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Kindred

1979 novel by Octavia E. Butler
VisualArtwork literary_work Q6410642

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
literary work
Award received
Rochester Reads[3]
Author
Octavia E. Butler[2]
Genre
science fiction, fantasy, African American literature[5][6][7]
Language of work or name
English[8]
Publication date
June 1979[10]
Nominated for
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[14]
Country of origin
United States[9]
Derivative work
Kindred[17]
Different from
Kindred[16]
Form of creative work
novel[18]
Main subject
slavery in the United States, time travel, slave narrative[11][12][13]
Publisher
Doubleday[4]
Title
Kindred[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kindred ar كيندرد (رواية) de Kindred - Verbunden es Kindred es Parentesco fr Kindred fr Liens de sang it Legami di sangue tr Yakın zh 血族 zh-hant 血族 (小說)
🔖 Identifiers · 15
BookBrainz work ID
93b2a884-c4f8-4c72-9964-e6536e55745b
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Kindred-by-Butler
FantLab work ID
109066
Freebase ID
/m/0bth2c
Goodreads work ID
1049657
ISFDB title ID
1669
Internet Archive ID
Kindred
LibraryThing work ID
1094470
MusicBrainz work ID
12882aa8-924d-4efb-b242-e24d974d6bf9
NooSFere book ID
19795
OCLC number
4835229
Open Library ID
OL35616W
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Penguin Random House work ID
643834
Unconsenting Media ID
8013
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1015515

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Genre 3
science fiction, fantasy, African American literature
Main subject 3
time travel, slavery in the United States, slave narrative
← Mb:writer 2
Octavia E. Butler, Octavia E. Butler
Author 1
Octavia E. Butler
Country of origin 1
United States
Created notable works 1
Octavia E. Butler
Derivative work 1
Kindred
Form of creative work 1
novel
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Nominated for 1
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Publisher 1
Doubleday
← Based on 1
Kindred
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Summary

Kindred is a literary work[1].

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  • Release type: Prose[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 12882aa8-924d-4efb-b242-e24d974d6bf9[20]

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What awards did Kindred receive?

Honors received include Rochester Reads[3].

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literary work Octavia E. Butler United States

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  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → Octavia E. Butler
    Instance of → literary work
    Language of work or name → English
    Publisher → Doubleday
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