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 ...
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
The LA Fires Aren't a Surprise If You Study History and Climate Change. So Now What?
The Palisades and Eaton fires have already become among the five most destructive blazes on record in California, the New ...
The Daily Gazette3d
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
(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 ...
Alternet on MSN1d
Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning
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, ...
WUWM2d
Are you a reader who likes meeting new people? Try Milwaukee's Silent Book Club!
A silent book club gives readers a chance to be social, but it unfolds a bit differently than in a traditional book club. The ...
New Scientist on MSN5h
Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?"
The author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club on the science that lies behind his novel Alien Clay, set on a prison planet where the biology is very different to that on Earth ...
Adelante Valle3d
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ... replete with damaged structures. Butler's prescience predates this year. In the book’s sequel, “Parable of the Talents,” an ...
New Scientist on MSN5h
Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay
In the opening to Adrian Tchaikovsky's science fiction novel Alien Clay, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, our ...
What We Lost in the Fires
Hollywood pays tribute to the irreplaceable artifacts and cultural touchstones that were destroyed, from the ‘Wizard of Oz’ ...
Parade's Best Reads on MSN3d
Writer Jennifer Moorman on the Allure of Time Travel
Writer Jennifer Moorman shares her thoughts on the allure of time travel as a fictional device. Moorman’s latest novel is The ...