Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...

The grave of renowned writer Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable of the Sower eerily envisioned fires consuming Los Angeles, ...

Since the fires began, Butler's works have been cited for anticipating a world - and, particularly, a Los Angeles - wracked ...

Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.

The Eaton Fire narrowly spares the cemetery housing Octavia Butler’s grave, as Altadena—the historic Black community she once ...

When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of ... Butler’s breakout book from 1979, for the first time. “I was hooked,” she says. “That was my gateway book and it felt so special ...

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," an authoritarian ...

Although Butler passed away in 2006, her Parable of the Sower, " a speculative novel predicted the hell that's 2025.