Tag Archives: Lilith’s Brood
One last note on Portal & Lilith’s Brood
After I posted my piece on the incredible similarities between Portal and Lilith’s Brood, another thing hit me:Neither Chell nor Lilith can exit their prison cell. They must wait for their captors to open doors or walls for them. Eventually, their… Continue reading
Hope.
God. I don’t even know why I bother writing in here anymore. Catharsis? Habit? Yori says keeping a journal reduces stress. Says it’ll be good for my “mental health,” whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean. We all know there’s nothing I can do to stave off my Huntington’s, short of going back to those […] Continue reading
Lilith’s Brood through the portal of Portal
Alive!Still alive.Alive… again.Are these the opening lines of Lilith’s Brood? Or are they lyrics from iconic Portal theme song “Still Alive”? As I opened the book, all I could think about was Valve’s sci-fi masterpiece. Little did I know th… Continue reading
“Adulthood Rites” Journal Entry
June 24, 4087 Last night I observed Damek and Kaliq argue and wrestle in the mud. They were arguing once again over Tilden’s death and what we should do with the construct baby. I’m glad Kaliq was finally doing the right thing by figh… Continue reading
Fair Trade?
Although anthropology does not explicitly train for “first contact” with extraterrestrials, it does prepare one for dealing with an alien culture. Lilith, as a student of the discipline, is well-suited to the task of understanding intelligent beings that have a different orientation to reality whether that being is human or something else. She has probably […] Continue reading
“Your ship is alive?”
In Dawn by Octavia Butler, I find the living ship to be the most alien aspect. In the new world in which Lilith is Awakened to we are slowly given pieces of information about the qualities of the ship from the Oankali, the first being that it’… Continue reading
Crappy romance novels and Lilith’s Brood, or Why Book Covers Matter
The first thing I heard about Lilith’s Brood was a disclaimer: don’t judge this book by its crappy romance novel cover. A naked woman covering her breasts with her hands, under white sheets.But this is a classic science-fiction trilogy, I thought to my… Continue reading