The ooloi sort of get between the other two, stick them with pleasure-inducing tentacles, and then mix up the baby’s genes before implanting it in the female. They think in centuries, are obsessed with genes (which they can read like text), and have three sexes- male, female, and ooloi. The whole Oankali frame of reference, from its concept of time to the basic value it places on life qua life, is different from humanity.
Humanity’s choice is either accept the Oankali trade or die as a species.
They do this with humanity after the species is almost destroyed in a nuclear war. They go from world to world swapping genes with the species they find, modifying both themselves and the others to adapt to whatever circumstances they find. They’re basically gene-stealing aliens but (notionally) benevolent. Heavy stuff!įirst, the aliens, known as the Oankali. The novels “Dawn,” “Adulthood Rites,” and “Imago” explore a wholly alien society, it’s mixture with humanity, and questions of what life, humanity, and family are. Octavia Butler, “Xenogenesis” trilogy (1987-1989) – The premise of these books is a funny one - people have to have brain-sex with alien tentacle monsters to repopulate the earth after a nuclear war - but is played completely straight, with stakes of species-level life, death, and love. Name Asterisk on Review- Ma, “Harassment A… Review – Fountain, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”.
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