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Dawn
by Octavia E. Butler
ISBN: 0446603775
ISBN-13: 9780446603775
Format: Paperback
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Summary
In this first book of Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, Lilith Iyapo awakens to find herself a captive on a spaceship. Her last memory is of a time two and a half centuries earlier when she was traveling in the Andes, mourning the death of her family. A nuclear war devastated the planet, and the alien Oankali came to rescue the survivors, restore the planet, and harvest its genetic material, particularly that of the humans. They intend to train Lilith and the others to live on the newly forested Earth, where humans and Oankali will establish communities...and interbreed. When Lilith learns of the plan, she must decide whether cooperating with the Oankali would be the ultimate betrayal of humanity-or the only way to save it.
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"Moving, frightening, fun, and eerily beautiful."
-- Washington Post Book World
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Published date: 1997
Size: 4 x 6.5 inches
Weight: 0.25 pounds
Pages: 248
Publisher's Notes
Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. Creatures covered in writhing tentacles, the Oankali had saved every surviving human from a dying, ruined Earth. They healed the planet, cured cancer, increased strength, and were now ready to help Lilith lead her people back to Earth--but for a price.
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, Bk. 1)
Octavia E. Butler
Aspect. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1997. Paperback. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS PAPERBACK; Some rubbing on cover. Some aging/yellowing of text pages. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Dawn
Butler, Octavia E
Aspect Fantasy, 1997. shelfwear and creasing. Good. p/b. ( more information) Offered by Patcat Books (United States)
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Dawn (Book One of the Xenogenesis Series)
Butler, Octavia E
New York, NY, USA: Warner Books, 1997 Book in very nice condition--no spine creases, light edgewear, short corner crease front cover, rubs across top corner front cover and back cover. Single store stamp first page, inside covers beginning to tan. When nuclear war destroys the word, Lilith Iyapo is in the remote Andes. Centuries later she revives to find herself captive aboard a starship. First in the Xenogensis Series.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Fort Bend Book Co. (United States)
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DAWN - Book One of the Xenogenesis Series
Butler, Octavia E
United States: Warner Books, 1997. A nice tight and square copy that has a light crease on the front side of the wrap alongside the spine.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +. Illus. by John Jude Polencor (cover by). ( more information) Offered by IAMBOOKS (United States)
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DAWN
Butler, Octavia E
Warner Books, 1997. 248pp. Minor external wear. Internally VG. Includes supply & fitting of correctly sized protective lyfjacket.. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. ( more information) Offered by Stephen Dadd (United Kingdom)
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Dawn (Xenogenesis)
Octavia E. Butler
Aspect, 1997-04-01. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. nice clean copy with some light tanning to the edges. strong binding and clean pagesWe ship daily and delivery confirmation is provided on all domestic orders. ( more information) Offered by JE Duplice Books (United States)
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