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 ... of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving ...

Altadena resident Nikki High opened Octavia’s Bookshelf in February 2023, inspired by the author. “People miss the blueprint of hope [Butler] wrote in Parable of the Sower.” It was with that ...

Butler knew California wildfires would grow more devastating with time, and in a harrowing twist, Artist’s former home in Altadena burned down in January 2025. Endless questions arose for me ...

Her papers are in the Octavia E. Butler Archives at the Huntington Library. The Eaton fire came close to Altadena’s Mountain View Cemetery, where Butler is buried. “It’s still very popular ...