Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have ...

Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

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

The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...

In the book’s sequel ... heard the phrase used by President Ronald Reagan). PHOTOS: Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived “She seems to have seen ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ... “We had a fire today,” reads a Feb. 1, 2025, diary entry in the book, referring to a small fire that presages ...

“It’s hard not to read the books and think ‘How did she know?’” Science Fiction writer Octavia Butler poses for a photograph near some of her novels at University Book Store in ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a ... how countries could fall into autocracy and read books about Nazi Germany. Butler remembered growing up during the Cold War ...

Octavia Butler Imagined LA Ravaged by Fires ... “We had a fire today,” reads a Feb. 1, 2025, diary entry in the book, referring to a small fire that presages the destructive fires to come ...