ISBN: 9780446513630 - dawn: xenogenesis (45 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali--a seemingly benevolent alien race--intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago, saving everyone who survived a nuclear war from a dying, ruined Earth and then putting them into a deep sleep. After learning all they could about Earth and its beings, the Oankali healed the planet, cured cancer, increased human strength, and they now want Lilith to lead her people back to Earth--but salvation comes at a price.Hopeful and thought-provoking, this post-apocalyptic narrative deftly explores gender and race through the eyes of characters struggling to adapt during a pivotal time of crisis and change.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Dust jacket and book in very good condition. The human race, now infertile, fights to maintain its identity when the alien species, Oankali, offers to trade genetic material and bioengineering at the price of metamorphosing a new kind of being.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali--a seemingly benevolent alien race--intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago, saving everyone who survived a nuclear war from a dying, ruined Earth and then putting them into a deep sleep. After learning all they could about Earth and its beings, the Oankali healed the planet, cured cancer, increased human strength, and they now want Lilith to lead her people back to Earth--but salvation comes at a price.Hopeful and thought-provoking, this post-apocalyptic narrative deftly explores gender and race through the eyes of characters struggling to adapt during a pivotal time of crisis and change.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Internally clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor wear to cover boards and spine. Stamping visible to bottom of text block. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 264 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with white and purple lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$15.95 FPT." Bumping to head and tail of spine, and dust jacket spine. Minor bumping along dust jacket edges. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Mild cocking to spine. Text block clean. Shelved in Hardcover Science Fiction. 1419845. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Hardcover. Zustand: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Beautiful copy in protective mylar wrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing, full number line. Clean pages. Very good dust jacket in a new, clear, protective mylar wrapper. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging. Booksellers since 1997. [1] Photos available upon request. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by the recipient's country.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. A fine fresh copy in like jacket, essentially as new.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Sharp corners, clean white pages, sturdy binding. First printing with full number line. Book does not appear to have been read.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Mild shelfwear.; Full number line.; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1 inches; 264 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Dawn: Xenogenesis by Octavia E. Butler. Published in New York by Warner Books, A Warner Communications Company. 1987, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 264pp, 6.5 x 9.5", 8vo, half-cloth binding with original dust jacket. Cover illustration by Enric, Jacket design by Don Puckey. In good condition with minimal shelf-wear and age-related wear. Very minor creasing to the edges, and toning to the flaps of the dust jacket. The cloth boards are in very good condition. Minor instances of foxing throughout the pages, they are generally clean. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. Stated first edition, first printing of Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006). Butler was an American science-fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards, as well as the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. This is the debut novel in the Xenogenesis trilogy: Dawn (1987), Adulthood Rites (1988), and Imago (1989); these stories were republished in 2000 as the collection Lilith s Brood. The Xenogenesis series examines the theme of alienation by creating situations in which humans are forced to coexist with other species to survive and extends Butler s recurring exploration of genetically altered, hybrid individuals and communities. In Dawn, protagonist Lilith lyapo finds herself in a spaceship after surviving a nuclear apocalypse that destroys Earth,and saved by the Oankali aliens. It is determined that the human survivors must combine their DNA with an ooloi, the Oankali s third sex, in order to create a new race that eliminates a self-destructive flaw in human beings (aggressive hierarchical tendencies).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Stated first printing hardcover. Fine/fine. Appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth spine with gold printing, clean, bright. Green boards also clean, bright, very small faded indentation on front. Dust jacket bright, not price clipped, protected in removable mylar wrap. Pages, outer text block edges clean, no marks. First printing, May 1987 with full number line. Binding tight, crisp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. The book has slight dust to pages block. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Unclipped dust jacket ($15.95) has slight wear to extremities. Cover art by Enric (illustrator).

