# The Disturbing Cost of Human Survival | Bloodchild

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Published: 2026-07-20T05:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

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/ideasoficeandfireor 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/3ZwcvZtQuinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZFOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIREI NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestarBuy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shopQuinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.netLike me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF🎥 Mentioned Videoshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUd64iJ9aZ9pabh52CZnDkzi&si=-xkFz3KVQ3fBPLDc🎬 Other PlaylistThree-Body Playlist: https://youtube…

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