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 imagined L.A. 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 Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
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 ...
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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
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 ...
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The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
Butler's work has resurfaced for its depictions of the future seemingly coming to life. The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable Of The Sower imagined fires engulfing Los Angeles ...
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Octavia Butler predicted fire disaster in Los Angeles in 1993 book 'Parable of the Sower'
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 ...