Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of waiting for one’s muse. “Habit is more dependable,” she advised.

But Butler’s stories are more than just eerily accurate predictions — they’re a way to imagine alternate realities through a Black cultural lens. The works of Afrofuturist author Octavia ...

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 ...

Describing author Octavia Butler is a difficult task. She admits it herself. She’s not just a science fiction writer, though she’s written 13 books and the words science fiction often follow her name ...

The Octavia E. Butler Library Science Fiction Festival will return on March 21 from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. By Festival highlights ...

Octavia E. Butler with her last book, Fledgling. The writer died in 2006, before many of her prescient predictions were to come true. It is not just the accuracy of Butler’s books that continues ...

A recent book display at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena focused on climate change, a response to include works that addressed ...