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 ...

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 ...

A presidential character in the author's 1998 "Parable of the Talents" was inspired by Ronald Reagan, who used the campaign slogan in 1980.

Celebrated science fiction author and Pasadena native Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) tussled with the same environmental and social concerns as contemporary Angelenos. We know, because the ...

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 ...

f "Fledgling" is your introduction to the work of Octavia Butler, reader, all I can say is, you're welcome. As her friend and fellow author Nisi Shawl writes in the introduction, "Learning Your Power, ...

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 ...

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ravage Los Angeles in 2025? They showed up. That political chaos she wrote ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the ...