""Cover ""; ""Copyright and Licence""; ""Title Page""; ""A Note on the Author ""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""1. Notes""; ""1.1 Octavia E Butler ""; ""1.2 Xenogenesis""; ""1.3 Black SF and Race""; ""1.4 Black SF and Women ""; ""1.5 SF and Dystopias ""; ""1.6 DNA and Genetics""; ""2. ANNOTATIONS""; ""2.1 Dawn""; ""2.2 Adulthood Rites""; ""2.3 Imago""; ""3. ESSAY""; ""4. BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Humanities Insights""