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 ...
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The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
Butler's work has resurfaced for its depictions of the future seemingly coming to life. The grave of Octavia Butler ... Butler’s reading a warning. The book’s 1998 sequel, Parable of the ...
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[Opinion] Octavia Butler's 1993 Novel Predicted The LA Fires ...And Trump
Considered one of the first Black female science fiction writers, Octavia Butler’s body of work could be described as made-up ...
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In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
Octavia Butler grew up in Pasadena with her widowed mother, who worked as a maid for wealthy white families. The book’s fictional community of Robledo is similar to Altadena, neighboring Pasadena.
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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined ... replete with damaged structures. Butler's prescience predates this year. In the book’s sequel, “Parable of the Talents ...