Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena ...

The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...

Last June, Pasadena, California — about 11 miles from downtown Los Angeles — decreed that June 22 was Octavia E. Butler Day, in honor of the science fiction writer born in the city on that ...

January 2 is National Science Fiction Day, and ESSENCE is paying tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi novelists of all time, Octavia Estelle Butler. Named after her mother Octavia Margaret Guy ...

2 1/2 stars (out of 4); Neva Gronert, Parker “Kindred,” by Octavia Butler (Beacon Press, 2003) This ground-breaking speculative fiction is by one of our first widely popular African-American ...

Octavia Butler Wrote Herself Into the Science Fiction Canon Los Angeles surrounded by out-of-control wildfires; at least 5 dead I've worked at Costco for 19 years. Here are the 10 best things I ...

Hairston has given many talks and published numerous critical essays on Octavia Butler, speculative theatre and film, and popular culture. In 2011, she received the International Association of the ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. The new Skoda Octavia RS will make its India debut at the upcoming Bharat Mobility Show, alongside the new Kodiaq SUV ...