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    Kindred
    Kindred
    Kindred
    Audiobook10 hours

    Kindred

    Written by Octavia E. Butler

    Narrated by Kim Staunton

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    About this audiobook

    The first science fiction written by a Black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of Black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she's been given: to protect this young slaveholder until he can father her own great-grandmother. Author Octavia E. Butler skillfully juxtaposes the serious issues of slavery, human rights, and racial prejudice with an exciting science fiction, romance, and historical adventure. Kim Staunton's narrative talent magically transforms the listener's earphones into an audio time machine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 2, 2008
    ISBN9781436116961
    Kindred
    Author

    Octavia E. Butler

    Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) was a renowned African American author of several award-winning novels, including Parable of the Sower, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1993, and Parable of the Talents, winner of the Nebula Award for the best science fiction novel in 1995. She received a MacArthur Genius Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future.

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    • 5/5
      This book will stay with me for a long time. It was a very powerful and entertaining read.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Just to say I’m better for having read this book, would be an understatement!

      As an African I never understood the depths of the slave trade and this! Wow! A must read!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      One of the best books I’ve ever read (listened to)

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book is simply amazing, it’s a must read! I’m still in deep thought, I can still feel the tears and confusion left in my gut. This is amazing, definitely a thinker and definitely shifts the perspective and understanding of slavery and the psychology of slavery

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wonderful book. Amazing narrator. Really recommend it. Five star book and narrating.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      It was good to finally read (listen) to Kindred by Octavia Butler. It had been on my reading list for so long. It's a deep dive into the slave life on a plantation, with a modern day sci-fi twist. Inspired! The recorded book offered here on Scribd has at least five major skips in the audio. So there are sections of the book that I missed while listening. I checked my player and found it functioning. This recorded book needs to be re-uploaded and checked for its full content. Thanks!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It was an interesting story. The characters are so well written that you love and hate some equally.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Loved this book so well written and so well spoken also in the audiobook
    • 5/5
      This book was really good. Kept my interest through out, and the reader was awesome.
    • 5/5
      I love this book! I can't wait to share it with my students.
    • 3/5
      Low lexile, elementary language, simplistic. The original premise is wrong since Dana continually interferes with history. Rather redundant and boring. The draw is that Butler was the first Black female sci-fic author. I hope it isn't her best work, but this isn't good enough to entice me to read other titles.
    • 5/5
      The foundation of the book as a whole is solid, but I ruined it by watching the television series (some added parts I like- i.e., her mother being a traveler, also) before reading the book.
    • 5/5
      This was a hard, hard read. And worth it.
    • 5/5
      Mixed realities and generational time realities. Not wholly believable. Must suspend disbelief.
    • 5/5
      Not an easy read but definitely loved it. The characters and story telling was absolutely incredible.
    • 5/5
      I loved everything about this book!!! Everyone should read it!
    • 4/5
      This audio book was incredibly hard to listen to. I don't know if a book has ever made me angrier. But it also made me incredibly sad for humanity. It was very well written. But not for thr faint of heart.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful book! Love Octavia Butler! Time travel & history!
    • 5/5
      Such a well crafted story of a time that won’t find clarity and a cursed practice that is yet to settle
    • 5/5
      I'm not really into Sci-Fi and I was nervous about the back and forth between past and present. However, I was wrong, this book was amazing and engaging. Very frustrating at times as well.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. The characters were so well-developed. It was not an easy read due to the sheer cruelty of humans, but there were also tender moments & incredible perseverance & courage. I was interested the entire time & couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen next!
    • 5/5
      Amazing storytelling. I couldn’t put it down. Thank you OB!
    • 5/5
      This is one of my favorite stories. The difficult situations slaves faced in order to just survive, let alone live are incredible as well as difficult to imagine. This story really makes you think
    • 5/5
      I actually watched the series before listening to the audiobook and I must say the movie was poorly done. I enjoyed listening to the book, Kim Staunton is good at what she does.

      Octavia Butler did a good job educating us about what went on during the days of slavery, how each choice made as a slave has a repercussions and the life led as a black person and as a white person. Being a woman, white supremacy etc

      Very enlightening. Good work.
    • 5/5
      The characterization and depiction of the tension of slavery are well done. The story is captivating and brings thoughtful relevance to modern times. Enjoyed the audio version.
    • 5/5
      One of the best books I have listened to on Scribd.
    • 5/5
      A Twilight Zone that I would never want to be in. A science fiction of the real world. Whew!
    • 5/5
      Octavia Butler’s writing is wonderful and visceral. The narration is good as well.
    • 2/5
      I very, very rarely give up on books but after 3.5hrs I really can’t justify continuing. What should be a dark and compelling insight into a very dark time is instead light hearted, absurd and ridiculous… perhaps it would be appropriate for young adults but for adults it makes slavery seem like it was simply a side effect of ignorance.
      The narrator is decent but would be better suited for children. Her character range is limited making it harder to separate point of views.
    • 5/5
      Amazing! This story will stay with me for a long time.