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Chi-ming Yang
A volume on the early writings of the science fiction author Octavia E. Butler that offers an illustrated background of her juvenilia and extraordinary literary career. Professor Yang recounts her…
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Assistant Professor Kendra R Parker
New insights into the work of an acclaimed science fiction author
Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006), a pioneer of science fiction and foremother of Afrofuturism, is among the most influential science…
Octavia E Butler
A New York Times 6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week A Los Angeles Daily News 25 Must Read Best Books of 2023 A Ms Magazine September 2023 Reads For…
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Octavia E. Butler
A little book of honest and wise advice from legendary writer and Afrofuturist pioneer, Octavia E. Butler, with stunning new artwork by Manzel Bowan.
Joyce L Markovics
"Find out about Octavia E. Butler, a trailblazing science fiction writer, in this biography for young readers. Learn about her life and uncover how she used the power of her…
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An updated collection from one of the finest voices in fiction–period (Washington Post)
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The time is 2025. The place is California, where small walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of desperate scavengers and a roaming band of people addicted to a drug…
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Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken…
Gerry Canavan
I began writing about power because I had so little, Octavia E. Butler once said. Butler’s life as an African American woman–an alien in American society and among science fiction…
Patternist, Book 2: a young woman comes into her own power and challenges the ruthless man who controls her.
Patternist, Book 3: a powerful story of survival in unprecedented times.
LILITH’S BROOD 3: the acclaimed trilogy concludes with the story of Jodah, child of the Earth and stars, who risks the future of humanity just by growing up.
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The sequel to Parable of the Sower by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.
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LILITH’S BROOD 1: one woman is called upon to reconstruct humanity in this hopeful, thought-provoking novel.
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LILITH’S BROOD 2: one young man with extraordinary gifts must reconcile his own heritage before he can change the fate of humanity.
The final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler.
A special hardback edition of Octavia E. Butler's bestselling novel, with new cover artwork by Monet Alyssa.
A special hardback edition of Octavia E. Butler's extraordinarily prescient novel, with new cover artwork by Monet Alyssa.
Octavia E. Butler’s masterpiece and ground-breaking exploration of power and responsibility, for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale.
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The first Earthseed novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.
Patternist, Book 1: It begins when two immortals meet in an African forest. Together they will change the world.
Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Slow to rise in the literary world, Octavia Estelle Butler cultivated musings on earth’s future, reaching massive critical acclaim in the process. This companion will complement book club discussions and…
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Octavia E. Butler is widely recognized today as one of the most important figures in contemporary science fiction. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering Butler’s complete works from…
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Octavia E. Butler is widely recognized today as one of the most important figures in contemporary science fiction. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering Butler's complete works from…
The wise words of science fiction icon Octavia E. Butler live on in this beautiful and giftable little volume.
"There's no single answer that will solve all our future problems…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…
Octavia E. Butler’s works of science fiction invite readers to consider the structures of power in society and to ask what it means to be human. The contributors to this…
A Study Guide for Octavia E. Butler’s Patternmaster, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
Celebrating Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the SF genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour. Original essays and letters sourced and…
The essays explore new facets of Butler’s work and its relevance to philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, cultural studies, ethnic studies, women’s studies, religious studies, American studies, and U.S. history.
La trilogia olvidada de la gran dama de la ciencia ficcion.
Treinta anos despues de su primera publicacion en castellano, La estirpe de Lilith, titulo que reune la Trilogia Xenogenesis…
Korean edition of [Wild Seed] by Octavia E. Butler. Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflexor design. He fears no one until he…
Butler’s first new novel in seven years is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is…
The futures of both humans and Oankali rest in one young being’s successful metamorphosis into adulthood.
Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of Dawn , this book is thestory of Lilith’s only son, Akin. Though he resembles a normal human, Akin isthe first…
Patternist, Book 4: an all-powerful ruler’s son vies for control over humanity.
The Patternist novels detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.
Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayobami Adebayo.
This Grand Central Publishing edition is published by arrangement with Seven Stories Press… – Title page verso.
For the first time, Butler’s gripping trilogy– Dawn, Adulthood Rites , and Imago –are presented in one omnibus. Butler, a Hugo and Nebula award-winner, relates the story of an alien…
This 25th anniversary edition, about a modern black woman who is snatched away to the antebellum South, celebrates a classic work with much to say about love, hate, slavery, and…
