female and ooloi, a sex that mixes and manipulates the genetic material produced by the other two. The series also draws upon elements of the myth of Lilith, the first wife of Adam.
In the first novel in the trilogy, Dawn, Lilith Iyapo, an female soldier, is revived from a biochemically induced hibernation by the Oankali following a nuclear war on earth which causes the near-extinction of humanity and destruction of 80% of its population. The goal of the Oankali is to colonize earth with Oankali-human hybrids.
In the trilogy's second book, Adulthood Rites, Akin, Lilith's part- Oankali son is abducted by sterile human...
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