Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler
Nisi Shawl & Rebecca J. Holden
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Aqueduct Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Nonfiction |
| ISBN | 9781619760370 |
| Cover art | Luisah Teish |
| Pages | iv+314 |
Notes
- First printing by number line.
- Cover image is titled "Call for Strange Matings".
- The ToC listing for "butler8star@qwest.net" is messed up. (butler.net 8star@quest). "Octavia E. Butler Biographical Timeline" is incorrectly called "Biographical Timeline of Butler" in the ToC.
- The ToC is divided into four parts:
- (pp. 17-102) Patterns of Kinship: On Butler's Patternist Series and Kindred
- (pp. 103-169) Tendencies Towards Hierarchicalism and the Breakdown of Society: Butler in the 1980s
- (pp. 170-214) The Parables: Approaching the Millennium with Butler
- (pp. 215-273) New Media, New Generations, and a New Take on Vampires: Butler in the Twenty-First Century
- Publication month from Amazon.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Locus Poll Award | Best Non-Fiction | Runner-up |