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An event horizon is a “boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer” (wiki).  It is most commonly referred to when talking about black holes.  But what about as a science fiction metaphor, Butler uses it when talking about Akin’s preconception of Lilith’s DNA.  She writes “there was something beyond the nucleotides […] Continue reading →

Year XXXX To my dearest child Akins, By the time you’re old enough to read this, I may no longer be as I once was, and I hope that you will not take everything to heart. I cannot fully express how painful it will be for me to think of you as another being and […] Continue reading →

Dear Akin, This is a letter from your human mother, Lillith.  I have had a very hard life, but I want you to know that deep down, I do love you, even though I will not express it in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It is difficult for me to say these things. I won’t lie, because one day you would know if I had. I wish that you were human. I wish that your only other parent was Joseph. But these decisions were not ones that I could make, and I will love you just as much all […] Continue reading →

To my beloved Akin, I am excited to say that with your birth comes the rebirth of the entire human race. You are, as I’m sure you will perceive very soon, the first male child born to a human mother since we were “saved” by the Oankali. As with your sisters I am sure you […] Continue reading →

My dearest Akin, It is with great impatience, hope, and love that I write this letter to you. I am impatient because I have spent months waiting for you, my unborn son, and I am eager to know you and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My Dearest Boy, You will be the first of your kind. Your future is bright and vast and limitless.You will be loved and cared for like no other. You will never be alone. You are a construct. In fact, the first human born constuct male. Together with your siblings you will pave the way for others […] Continue reading →

Dearest Akin,             I am writing you this letter as your mother and protector, but also as the link between the two identities in your being which both unite and alienate you from others. You are special Akin. You are the product of two races of distant origins combining, evolving, growing, and becoming something righteously […] Continue reading →

To my dearest son, I want you to know I love you very much despite the circumstances in which you were born. I know the existence of your generation may be hard for you to understand; it took me 250 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dear Unborn Child, It is due to some unfortunate circumstances that we are where we are today. In the past, humanity made some major mistakes, leading to a war that almost destroyed us. Some of us were spared at the … Continue reading → Continue reading →