I have made it a point to set aside a couple hours each week as ‘reading time’. Even this seems insufficient at times. Most of my recent reading time has been consumed by catching up on magazine subscriptions. If you subscribe to four or more magazines a month I’m sure you can relate. Anyhow, I’m happy to say that on occasion I can still get around to reading a full length novel. The latest novel, titled ‘Dawn’, by Octavia E. Butler was a very entertaining and relatively quick read. Most novels that I read are either science-fiction or fantasy, and this one was no exception. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic scenario on earth where an unsuspecting human is being held captive by aliens. Sounds like a routine beginning for a science-fiction novel, right? But that’s about where the similarities end. Unlike many other authors that focus at length on battles or exotic odysseys, Butler is more interested in the human-alien interaction and the mental consequences that can result from such encounters. This does not mean that the book lacks action. I will not reveal specifics and spoil the book for potential readers, but I’ll simply state that Butler examines uncommon topics that might even make you uncomfortable at times. The content of this novel encourages the reader to slow down once in a while and reflect upon what they have just read. Dawn is just the first book in a three book series and I’m anxious to get started on the next one!
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