Hija de sangre y otros relatos in PopSugar Reading Challenge en Español

Nov 27, 2021 Iloveplacebo rated it really liked it

Shelves: short-stories, read-in-spanish, sci-fi-dystopia, 2021, authors-female, essays

Puede contener lo que yo creo que son pequeños spoilers.

Hacer una reseña de un libro de relatos es un poco complicado, así que haré una pequeña reseña de cada relato.

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-Hija de sangre (5⭐)
Una historia magnífica, y al mismo tiempo horrible y algo perturbadora.
Los humanos viven en una colonia en el planeta de los Tlic (una raza alienígena muy parecida a algo parecido a cien pies? escorpiones?), con los que comparten una relación bastante física.

Hay una escena en particular que me dejo mal cue ...more

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Jul 29, 2020 eri b.❀ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cazacapitulos2020, stars-3

“I believe you. I just thought I had already broken out of the mental cage I was born and raised in—a human God, a white God, a male God …”

“If it were truly a cage,” God said, “you would still be in it, and I would still look the way I did when you first saw me.”

“There is that,” Martha said. “What would you call it then?”

“An old habit,” God said. “That’s the trouble with habits. They tend to outlive their usefulness.”

Such a wonderful set of stories! Honestly, I'm not a big fan of sci-fi but

“I believe you. I just thought I had already broken out of the mental cage I was born and raised in—a human God, a white God, a male God …”

“If it were truly a cage,” God said, “you would still be in it, and I would still look the way I did when you first saw me.”

“There is that,” Martha said. “What would you call it then?”

“An old habit,” God said. “That’s the trouble with habits. They tend to outlive their usefulness.”

Such a wonderful set of stories! Honestly, I'm not a big fan of sci-fi but Octavia Butler managed to capture me anyway. The author has an incredible imagination and took so many bold, interesting and innovating choices for her stories. I didn't know much about the author when I started to read this, but I certainly saw a genius in the vivid, rich and intense writing. Reading about Octavia Butler made the stories even better, my admiration bigger, and I can't believe I was so lucky to read so many fascinating stories by her.

Please note that I've stayed away from the word beautiful. This word, I think, doesn't do justice to the short stories. They make you feel uneasy, uncomfortable, they ask too many questions and you don't feel ready to answer. They are gross, sometimes, horrifying. They are complex and intriguing, not meant to be called just beautiful. The concepts are just... something different, evocative and ingenious. And Butler's ideas are just mesmerizing. I couldn't believe we got such intricated stories in a few pages.

Talking about the stories, my favourite one was, no doubts, Amnesty. I know Bloodchild is the star of this collection, but the writing, setup and message of Amnesty make it one of the best stories I've ever read. Every story was good on their own right, though, and my low rating comes from my personal taste as well as some questions that weren't answered in pro of a more fluid narrative.

Still, this is certainly one of the best collections out there, Octavia Butler was such a genius and nobody should miss the opportunity to read them! ...more

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Mar 01, 2021 irene ✨ rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2021, popsugar-2021, feminismo-estudiosdegenero

Hija de sangre, Sonidos de habla y Amnistía fueron mis relatos favoritos; los recomiendo mucho.

Vaya que es cierto algo que la autora menciona en uno de sus ensayos. La ciencia ficción (junto con la fantasía) está llena de hombres blancos. Así que, simplemente por el hecho de que esta colección está escrita por una mujer en un mundo dominado por el sexo masculino, es suficiente motivo para leerla.

Además, ya en otra lectura anterior había explicado que me gusta cómo las mujeres manejan de diferent ...more

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Jul 11, 2023 Alicia en el País de los libros rated it it was amazing

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Oct 23, 2020 Isabel Jazmín rated it it was amazing

Los primeros dos cuentos son perturbadores: en uno los seres humanos funcionan como incubadoras voluntarias para una raza alienígena que ha llegado al planeta; en el otro una extraña enfermedad provoca querer autolesionarse. Estos dos cuentos fueron mis favoritos por que la trama es inesperada y los descubrimientos que vamos haciendo paulatinamente son aún más extraños.

El que me gustó en tercer lugar fue "Sonidos de habla" en el cual un virus provoca que los seres humanos no puedan hablar: conoc ...more

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