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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Beloved Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler’s Gravesite Survived Los Angeles Fire
In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...
Pasadena Bookstore Named After Octavia Butler Becomes Safe Haven For LA Fire Victims
Octavia's Bookshelf, a Black-owned bookstore named after Octavia Butler, has transformed into a donation hub for LA fire ...
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 ...
The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a ...
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The Eerie Prescience of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's ...
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Writer Octavia Butler imagined an LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
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 la ...