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 ...
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In Her Inventive and Prescient Stories, Octavia Butler Wrote Herself Into the Science Fiction Canon
Throughout her years of obscurity, Butler rose daily to write before menial jobs as a potato chip inspector, dishwasher and ...
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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 ...
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 ...