Well it's good to be reading a true fiction again. If the rest of the story is like the first chapter, this thing is going to read really fast. I like that. I'm not sure if I like our two characters' (Kevin and Dana's) ability to rationalize their emotions so easily after a shocking event. But that's a criticism of writing style, not plot.
I think it will be interesting to hear Octavia Butler's perspective on race considering her main character is of my parents' generation. I know their perspectives and I think I know the opinions of kids my own age that I know. It's not usually my style, but if fantasy can work as a medium for a racial dialogue I'm willing to give it a shot.
I think Dana's jumps are progressively going to get more frequent and her stays in the "other dimensions" are going to get longer. I don't know whether she'll eventually have to give up her 1970's life, but I do believe that she's going to be living a double life throughout this story taking knowledge she acquires from each one and using it in the other.
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