[African American][Literature][Sci-Fi] Butler, Octavia E. Dawn. New York: Warner Books, 1987. First edition. Original teal boards with dark blue quarter cloth binding, author, title and published stamped in gilt on spine. Original dustjacket with purple and white text and illustration of a nude sleeping woman emerging from a green tube.....
[African American][Literature][Sci-Fi] Butler, Octavia E. Dawn. New York: Warner Books, 1987. First edition. Original teal boards with dark blue quarter cloth binding, author, title and published stamped in gilt on spine. Original dustjacket with purple and white text and illustration of a nude sleeping woman emerging from a green tube.....
[Sci-Fi][African American][Literature] Butler, Octavia E. Mind of My Mind. New York: Avon, 1978. First Avon Mass market paperback edition, with striking psychedelic-style cover art depicting a green-skinned woman with glowing eyes and intersecting telepathic beams of light, underscoring the novel’s speculative and psychic themes. The second book in Butler’s groundbreaking.....
Butler, Octavia E. Wild Seed, 1980, a foundational work of Afrofuturist literature examining African diasporic identity, power, and survival through speculative fiction. The work operates in Cultural/Representational Mode, illustrating how science fiction was used to engage themes of race, gender, and historical violence, and offering insight into the development of.....
