Again, I agree with you totally and felt that Survivor was an attempt to get published at an early stage in Butler's career. It could have spawned a series; but, it was a bit thin on character development and, as later works showed, not her forte (off world fiction).
--- akaeze02155 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, maybe Oprah _did_, but OEB shot her down? I > know Oprah must have > read the book because OEB recorded an "Ah ha..." > moment for the O > show. And we all know that Oprah reads everyone who > appears on her > show. Though I love Oprah, I'd like to see _K_ > remain a novel and only > a novel for a bit longer. I'd LOVE to see more > people turned on to > reading _K_ and the rest of OEB's works. Especially > high school > students. One of the wonderful things about OEB is > that she was a > consummate researcher. _Kindred_ should be studied > in hschool not only > for its creativity and its story, but for its > scholarship. > > As for _Survivor_, it is a curious little novel, > isn't it? It seems > more like an attempt at a first draft than a > finished novel and I > wonder why it was ever published to begin with. The > story seems to > have taken over, taken on a life of its own. Perhaps > this is why OEB > didn't like it. As I read it, I kept waiting for _S_ > to link back to > the main Patternist story and this never really > happened. The issues > and themes are there, but there is only a cursory > "explanation" > injected some chapters in that provides the reader > with a superficial > background, nothing more. It's as if _S_ constitutes > the beginning of > a new series, not the culmination of one. But it's > an intriguing look > into OEB's writing process. I wonder if OEB kept a > journal. I would > love to see what she wrote about _S_ while she was > struggling with the > story. > > _Clay's Ark_ is slight as well and could have > benefitted from an > astute editor. Ultimately though, even in it's final > form, _CA_ is a > much more successful "book" than _Survivor_. > > anor > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Addams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I agree with all of your points. And I never felt > that > > Kindred fit easily into the SCIfi or Specfic > > categories. I am surprised that Oprah hasn't tried > to > > produce it given her penchant for interracial > themes > > and magical realism. > > > ...snip! > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/DtIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
