Octavia E. Butler

Born

in Pasadena, California, The United States

June 22, 1947

Died

February 24, 2006

Website

http://octaviabutler.com

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.

After her father died, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Extremely shy as a child, Octavia found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. She began writing science fiction as a teenager. She attended community college during the Black Power movement, and while participating in a local writer's workshop was encouraged to attend the Clarion Workshop, which focused on science fiction.

She soon sold her first stories and by the late 1970s had become ...more

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Octavia E. Butler’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 416,183 ratings · 42,636 reviews · 83 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kindred 4.27 avg rating — 116,886 ratings — published 1979 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 81,393 ratings — published 1993 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 32,452 ratings — published 1987 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 29,835 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 20,400 ratings — published 1980 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fledgling 3.86 avg rating — 21,594 ratings — published 2005 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.36 avg rating — 15,635 ratings — published 1987 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 14,375 ratings — published 1988 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 14,637 ratings — published 1995 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 12,804 ratings — published 1989 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Octavia E. Butler

“In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.”
― Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents

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“When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling

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“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

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Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee

25 votes, 14.0%

Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

20 votes, 11.2%

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