Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, "Parable of the Sower" and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have ...
The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...
As California Burns, ‘Octavia Tried to Tell Us’ Has New Meaning
The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a ...
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In Her Inventive and Prescient Stories, Octavia Butler Wrote Herself Into the Science Fiction Canon
Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of ...
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
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The Book Club: A Kate Atkinson novel, “Kindred” and more short reviews from readers
2 1/2 stars (out of 4); Neva Gronert, Parker “Kindred,” by Octavia Butler (Beacon Press, 2003) This ground-breaking speculative fiction is by one of our first widely popular African-American ...
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"We Keep Playing the Same Record": A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler
Octavia E. Butler: I do, but I tend to get angry ... OEB: The only places I am writing about slavery is where I actually say so. SWP: As in Kindred. OEB: And in Mind of My Mind and Wild Seed. What I ...
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How Black female science fiction and fantasy writers are upending the narrative
the light-year leaps in artificial intelligence — Octavia Butler foresaw them all," wrote Tiya Miles, a professor and historian at Harvard University, in The Atlantic. "Kindred," Butler's 1979 ...