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

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing intense criticism for cutting the fire department's budget by over $17 million last year, even as a massive wildfire rages uncontrollably, destroying thousands ...

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

“Parable of the Talents,” by Octavia Butler, “Playlist for the Apocalypse,” by Rita Dove, “Ninetails,” by Sally Wen Mao, and a sprinkle of Harry Crews. How do you organize your books?

From Cory Doctorow to Nnedi Okorafor and from fancy space opera to elegantly written visions of a flooded future world, there ...

This time around, so many folks have posted the same Santa Ana and wildfire quotes to the point that the brilliant is ...

Best book: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler was my favourite book this year by a mile. Written in 1993 and set in ...

Book-lovin’ columnist David Allen offers highlights from what he read in 2024, from “Middlemarch” to histories of Riverside ...

But some gifts throughout history have had a much larger impact than simply bringing joy to a couple of people—in fact, they’ve changed the world. When Octavia Butler was just 10 years old, she begged ...

If your goal for the new year is to read more, you might be wondering where to start - so one expert has shared his go-to ...