Why it’s time for Octavia E. Butler and the ‘Parables’ at The Huntington
In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal, mid-2020s Southern California ravaged by wildfire, ...
Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In “Parable Of The Sower”
Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler ... left in its wake. Butler’s ability to anticipate societal challenges has long been a hallmark of her work. In Parable of the Talents, the sequel to Parable ...
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"We Keep Playing the Same Record": A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler
For readers of this journal, Octavia E. Butler literally needs no introduction ... SWP: I gather that we can expect another book to pick up where Parable of the Sower left off. OEB: Parable of the ...
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In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
The brisk sales of Octavia Butler’s ... s customer Dee Parker read “The Parable of the Sower” weeks ago and is on to Butler’s “The Parable of the Talents.” “It’s a dystopian ...
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'Kindred' review: Octavia E. Butler's time travel masterpiece gets the TV treatment
The first on-screen adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's work should ... receive a MacArthur Fellowship, Butler conjured up all-too prescient dystopias (see: Parable of the Sower), centuries-spanning ...