Octavia E. Butler

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born

June 22, 1947 in Pasadena, California, The United States

died

February 24, 2006

gender

female

website

http://www.sfwa.org/members/butler/Index.html

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.

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Books by Octavia E. Butler

Average rating: 4.08 · 48,411 ratings · 5,134 reviews · 36 distinct works

	Kindred 4.09 avg rating — 11,379 ratings — published 1979 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Parable of the Sower 4.11 avg rating — 7,433 ratings — published 1993 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Fledgling 3.88 avg rating — 4,534 ratings — published 2005 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Parable of the Talents 4.13 avg rating — 3,507 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Wild Seed 4.18 avg rating — 3,229 ratings — published 1980 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 2,923 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, Books 1-3) 4.23 avg rating — 2,777 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.19 avg rating — 1,887 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,753 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 1,713 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	My rating:

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Series by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed (2 books)
by Octavia E. Butler

4.11 avg rating — 10,929 ratings

Xenogenesis (3 books)
by Octavia E. Butler

4.15 avg rating — 9,154 ratings

Patternmaster (5 books)
by Octavia E. Butler, Evelyn Butler

4.08 avg rating — 7,966 ratings

Quotes by Octavia E. Butler

“All that you touch
You Change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
is Change.

God
is Change.”
― Octavia E. Butler

tags: change , god

343 people liked it

“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.”
― Octavia E. Butler

tags: books , stories , telling-stories , writing

60 people liked it

“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles,and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.”
― Octavia E. Butler

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