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The Disturbing Cost of Human Survival | Bloodchild

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The short story "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler centers around a young Terran boy named Gan, who lives with his family in a Preserve on an alien world overseen by T’Gatoi, a member of the alien species known as the Tlic. The humans within the preserve live peaceful lives, and are provided for by the Tlic, but at a grotesque cost. Bloodchild was first published in 1984 in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. It later became the title story of her 1995 collection Bloodchild and Other Stories. I’ve already covered Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Trilogy in these video’s here. Bloodchild was written around the same time and shares some similar themes surrounding the cost humankind might be willing to pay for survival. Keep in mind this video will have spoilers for Bloodchild, so if you care about that sort of thing you might want to click away from this video.= 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US 🎨 Art: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zSa8XoQ17ChMVsF0DaXTtfhkYHJIfzDtxsfZkc0d48Q/edit?usp=sharing 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate link* https://amzn.to/3ZwcvZt Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF 🎥 Mentioned Videos https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUd64iJ9aZ9pabh52CZnDkzi&si=-xkFz3KVQ3fBPLDc 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching!

Top Comments (10)

@bighex5340 2024-09-23

The combination of the phrase "A powerful government official" combined with a picture of a giant terrible looking centipede monster made me laugh, not gonna lie lol

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@Merry_Morgana 2024-09-23

Thank you, Quinn. We lost Octavia way too soon.

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@MainelyCommonSense 2024-09-23

Little does Quin know that I come to his videos explicitly for spoilers. I love deep dives into stories Ill never get the time to read.

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@Alzir-n9m 2024-09-23

Having read the work, it's equal parts fascinating and terrifying how Gatoi is presented. She isn't a xenomorph. She isn't emotionless. Its strongly suggested that her concern and compassion for the human family is genuine. And yet all the same she must effectively use them as incubation chambers.

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@stevenferno 2024-09-23

Imagine escaping slavery by fleeing your planet and travelling across space to end up in what amounts to be a human farm.

282 9 replies
@childofthanos84 2024-09-23

You should do audio books. I feel like you would do an amazing version of Hyperion

223 13 replies
@olamideiledare5233 2024-09-23

I would love to see this story done in love and robots Netflix show. The idea of how love can develop out of a situation that does not appear to be equal is interesting.

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@wfcoaker1398 2024-09-25

I'm 62. I remember reading this story in Asimov's pulp mag many years ago. I forgot the name of the story. All I remembered was the image of an insectoid creature taking it's larvae out of a human. I've always wished I could remember the title, I'd like to read it again. So thanks, Quinn! You've answered a question I've had for decades!

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@Yutyrant95 2024-09-23

Maybe not the best video to watch on my lunch break....

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@DeidresStuff 2024-09-23

I knew a guy whose girlfriend epidural didn't take and had to have a c-section, feeling the entire thing. He made the mistake of looking behind the curtain and seeing her intestines just hanging out on the bed next to her. That's what this reminds me of.

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