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Octavia E. Butler

Science fiction author of Kindred and Parable of the Sower

Ideas

Science fiction author Octavia E. Butler: “We make mere echoes of ourselves”

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Science fiction author Octavia E. Butler on writing sci-fi set in your neighborhood

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Science fiction author Octavia E. Butler explains why global warming can’t just be undone

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Octavia E. Butler on what it means to be a Black woman science fiction writer

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Sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler: “They just behave this way and do what they need to do”

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Science fiction author Octavia E. Butler on writer’s block: “Keep writing”

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Octavia E. Butler explains why she went with a small publisher to reach more people

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Science fiction author Octavia E. Butler: “You got to make your own worlds”

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Intro

▶️Octavia Butler, The Grand Dame of Science Fiction | It's Lit!: PBS Digital Studios15:11 · 29 Jun 2021

▶️Octavia Wrote Her Own Future — The Huntington02:00 · 21 Jun 2017

Deep

📄Octavia E. Butler Papers — The Huntington

📄Octavia Butler's Roots in Black History — JSTOR Daily3 min read · 24 Jun 2022

📕Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler — Susana M. Morris240 pages · 5 Aug 2025

📕A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler — Lynell George176 pages · 20 Oct 2020

📕Conversations with Octavia Butler — ed. Conseula Francisover 250 pages · May 2009

▶️Telling My Stories: The Pioneering Fiction of Octavia E. Butler — National Humanities Center1:45:09 · 18 Nov 2019

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