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 ...
Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in Altadena. Then the fire came
The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
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 ...
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Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Predicted LA Fires In "Parable Of The Sower"
Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined ... impacting communities across Southern California. The Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, home to Butler’s final resting place, was caught in ...
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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 ... of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving ...
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For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
Nearly every day since the Eaton Fire destroyed her home, Dr. Dorothy Ludd-Lloyd’s relatives have tried to get the ...
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Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | In scorched LA, the burning truth of Octavia Butler’s sci-fi
The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when ...
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American Artist builds on author Octavia Butler’s prescient, dystopian vision
In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...