Imago brings the trilogy to a satisfying and thought-provoking conclusion, showcasing Butler’s talent for blending intricate character development with profound philosophical questions. Finish story ...

On July 20, 2024, Lauren Olamina turned 15. Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares ...

Feeling overwhelmed by the future? Octavia E. Butler’s fiction offers powerful lessons in resilience, change, and rebuilding ...

An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E. Butler. As the author recalled: "I wrote my first ten books on a manual typewriter." Chris Gunn Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait ...

Octavia Butler, who died in 2006, once said of "The Parable of the Sower," her celebrated 1993 novel about a woman who feels others' pain, "I began writing the book with the thought that maybe ...

At a Founders’ Day 2025 event at The Huntington on March 26, 2025, Octavia E. Butler’s work was celebrated, explored and discussed by an engaging panel of experts in front of a sold-out crowd ...

Influential writer Octavia Butler's literary legend may spread to a new type of fanbase with the introduction of a graphic novel adaptation of "Parable of the Talents," originally published as a ...

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 sequel.

How Octavia Butler’s 1993 book ‘Parable of the Sower’ predicted our climate reality Set in 2024, the sci-fi classic shows an America ravaged by climate change. Here's what the book got right ...

In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal, mid-2020s Southern California ravaged by wildfire, earthquakes and an addictive pharmaceutical that fuels a destructive drug ...