Discover how Octavia Butler's prescient novel 'Parable of the Sower' serves as a roadmap for survival in our chaotic times.

Indeed, “Sower,” Butler’s 1993 tale of a young Black woman ... in the midst of chaos,” said Barnes — and that is what Octavia did. Stress and racial trauma are everywhere for Black ...

Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of ...

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

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 the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, following a presidential election of a candidate whose slogan is “Make America ...

Butler's work has resurfaced for its depictions of the future seemingly coming to life. The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable Of The Sower imagined fires engulfing Los Angeles ...

ALTADENA, Calif. – Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...

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.

Butler, in his charming way, was quickly off to the races, describing incidents on the sets of Chasing Mavericks (almost drowned, “give me the defibrilator”), Butterfly On A Wheel (Pierce ...