As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...
The historic fires in Los Angeles meant many students lost homes, schools, or both. Now, as some schools reopen, families are ...
Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.
In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...
The shop is named after the late Octavia E. Butler, the legendary science fiction writer who predicted a Los Angeles consumed by fires and wracked by climate change and poverty in her books “Par ...
On her beloved typewriters, the literary legend mapped out a course for the future of the genre Stephen Kearse An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E. Butler. As the author ...
Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of waiting for one’s muse. “Habit is more dependable,” she advised.