Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #230444 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 287 pages

Customer Reviews

Another Classic
Female authors, when they are as good as Ms Butler, produce a story of great depth that is a pleasure to read. She will be classed among others like Iris Johansen (Long after midnight)and Janet Evanovich (One for the money) and Julien Glazer (The Cephae). One can only hope that books like these will keep popping up for us to read.

I love this book
This is a excellent read. It will keep you wanting more. I am not a science fiction fan. But if this is what it is I want more.

Good introduction to Sci-fi...
I liked this book so much not because I thought that it was relevant to today, because it wasn't, and not because of any social commentary it may have made about slavery or anything quite as noble as that, I liked it because, simply put, it was a good story. As someone who has never read or been interested in the science fiction genre I found `KINDRED' by Octavia Butler to be right up my ally. I was a bit skeptical when I picked up `KINDRED' because as I stated I was not interested in reading science fiction but it had come so highly recommended that I decided to try it and now I see what everyone was raving about! I loved the way Butler transported the reader back and forth from the 20th century to the 18th century so seamlessly and managed to keep me on the edge of my seat wanting to know what was going to happen next. In fact I liked Butler's work so much that I think I will even read more of her books...despite the fact that they are science fiction. (don't gang up on me all at once science fiction fans :-)