20 relations: Amazon (company), Ancient Egypt, Brainwashing, Clay's Ark, Coming-of-age story, Debut novel, Extraterrestrials in fiction, Future history, Lilith's Brood, Mind of My Mind, Octavia E. Butler, Patternmaster, Science fiction, Secret history, Selective breeding, Shapeshifting, Survivor (Octavia Butler novel), Telepathy, Tor Books, Wild Seed (novel).
Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River - geographically Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, in the place that is now occupied by the countries of Egypt and Sudan.
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Brainwashing
Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques.
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Clay's Ark
Clay's Ark (1984) is a novel by American science fiction author Octavia E. Butler.
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Coming-of-age story
In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature and film that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from youth to adulthood ("coming of age").
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Debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes.
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Extraterrestrials in fiction
Extraterrestrials, a common theme in modern science-fiction, also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century parody True History by Lucian of Samosata.
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Future history
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors of science fiction and other speculative fiction to construct a common background for fiction.
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Lilith's Brood
Lilith's Brood is a collection of three works by Octavia E. Butler.
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Mind of My Mind
Mind of My Mind (1977) is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler.
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Octavia E. Butler
Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947February 24, 2006) was an African American science fiction writer.
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Patternmaster
Patternmaster (1976) is a science fiction novel by American author Octavia E. Butler.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
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Secret history
A secret history (or shadow history) is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real history which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.
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Selective breeding
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
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Shapeshifting
In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability of a being or creature to completely transform its physical form or shape.
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Survivor (Octavia Butler novel)
Survivor is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler.
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Telepathy
Telepathy (from the Greek τῆλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθος, pathos or -patheia meaning "feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience") is the purported transmission of information from one person to another without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction.
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Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, a publishing company based in New York City.
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Wild Seed (novel)
Wild Seed is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia Butler.
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