When Octavia ... that Butler considered herself a “HistoFuturist,” who exposed problematic patterns of the past, while creating strong characters who championed change to inspire future ...

In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E.

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we take a look at past books that touch on subjects related ...

On her beloved typewriters, the literary legend mapped out a course for the future of the genre Stephen Kearse An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E. Butler. As the author ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia ... (Butler, who died before Donald Trump’s political rise, heard the phrase used by President Ronald Reagan). “She seems to have seen the real future ...

Jimmy Butler is seemingly desperate for a change ... Grizzlies to offer a package for the 35-year-old star. As the No. 2 seed in the loaded Western Conference, it would be wise for Memphis ...

(AP) — Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written ... for seemingly predicting the future: “Look around at the problems ...