Jan 20, 2025 · In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler ...

Butler was born in Pasadena and grew up in predominately Black neighborhoods in Pasadena and Altadena. She faced discrimination and bullying both at school and in society at large. As an introverted and dyslexic child, she found solace in creating her own stories.

Jan 15, 2025 · 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...

Jan 14, 2025 · 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 fire last week but suffered “minimal damage,” according to a statement on the cemetery's web site.

Jan 14, 2025 · The parallels between the current landscape and Parable of the Sower, the New York Times bestseller by the bookstore’s namesake author, Octavia E. Butler, are not lost on High. The 1993 novel, set uncannily in 2025, follows the young Lauren Olamina as she evacuates her fire-ravaged Los Angeles suburb while America teeters into utter societal ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Decades after Octavia E. Butler imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by wildfires in her acclaimed novel Parable of the Sower, the Altadena cemetery where the legendary science fiction author is...

Jan 15, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif. — 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...

Aug 17, 2023 · Celebrated science fiction author and Pasadena native Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) tussled with the same environmental and social concerns as contemporary Angelenos.

Jan 15, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif.: 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...

Born: June 22nd, 1947 Birthplace: Pasadena, CA Died: February 24th, 2006 Location of death: Lake Forest Park, WA Cause of death: Accident – Fall Remains: Buried, Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, CA Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: Black …