Bloodchild and Other Stories
Encyclopedia
Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only and rather brief collection of science fiction
stories and essays by Octavia E. Butler
. Each story features an afterword by Butler. "Bloodchild", the title story, won both Hugo Award
and Nebula Award
.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
stories and essays by Octavia E. Butler
Octavia E. Butler
Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.- Background :Butler...
. Each story features an afterword by Butler. "Bloodchild", the title story, won both Hugo Award
Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
and Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
.
Stories
- Bloodchild – won the 1984 Nebula Award for Best NoveletteNebula Award for Best NoveletteWinners of the Nebula Award for best Novelette. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.-External links:* * *...
and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best NoveletteHugo Award for Best NoveletteThe Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially... - The Evening and the Morning and the Night
- Near of Kin
- Speech SoundsSpeech Sounds"Speech Sounds" is a science fiction short story by Octavia Butler. It was most recently published in a collection of short stories titled Bloodchild and Other Stories . It was first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine in 1983...
– won the Hugo Award for Best Short StoryHugo Award for Best Short StoryThe Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
in 1984 - Crossover
External links
- Bloodchild on Washington Post website
- Bloodchild and Other Stories in Google Books
- Furor Scribendi beginning (available in full after registration at Writers of the FutureWriters of the FutureWriters of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbard...
website)
Reviews
- Novelist and short-story writer Octavia Butler defies categories by J. Douglas Allen Taylor, Metroactive Books (1996)