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092    |fF|aBUTLER 
100 1  Butler, Octavia E.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Unexpected stories /|cOctavia Butler. 
250    Limited edition. 
264  1 Burton, Michigan :|bSubterranean Press,|c2020. 
300    97 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
505 00 |tForeword ;|tA necessary being ;|tChildfinder ;
       |tAfterword ;|tA biography of Octavia E. Butler. 
520    "The novella "A Necessary Being" showcases Octavia E. 
       Butler's ability to create alien yet fully believable 
       "others." Tahneh's father was a Hao, one of a dwindling 
       race whose leadership abilities render them so valuable 
       that their members are captured and forced to govern. When
       her father dies, Tahneh steps into his place, both chief 
       and prisoner, and for twenty years has ruled without ever 
       meeting another of her kind. She bears her loneliness 
       privately until the day that a Hao youth is spotted 
       wandering into her territory. As her warriors sharpen 
       their weapons, Tahneh must choose between imprisoning the 
       newcomer--and living the rest of her life alone. The 
       second story in this volume, "Childfinder," was 
       commissioned by Harlan Ellison for his legendary (and 
       never-published) anthology The Last Dangerous Visions. A 
       disaffected telepath connects with a young girl in a 
       desperate attempt to help her harness her growing powers. 
       But in the richly evocative fiction of Octavia E. Butler, 
       mentorship is a rocky path, and every lesson comes at a 
       price."--Amazon. 
650  0 Short stories, American. 
650  0 Short stories|xWomen authors. 
655  7 Science fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Short stories.|2lcgft 
740 0  Child finder. 
740 02 A necessary being.