Adulthood Rites
Readers rate it 4.1 (191 on Hardcover)
304 pages · Released Apr 1, 1997 · Aspect
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Adulthood Rites is a sophisticated science fiction novel that explores genetic engineering, bodily autonomy, and identity through a complex post-apocalyptic lens. The book contains mature themes including reproductive coercion, body modification anxiety, and existential conflict between species—concepts better suited to older teens than younger readers. While Butler's prose is elegant and the ideas thought-provoking, the emotional weight and disturbing ethical dilemmas demand maturity to process responsibly.
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From the publisher
The second book in the Lilith's Brood trilogy, this story takes place years after the arrival of Oankali aliens in the first book. Now, the Oankali have established some colonies on Earth, where they live and breed with humans. Other villages are populated by human resisters, who refuse to interact or breed with the Oa... The second book in the Lilith's Brood trilogy, this story takes place years after the arrival of Oankali aliens in the first book. Now, the Oankali have established some colonies on Earth, where they live and breed with humans. Other villages are populated by human resisters, who refuse to interact or breed with the Oankali but are frustrated because they can no longer reproduce on their own and feel they have no future. Akin, a boy "construct" born with mixed human and Oankali DNA, confronts these tensions between the two species and grapples with his own identity.
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- Genetic engineering
- Fiction
- Fiction, science fiction, general
- Human-alien encounters
- Persoonlijke integriteit
- Genetisch materiaal
- Menselijk lichaam
- Fiction, science fiction, apocalyptic & post-apocalyptic
- Fiction, dystopian
- Fiction, science fiction, genetic engineering
- Fiction, fantasy, epic
- Fiction, science fiction, alien contact
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ISBN 9780446603782 · Aspect