![]() ![]() ![]() Dana has been "called" by her white ancestor, Rufus-on her first visit, Rufus is a small child, son of a sour slaveowner-and she'll be transported back to Maryland (twice with her white husband Kevin) to rescue Rufus from death again and again. ![]() Suddenly I was outdoors on the ground beneath trees". And this time the appeal should reach far beyond a sci-fi audience-because the alien planet here is the antebellum South, as seen through the horrified eyes of Dana, a 20th-century black woman who time-travels in expeditious Butler fashion: "The house, the books, everything vanished. Butler is one of those accomplished science-fiction writers ( Mind of My Mind, 1977 Survivor, 1978) who tap out their tales so fast and fine and clear that it's impossible to stop reading at any point. ![]()
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