Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by human-caused climate change.

Her forthcoming book, Talking About Abolition ... the historically Black community, where Octavia Butler is buried? There’s a lovely, amazing Black-owned bookstore in North Pasadena called ...

It was worth the wait. My two favorite books were both fiction: Octavia Butler’s “Kindred,” published in 1979, and George Eliot’s “Middlemarch,” from 1872. Butler, a Pasadena native ...

Named after her mother Octavia Margaret Guy and her grandmother Estella, Butler grew up extremely shy and turned to books and reading for comfort. Butler would go on to become a prolific writer ...

“Parable of the Talents,” by Octavia Butler, “Playlist for the Apocalypse,” by Rita Dove, “Ninetails,” by Sally Wen Mao, and a sprinkle of Harry Crews. How do you organize your books?

2 1/2 stars (out of 4); Neva Gronert, Parker “Kindred,” by Octavia Butler (Beacon Press ... With little fanfare, Butler became the author by whom fans evaluate success in the genre.

Best book: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler was my favourite book this year by a mile. Written in 1993 and set in 2025, it chronicles a dystopian US where water shortages, skyrocketing drug ...