And yet, in the first weeks of 2025, it seems that we aren't. Los Angeles is currently burning and areas of Pasadena - Butler's hometown, place of burial, and muse for her literary works - have ...

Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate change ...

The phrase “Octavia tried to tell us,” which began to gain momentum in 2020 during the pandemic, has once again resurfaced, in part because Butler studied science and history so deeply.

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did ...

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 40,000 acres have burned in ... A period of personal reflection during the 2020 pandemic inspired her to open her own bookstore in her and Octavia E. Butler’s ...

One Week In, LA’s Fires Are Still Spreading Los Angeles’ worst-ever wildfires have now burned an area nearly the size of Washington, DC.

Before The Parable of the Sower became a staple on syllabi across the country, Octavia E. Butler was quietly living and writing in Lake Forest Park. From 1999 until her death in 2006, she made her ...

ALTADENA, Calif. — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...

When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, ... Los Angeles is currently burning and areas of Pasadena — Butler’s hometown, ...

ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire ...

When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, following a presidential election of a candidate whose slogan is “Make America ...