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Lilith's Brood

Octavia E. Butler
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science fiction space opera/speculative fiction past tense third limited POV ~933 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

alien oppressive existential

A science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 75%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count233,310
Page count~933 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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