Octavia E. Butler and Mike Davis are just some of the Angelenos whose books can help us understand L.A.'s fires, plus Kristin ...

As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...

Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.

Although Butler passed away in 2006, her Parable of the Sower, " a speculative novel predicted the hell that's 2025.

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

In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...

Over 30 years ago, Octavia ... and co-editor of Butler’s work for the Library of America, in an interview with the Associated Press in 2020. “It’s hard not to read the books and think ...

But before we totally dismiss the Fonz, we must admit that his view of the situation is actually not far from the one we find in the first book of Octavia Butler's Parable series, Parable of the ...

Since the fires began, Butler's works have been cited for anticipating a world - and, particularly, a Los Angeles - wracked ...

ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler ... and co-editor of Butler’s work for the Library of America, told the AP in 2020. “It’s hard not to read the books and think ‘How ...

Many have called the science fiction author a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of ...