Dawn

by Butler, Octavia

In Dawn, the first of the Xenogenesis Series, later retitled Lilith's Brood, Lilith Iyapo awakens after the destruction of Earth and centuries of sleep aboard a spacecraft piloted by the ​​Oankali. After learning all they could about Earth and the human race, the Oankali plan to reestablish life on the planet by cross-breeding with humans. They see humans as intelligent beings but cursed with the fatal flaw of hierarchy, which the cross-breeding will resolve.

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Warner Books published the first edition of Dawn in 1987. The first printing has "First Printing: May 1987" on the copyright page with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 

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(New York): Warner Books, 1987. First printing (stated). Fine in fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of the first book of Lilith's Brood, also known as the Xenogenesis trilogy. Butler credited DAWN's post-catastrophe setting to the man then doing his best to make nuclear war a reality, explaining in one interview: "I got my idea for the Xenogenesis books… Read more about this item
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DAWN

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[New York]: Warner Books, [1987]. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169484) (30109). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First book of the "Xenogenesis" trilogy. "Post-catastrophe novel in which the few remaining humans are rescued by aliens. The alien society is eutopian. Aliens restore Earth and slightly redesign humans, who deeply resent it. Humans seem apt to recreate… Read more about this item
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