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Dominant Life Form by Charles J. Marino
This book chronicles a secret project whose mission�s success or failure will determine the future of earth�s native intelligences. Find out more about Dominant Life Form here.

Kris Saknussemm�s new novel Zanesville is a wild, comic novel that blends literary with science fiction as it explores issues of religion, capitalism, and corporate culture in a futuristic America.

To find out more about Zanesville and to read a free excerpt from the book click here.

Best Science Fiction Novels for 2004

Del Rey Book Releases 2005

Here's the upcoming Science Fiction & Fantasy books released from Del Rey Science fiction books.

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SPOTLIGHT: Blurring boundaries with author Octavia Butler

Feminist brings humans into space, women into science fiction

By Erin Adler

Describing author Octavia Butler is a difficult task. Everyone always asks author Octavia Butler one question: Is she ever going to make her books into movies? Her answer: "Well, A. I don�t do that. B. A lot of stuff has been under option, but nothing�s ever come of it. And C. That�s OK." She admits it herself.

She�s not just a science fiction writer, though she�s written 13 books and the words science fiction often follow her name - as in - one of the few black female science fiction writers."

She�s not just a feminist, not just a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," not just a deep, luminous baritone on the other end of the telephone. She might be, however, one of the most imaginative writers of her generation.

After a reading and book signing in Minneapolis last weekend (she read from this year�s "Fledgling"), Butler followed up by talking to the Daily about feminism, the space program and the diverse crop of science fiction writers.

In an autobiographical excerpt, you describe yourself as a feminist, among other things. How do you define the term?

Very, very simply - equal rights for women. Sometimes it gets all tangled up with thinking "I have to burn my bra - or those kind of things. I once met a woman who said she was a feminist but then apologized for her career - she designed lingerie. I asked, "Do you enjoy what you do? Do you feel like you�re good at it? Is anyone making you do it?" She had never thought of it that way.

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