Author of the Month: Octavia E. Butler
Our Author of the Month for February is the American Science Fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.
In her many sometimes interlocking works Butler asks questions about race, gender and, pre-eminently, hierarchy in startling ways, and to offer equally startling versions of possible futures, often dystopian, that are uncannily like the present. This is extraordinary writing, written against the grain of gender and race prejudice and against the grain of Butler’s own persistent writer’s block.
Start with her masterpiece Kindred. We’re next to certain you won’t stop there.
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Octavia E. Butler’s ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayobami Adebayo.
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The first Earthseed novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feels like a prophetic nod to our current world.
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The sequel to Parable of the Sower by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feels like a prophetic nod to our current world.
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A PATTERNIST NOVEL (1): It begins when two immortals meet in an African forest. Together they will change the world.
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A PATTERNIST NOVEL (2): a young woman comes into her own power and challenges the ruthless man who controls her.
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A PATTERNIST NOVEL (3): a powerful story of survival in unprecedented times.
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A PATTERNIST NOVEL (4): an all-powerful ruler’s son vies for control over humanity.
