Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler, one of my favorite Science Fiction writers, and one of a tiny number of African-American Science Fiction writers, died this weekend.
She wrote a number of books that were really important to me. The first book of hers that I read was called Kindred, which was an amazing story of a black woman who is yanked backwards in time to help her slave-owning ancestor. I read the books of the Patternist series, including Mind of My Mind, and Wild Seed.
Her two-book series, Parable of the Sower, and Parable of the Talents, were, I think, two of the best science fiction books to deal with the near future, ever published. I haven't yet read her newest book, Fledgeling, but I think it will be on my summer reading list.
There is a nice tribute on Blog Critics. Here's an obit.
She is a voice in Science Fiction that will not be easily replaced.
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Octavia Butler was very
Octavia Butler was very important to me also. Her writing crossed the boundary between science fiction and radical politics without being heavy handed about either. She was thoughtful, challenging, engaging, easy to get into but hard to fully grasp. She will be missed by many.
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