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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N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower
Three is the sweet spot. It took me three tries to get what Octavia Butler was trying to do with Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. I think. I’m still not sure. But I’ve now read ...
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Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In "Parable Of The Sower"
Her grave is marked by a quote from her celebrated novel Parable of the Sower: “All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you.” The phrase “Octavia tried to tell us” has ...
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Octavia Butler predicted fire disaster in Los Angeles in 1993 book 'Parable of the Sower'
The grave of Butler, who died in 2006 at 58, is marked by a footstone etched with a quote from "Parable of the Sower," among her most famous novels: "All that you touch, you change. All that you ...
Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In “Parable Of The Sower”
Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting communities across Southern ...