Writer Octavia Butler imagined an LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism ...
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Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning - MSN
We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...
The Eerie Prescience of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...
Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science ...
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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
ALTADENA, Calif. — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler ... of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving ...
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Octavia Butler Imagined LA Ravaged by Fires. Her Altadena Cemetery Survived
Octavia Butler Imagined ... Black woman author of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving to the Seattle suburbs ...