Who is Octavia Butler
Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Extremely shy as a child, Butler found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. She began writing science fiction as a teenager. She attended community college during the Black Power movement, and while participating in a local writer's workshop, was encouraged to attend the Clarion Workshop, which focused on science fiction.She soon sold her first stories and by the late 1970s had become sufficiently successful as an author that she was able to pursue...
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- Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.
- Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
- Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
- No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what we've always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities.
- Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.
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Mariawnorris: this brings to mind octavia e. butler's poem in the parable of talents: "to be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.'Ratdaddyxl: me when my friends quote me on stuff i say in the dining hall (also this was not about any of you lovely omegaverse writers- this was about octavia butler)
Matthewmedd: another classic with a contemporary graphic novel adaptation. octavia e. butler's kindred time travels back in history with a a story about race, slavery and identity. challenging and thought-provoking read. ❤️
Acityofbooks: on page 112 of fledgling, by octavia e. butler
Pmotiger: today we're celebrating the life and legacy of octavia butler, a pioneering author who continues to inspire readers today.
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