Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science ...
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Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning - MSN
We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...
Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...
The Eerie Prescience of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...
Opinion: Beautiful Altadena’s one-of-a-kind town was destroyed. But we can rebuild
The Eaton fire devastated this diverse community at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Here is what we've lost.
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
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Altadena, Los Angeles’ historic Black community, devastated by Eaton Canyon fires
As flames tore through the picturesque foothills of Altadena and Pasadena on Jan. 7, 2025, the Eaton Canyon fires left a ...
Eerie 90s books ‘predicted LA wildfires’ and politician who vowed ‘make America great again’
From raging fires to a politician promising to Make America Great Again - Octavia Butler's novels are eerily prophetic.
The LA Fires Aren't a Surprise If You Study History and Climate Change. So Now What?
The Palisades and Eaton fires have already become among the five most destructive blazes on record in California, the New ...
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L.A. wildfires destroy Black community birthed from Civil Rights era
A historic Black community that grew out of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s is among the communities wiped away by ...