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. First book in XENOGENESIS series by this award winning author, who was also a recipient of the MacArthur "genius" award for her work - the first science fiction writer to be so honored. Even now, years after her untimely death her reputation continues to grow. 264 pp Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket (2 very short tears to the upper edge of dj).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. No markings. Stated 'First Printing : May 1987.' Complete number line including 1. $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dust jacket is in a protective cover. Attractive copy.First novel in the Xenogenesis trilogy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First printing, number line complete, Incased dust jscket in a protective sleeve, which has been on for some time, perhaps there is slight edge wear to the jacket. Overall, near fine+.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 264pp. Lower 1 1/2" of dj with foxing, which has transferred over to the paper-covered boards. Okay, we know that we hate foxing on books and paper, but unless you need an expensive fine copy, this may work for you. The book has no bumps or other flaws other than (!) the foxing. The dj is, other than the foxing (!) near fine and unclipped. As a professional bookseller I am not particularly happy endorsing a copy with this visual issue, but the copy is not a clunker, either. From the dj: Butler's ". first major work since winning the coveted Hugo and Nebula awards.". …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine, no visible wear to the dust jacket, the book itself is in fantastic condition throughout. All our books are second hand and as so may have slight wear, creasing or scuffing. They have each been examined and are complete to the best of our knowledge. If you require more detail on condition, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional photos and description. Please check out our full catalog at vintageandmodernbooks(dot)com and follow us on Instagram @vintageandmodernbooks to see new listings and get exclusive deals. If you wish to buy more items, shipping costs will be reduced.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING ** Hardcover, first edition, full number line. A Fine copy of this book with a dust jacket that is Near Fine. The pages are sharp clean and crisp with sharp page corners. Tight clean boards and text block, and a tight spine. The dust jacket has mild toning on the extremities. There is a very slight hint of tiny creasing at the very top corner tip, which is completely normal for a vintage paper jacket. (As always, please review the photos) 1st impression, unread, not price clipped, no stickers. The dust jacket is protected in a removable Brodart mylar sleeve. It was purchased new and only had one owner. Enjoy. Nicola Mazzella (illustrator).…

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. First book of the "Xenogenesis" trilogy. "Post-catastrophe novel in which the few remaining humans are rescued by aliens. The alien society is eutopian. Aliens restore Earth and slightly redesign humans, who deeply resent it. Humans seem apt to recreate the dystopia that had been our civilization." - Sargent, British and Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-197. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169484).…

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. First book of the "Xenogenesis" trilogy. "Post-catastrophe novel in which the few remaining humans are rescued by aliens. The alien society is eutopian. Aliens restore Earth and slightly redesign humans, who deeply resent it. Humans seem apt to recreate the dystopia that had been our civilization." - Sargent, British and Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-197. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with just a hint of wrinkling at upper spine end and upper edge of rear panel near spine fold. A nice copy. (#168155).…

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. First book of the "Xenogenesis" trilogy. "Post-catastrophe novel in which the few remaining humans are rescued by aliens. The alien society is eutopian. Aliens restore Earth and slightly redesign humans, who deeply resent it. Humans seem apt to recreate the dystopia that had been our civilization." - Sargent, British and Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-197. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. A fine copy in fine dust jacket, save for a bookstore price sticker on the rear panel. A nice copy. (#168154).…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket.; Xenogenesis; 264 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth spine with green boards, gilt titles along spine in DJ illustrated by Enric. Inscribed by Butler to PO on title page. First printing with complete number line. Inscribed by Author(s).

Zustand: Near fine. First edition. Uncorrected page proofs of the first book of Lilith's Brood, also known as the Xenogenesis trilogy. Butler credited DAWN's post-catastrophe setting to the man then doing his best to make nuclear war a reality, explaining in one interview: "I got my idea for the Xenogenesis books (DAWN, ADULTHOOD RITES and IMAGO) from Ronald Reagan because he was advocating this kind of thing." The novel's hero, Lilith Iyapo, awakens to find herself held captive by the alien Oankali, a species with a poor opinion of human nature and an alarming action plan for fixing it. One of Butler's best, and scarce in this format. 9'' x 6''. Original printed gray wrappers. 264 pages. Minor toning to extremities of covers. Else sharp, clean, and bright.…