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 ...
Writer Octavia Butler imagined an LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism ...
The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...
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Untold Stories of L.A. Fires: Incarcerated Firefighters, Black Altadena & Octavia Butler’s Warning
SHERIFF ROBERT LUNA: Yesterday we started a search and rescue operation out in the Eaton area, where in the first day of this ... Black community, where Octavia Butler is buried?
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On National Science Fiction Day, We Salute Octavia Butler
Named after her mother Octavia Margaret ... up extremely shy and turned to books and reading for comfort. Butler would go on to become a prolific writer and the first science fiction writer ...
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The Book Club: A Kate Atkinson novel, “Kindred” and more short reviews from readers
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book ... by Octavia Butler (Beacon Press, 2003) This ground-breaking speculative fiction is by one of our first widely ...
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Want a Good Book to Read Over Winter Break? Here are Some of Our Staff Picks
Octavia Butler, transcends the typical sci-fi label given by fans and literary experts. Butler’s work is genre blurring, dealing with race, sexism, religion and social commentary. Published in 1993, ...