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I was reading an article about one of my most influential authors, "Octavia Butler" and the themes she wrote about in her stories. It made me think about the themes my stories have so here they are:
The biggest theme I think is caste and caste systems. Black Widower, especially, deals with caste, how blood, bloodlines and where you are on the evolutionary ladder determines your power, your rights and where you are on the food chain.
In the Black Widower universe, the official people in power are Homo Superior, the people with psionic abilities. Homo Sapien, those who are the step below on the evolutionary ladder, have no such abilities so they are the lower caste. Somewhere even lower are the mutants who have abilities but are not Supes. But to the Sangsue, Odogi and any other predatory race, the human race is not below them on the food chain.
Caste systems are also in play within the juicer community, with Nightchildren, with Sangsue blood being above the Stalkers, with human blood.( Read more... )
If you've read this far, please let me know what you think.
The biggest theme I think is caste and caste systems. Black Widower, especially, deals with caste, how blood, bloodlines and where you are on the evolutionary ladder determines your power, your rights and where you are on the food chain.
In the Black Widower universe, the official people in power are Homo Superior, the people with psionic abilities. Homo Sapien, those who are the step below on the evolutionary ladder, have no such abilities so they are the lower caste. Somewhere even lower are the mutants who have abilities but are not Supes. But to the Sangsue, Odogi and any other predatory race, the human race is not below them on the food chain.
Caste systems are also in play within the juicer community, with Nightchildren, with Sangsue blood being above the Stalkers, with human blood.( Read more... )
If you've read this far, please let me know what you think.
