Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of waiting for one’s muse. “Habit is more dependable,” she advised.
Many of the themes Butler explored (such as climate crisis, right-wing extremism, migration, wealth inequality) remain urgent today." A number of works draw on the similar backgrounds of Butler ...
For readers of this journal, Octavia E. Butler literally needs no introduction. Her exquisite, insightful works—especially the three XENOGENESIS novels, (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago) and her ...
Over 30 years ago, Octavia ... Butler’s grasp of science and history and her ability to foresee shifts in American society with unsettling accuracy. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, written ...
“Parable of the Sower,” by Octavia E. Butler: Speculative fiction set largely ... The story of one horrific fire season, written by an anthropologist and former Los Padres hotshot wildland ...
Discover how Octavia Butler's prescient novel 'Parable of the Sower' serves as a roadmap for survival in our chaotic times.
In 1992, while Octavia E. Butler was writing her novel Parable of the Sower, Los Angeles was hitting bottom. The acquittal of ...
In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who ...
(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los ... “Parable of the Sower” and other Butler works have been cited for anticipating a world — and, particularly, a Los ...
a science fiction area that sat next to a shelf dedicated strictly to Butler’s works. Now, instead of books, Octavia’s Bookshelf — which miraculously survived the fire — is filled with ...
A period of personal reflection during the 2020 pandemic inspired her to open her own bookstore in her and Octavia E. Butler’s hometown. “I wanted to create something that didn’t exist ...
Octavia E. Butler Credit: Photo-Illustration: Mark Harris Authors Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due are leaning into Butler’s Afrofuturistic vision to save hearts “in the midst of stress.” ...