Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles ... left an enduring legacy as one of science fiction’s greatest storytellers. Her grave is marked by a quote from her celebrated ...

Science fiction has always been a way to envision ... with renowned director Gina Prince-Bythewood at the helm. Octavia Butler, who died in 2006, once said of "The Parable of the Sower," her ...

Describing author Octavia Butler is a difficult task. She admits it herself. She’s not just a science fiction writer, though she’s written 13 books and the words science fiction often follow her name ...

Books can turn up in your life when you need them. What does the resurgent popularity of a dystopian novel say about modern ...

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 ...

The LA central library’s Octavia Lab provides free access to recording studios, 3D printers, video editing software. All you ...

Courtesy of American Artist and Pioneer Works Octavia E. Butler’s writing has never been more relevant. The Pasadena native and MacArthur “genius” award-winning speculative-fiction author ...

Acclaimed science fiction author Octavia Butler offered insight into the place that space and its explorers occupy in our collective imagination in a discussion with former Newshour anchor Jim ...

The brisk sales of Octavia Butler’s ninth novel ... “an award-winning Black science fiction writer of immense accomplishment and reputation who lived her formative years on the border ...