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, ...
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[Opinion] Octavia Butler's 1993 Novel Predicted The LA Fires ...And Trump
The burnt remains of a building where once stood a hardware store are seen in Altadena, California on January ... female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described ...
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
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 fire last week but ...
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The Altadena story, from Jackie Robinson’s home to ground zero
Myers and his wife were at ground zero when the fire arrived in Altadena. The evacuation warning sounded, and the University of Southern California ... fiction author Octavia Butler and baseball ...
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In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
Her papers are in the Octavia E. Butler Archives at the Huntington Library. The Eaton fire came close to Altadena’s Mountain View Cemetery, where Butler is buried. “It’s still very popular ...