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

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 ...

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Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award-winning author of many books of science fiction and fantasy, including The Children of Time, ...

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award-winning author of many books of science fiction and fantasy, including The Children of Time, ...

When Octavia Butler’s novel Kindred was assigned to me in a university literature course, I didn’t know what I was in for. Assigned books can be like wading into murky waters—you’re never ...

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 ...

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 ...