Kindred: Who are we?

Kindred, as revealed by our past blogs, deals with relationships. The novel relates genres of history with science fiction, past with present, black with white. Although less obvious, Kindred also embodies a relationship between reader and storyteller. Typically, you think of this relationship as a connection between two people: the reader and the storyteller. However,…

Reconnecting the Past with the Present

History repeats its self. This saying gets tossed around casually in everyday conversation. It has become a simple well known fact. History repeating its self is inevitable. Have you ever stopped to wonder why? Kindred, written by Octavia E. Butler, explains this phenomenon in a thrilling, gut wrenching, gruesome, action packed story. Kindred brings up…

Kindred: Back to life, Back to reality.

To quote Soul II Soul, “Back to life, back to reality." Kindred is a very mysterious story. I found myself reliving both Slade House and Coraline, mainly because they all start in reality and quickly become a different, illusory reality. Reading Kindred, I found that this woman, Dana, has a skill (or an illness) that…

Kindred: Adapting to another time

As we leave the “other” world of Coraline behind, we find ourselves being evermore on edge. In my last blog I was discussing the form and genre of Coraline and its diverges from the classic approach to horror. Now, since the story doesn’t involve walking into another reality, it almost feels like a step backward,…