Blood child took me on an interesting journey with the Terran people, who are basically just humans. The story follows Gan who is a Terren living on an alien planet dominated by an alien race, this race is the Tlic. Gan is a carrier who gives birth to Tlic babies, since the Tlic cannot do this on their own. Gan never questions his role as a carrier until the day he sees another Terran give birth. The tlic also use a drug to make the Terren more docile and be content with their lives. This short story was really interesting to me because it forces you to imagine yourself in the scenario. Octavia Butler is considered "The Dame of Science Fiction" I whole heartedly agree with this as this story was very engaging.
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