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I am a happy human today, folks!  About a week ago, I got a notification on DA (DeviantArt) that one of my pics was used in a discussion in the CR Literature Book Club.  They choose a different work by a different author each month, and this month, they chose none other than Octavia E. Butler's "Dawn," the first book in her masterpiece Xenogenesis trilogy. I will be providing a link if you want to participate in the discussion (you will have to be a DA member in order to do so, though).  Best of all, there is a section in the discussion that showcases DA members' art of this particular work, and she chose my pic of Nikanj, the alien companion/mate to Lilith Iyapo, the story's main protagonist.  I drew this picture, because I saw very few artists' renderings of any of Ms. Butler's amazing characters, and especially her astounding alien species from her books.  The Oankali from this series is one of the most fascinating species I had ever read about, and so I decided to draw my own idea of what they looked like -chiefly an ooloi, their third gender.  So please go and check out this entry, here: CR Literature Book Club - Dawn and give your thoughts on her questions, and check out my drawing.  Or you can just see it here:  Nikanj, by Brandon Hill.  Until next time, happy reading!  

-Brandon Hill