The Eerie Prescience of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...
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In Her Inventive and Prescient Stories, Octavia Butler Wrote Herself Into the Science Fiction Canon
On her beloved typewriters, the literary legend mapped out a course for the future of the genre Stephen Kearse An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E. Butler. As the author ...
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Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | In scorched LA, the burning truth of Octavia Butler’s sci-fi
The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...
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In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
Octavia Butler continued, setting the scene then reading an excerpt from The Parable of the Sower: “I have a character in the books who is … taking the country fascist and who manages to get ...
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In Her Inventive and Prescient Stories, Octavia Butler Wrote Herself Into the Science Fiction Canon
Octavia E. Butler didn ... to plot potential characters and scenarios. Twelve published novels and two short story collections resulted from this steadfast dedication. Butler found her stride ...