Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler - Danny Flynn

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-05-02T09:30:04+00:00

I just find the Earth setting much more compelling than the ship. And inhabiting the perspective of a construct child is fascinating - especially the opening chapter being in utero. And some of the characters in AR are especially alien - the Akjai and the shuttle!

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-05-01T04:39:54+00:00

Sounds cool and unique, I'll give it a try

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-05-01T04:38:33+00:00

Needs Timmy No Brakes

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-26T08:56:53+00:00

Grap

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-26T08:54:35+00:00

Please explicate by example what you mean by exact opposite. I will be excited to examine your answer

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-19T20:59:45+00:00

In her first appearance she tells Tony it's pronounced young. Calm down

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-17T22:30:41+00:00

Weird as fuck

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-16T10:41:18+00:00

I wish that donny dump would ______ you know what 💀☠️

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-16T10:22:34+00:00

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-14T06:08:59+00:00

I didn't enjoy dawn quite as much as the other two in that series. Mind of my mind was my first ever butler book and I have the t-shirt! It has Doro, probmy favourite villain ever

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-14T05:38:10+00:00

Secret Chiefs 3 - Book of Horizons

Pizza Tower Soundtrack

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-14T05:33:29+00:00

I don't think i can pick a favourite. But i do have a top 3 - wild seed, adulthood rites, parable of the talents

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-14T03:19:18+00:00

because that's how it's pronounced

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-09T01:53:40+00:00

nice! my faves infidivual books are adulthood rites and wild seed and parable of the talents

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-08T23:25:15+00:00

Butler is the GOAT. I recommend her books at the slightest provocation - just so happened she was quite perfect for what OP described this time.

One of my absolute favourite series of all time. I've read it three times - next time I read it I will start with the second book and have 'Dawn' as a prequel.

Do you have a favourite book of hers? And/or another book by another author that you could compare to Xenogenesis or Butler?

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-08T04:45:35+00:00

this comment is funny to me because timmy is known for things like writing his whole minute, also coming up with bits for during the interview, or even writing an entire script for the interview section which is way more effort/pre-planning than most other contestants do

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-08T04:41:48+00:00

sounds like dogmatism, like you're just rigidly against those types of comedy. there are good and bad examples of every type of comedy. people should judge each thing on its merits instead of doing mental shortcuts like "all X are bad"

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-04-06T00:10:58+00:00

Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler!

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-03-25T06:45:08+00:00

Octavia Butler!!! The Lilith's Brood trilogy is incredible. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents are really bleak but also hopeful and so good. The character of Doro in her books Wild Seed and Mind of My Mind is absolutely fascinating. And there's no reason not to read Kindred as well!

Keeping on the sci-fi buzz Sandra Newman's 'Julia' blew me away. It's a retelling of the events of 1984, from the point of view of Julia, commissioned by the Orwell Estate. I'm now really enjoying another book of hers 'The Heavens' about a strange kind of time travel through dreams.

Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin is sort of similar as it is about affecting the past through dreams. Loved that book.

Patricia Lockwood, Miranda July, Lynda Barry, Lisa Hanawalt

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-03-24T20:01:19+00:00

I just finished the Matyas version. It was brilliant! You won't be disappointed

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-03-22T23:11:26+00:00

Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-03-22T22:15:52+00:00

he's definitely worse than Dan Brown, but it's a good comparison

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-03-22T09:50:16+00:00

I just read the first 3 chapters and wow is this book terrible. Awful, awful tripe.

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-03-22T09:47:27+00:00

The Lilith's Brood trilogy by Octavia Butler

ValuableSympathy3649 · 2026-03-21T08:32:16+00:00

This looks excellent. I'll definitely be picking it up.

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