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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ... Since the fires began last week, ''Parable of the Sower'' and other Butler works have been cited for anticipating a world ...

Octavia Butler imagined Los Angeles 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 ...

ALTADENA — 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 ...

(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 ...

Octavia Butler Imagined LA Ravaged by Fires. Her Altadena Cemetery Survived ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The ...