Lilith’s Brood
Readers rate it 4.1 (98 on Hardcover)
746 pages · Released 2000 · Aspect/Warner Books
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Lilith's Brood is a sophisticated science fiction novel exploring themes of survival, genetic engineering, autonomy, and human identity through humanity's forced collaboration with an alien species. While it contains mature themes, sexual content, and philosophical darkness rather than graphic violence, it demands sophisticated readers capable of engaging with complex ethical dilemmas and slow-burn narrative tension. This is primarily adult literary science fiction that explores difficult questions about consent, reproduction, and what it means to be human—not a young adult novel.
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Lilith Lyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth. Centuries later, she is resurrected, by miraculously powerful unearthly beings, the Oankali. Driven by an irresistible need to heal others, the Oankali are rescuing our dying planet by merging genetically with mankind. But Lilith a... Lilith Lyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth. Centuries later, she is resurrected, by miraculously powerful unearthly beings, the Oankali. Driven by an irresistible need to heal others, the Oankali are rescuing our dying planet by merging genetically with mankind. But Lilith and all humanity must now share the world with uncanny, unimaginably alien creatures: Their own children. This is their story.
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- American Science fiction
- Fiction, general
- Genetics
- Fiction
- Unloveable Characters
- Weak Character Development
- dark
- challenging
- reflective
- Adventurous
- tense
- Science Fiction
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ISBN 9780446676106 · Aspect/Warner Books