In Octavia E. Butler’s novelette “Bloodchild,” a quantum of humanity fleeing Earth finds sanctuary on a distant planet—but at a price. The native Tlic, a species of intelligent, centipedelike aliens, ...

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who’s ready for more of Octavia Butler’s brand of “grim fantasy.” That’s how the acclaimed author behind “Kindred” described her tale of Dana, a ...

The discussion was inspired by Morris’ new book, “Positive Obsession,” about the life and contributions of author Octavia Butler.

Host Ed Gordon remembers science-fiction writer Octavia Butler, who died on Friday at the age of 58. She was the first African-American woman to gain prominence as a sci-fi author. Her first novel, ...

OCTAVIA GAVE ME the idea that facing and using your fears is a great way for an author to explore the world. The emotional power of something you’re afraid of can be rewarding, and she challenged me ...

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Author Octavia E. Butler has challenged the boundaries of space and time. Now her work is influencing the stage. Butler’s 1993 novel, “Parable of the Sower,” is heading to Lincoln Center in the form ...

In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who ...

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 ...

What do an asteroid, a crater on Mars, a school in Pasadena, California, and Lake Forest Park, Wash., have in common? They all have features named after sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler. "Octavia ...

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...