#185 in Science fiction
Imago
- 264
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Imago” brings the “Lilith’s Brood” trilogy to a fitting close through Jodahs, the first ooloi born to a human mother. Butler follows this human-alien child into adolescence, as the power to change shape and alter genes emerges among the surviving humans and their Oankali rescuers. Some readers admire the prose, others the strangeness of the whole series. Some find this last volume weaker than the first two, its character and relationship work more hurried.
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About the book
Lilith's Brood, previously known as the Xenogenesis Trilogy, is a collection of three science fiction works by Octavia E. Butler: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago.
Reading order · Lilith's Brood
Full order & progress →- DawnStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - Adulthood Rites
8.08.0 / 10 - ImagoThis book
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 169 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 53% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 9 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 160 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Imago?
It has 264 pages — shorter than 84% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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