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Bloodchild
| Author: | Octavia E. Butler |
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Asimov's Science Fiction, 1984 |
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| Book Type: | Novelette |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | First Contact Soft SF Human Development |
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Synopsis
This work is a selction from author Nisi Shawl's: A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction, an annotated list of 40+ black science fiction works that are important to your understanding of its history. Read more about this selection below.
- Tor.com Blog: Why Men Get Pregnant: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler
Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award winning novelette.
Years ago a group known as the Terrans left Earth in search of a life free of persecution. Now they live alongside the Tlic, an alien race who face extinction; their only chance of survival is to plant their larvae inside the bodies of the humans.
When Gan, a young, boy, is chosen as a carrier of Tlic eggs, he faces an impossible dilemma: can he really help the species he has grown up with, even if it means sacrificing his own life?
Bloodchild originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1984. The story has been reprinted many times. It can be found in the anthologies:
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985), edited by Gardner Dozois
- Best SF of the Year #14 (1985), edited by Terry Carr
- The 1985 Annual World's Best SF, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
- Nebula Awards 20 (1985), edited by George Zebrowski
- The New Hugo Winners (1989), edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
- Foundations of Fear: An Exploration of Horror (1992) edited by David G. Hartwell
- Invaders! (1993) edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
- Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years: SF by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s (1995), edited by Pamela Sargent
- The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011), edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
- The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016), edited by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
The story is included in the collection Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995).
Read the full story for free at the Baen website.
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