Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

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

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

The Palisades and Eaton fires have already become among the five most destructive blazes on record in California, the New ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined ... replete with damaged structures. Butler's prescience predates this year. In the book’s sequel, “Parable of the Talents ...

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...

A silent book club gives readers a chance to be social, but it unfolds a bit differently than in a traditional book club. The ...

I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls ...

Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of ...

Whether you are part of the Good e-Reader community, or new to our page, its fair to guess you are a book lover. Have you ...

We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.