review-by-elements: Octavia Butler's "Imago"

[belenen]

icon: "bluestocking (photo of a book lying open on a table with a bright window in the background, overlaid with a yellow fractal that looks like the sun shining through dust motes)""Imago" is a subset of sci-fi, "far-future humans on earth after alien contact." It follows a neuter-gender alien-human biracial person named Jodahs as they mature into

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[zirochka]

among all these labels.... I ask myself, where is the person?

the book you described is very intriguing. it reminded me sensitivity that Na'vi from Avatar movie had. of course, there was nothing about gender neutral in that movie, but the idea of interconnections was appealing to me. Ability of parents alter their child's genetic makeup seems impressive and dangerous at the same time. what if they decide to use this ability to produce a living killing machine or something like that?

[tikva]

Hi! Maybe I missed some reviews, but this book is the third in a trilogy - have you read the first two? (I started out by reading the second one in the trilogy, so I didn't start at the beginning either, but it turns out that reading in order helps).

Also, didn't at least one of Jodahs' mates have neurofibromatosis? They didn't identify as disabled (it's not a label that comes up), but they probably get a few points in that category, at least, no?

Octavia Butler is one of my very favorite authors, so I'm excited that you're reading her!