Revolution in the Head (6)
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September 5, 2015
One in a series of posts dedicated to New Wave-era (1964–1983) science fiction book covers depicting blown minds and deconstructed heads.
In Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed (1980), Anyanwu is an immortal West African shape shifter who can change her race and gender, and turn into different animals. Her abilities, however, lead to her enslavement by another immortal, Doro, who jumps from body to body.
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