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- Given such early hard times, her eminence as one of the country's leading science fiction writers is both extraordinary and rare, for to date Butler is the only prominent, popular, female African American and decidedly feminist voice in an historically white male domain called science fiction and fantasy or SF/F.1
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Octavia Butler was a pioneering writer of science fiction. As one of the first African American and female science fiction writers, Butler wrote novels that concerned themes of injustice towards African Americans, global warming, and women's rights.
Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship .
- Supported herself with odd jobs, including potato chip inspector. Butler would wake at 2 a.m. to write before going to work as a potato chip inspector. She also worked as a dishwasher and telemarketer.
- Kindred was inspired by her mother’s work as a domestic. Kindred follows the story of a writer who travels back in time to the antebellum south and meets her ancestors, a white plantation owner and a black slave.
- Determined to write after seeing a bad sci-fi film. Watching the 1945 movie Devil Girl From Mars on television when she was about 12 years old set her mind in motion.
- Never drove a car. In part due to her dyslexia, Butler never drove and was a loyal public transportation user. Despite her reserved nature, she was known to start conversations with fellow bus riders.
Octavia Butler’s widely acclaimed novels, Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998) are overtly feminist in nature and speak directly to Butler’s understanding of America’s racially divided past and her concerns for its future.
Feb 29, 2024 · Octavia E. Butler was a science fiction writer and Mother of Afro-Futurism. Butler is currently having a well-deserved moment in the literary sun, in part due to the oracle-like similarities...
Octavia Estelle Butler was born in 1947 and died in 2006. She’s considered one of the mothers of Afrofuturism. The author and filmmaker Ytasha Womack describes Afrofuturism as, “a way of looking at the future, and alternate realities, through a Black cultural lens.”
Dec 1, 2020 · During an interview with Randall Kenan in 1990, Octavia Butler revealed her personal belief that she did not “[hold] any particular literary talent” (Butler, Conversations with Octavia Butler 37). However, the opposite could not be more true.
