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Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
When Octavia Butler published 1993's Parable of the Sower ... Lauren, a 15-year old girl, who comes from a religious family, is trying to create a new system of living after privileged, rich ...
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8 Essential Octavia Butler Books Everyone Should Read.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Octavia Butler, a trailblazer in the realm of ... a white plantation owner, to preserve her family lineage. The novel masterfully examines the brutality of slavery, the ...
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In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
The brisk sales of Octavia Butler’s ninth novel, “The Parable of the Sower” is especially notable since Butler, who died in 2006, was born in Pasadena. A middle school there bears her name.