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Octavia E. Butler


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

Died
February 24, 2006

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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


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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Average rating: 4.17 · 319,727 ratings · 32,446 reviews · 79 distinct works • Similar authors
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4.24 avg rating — 86,989 ratings — published 1979 — 54 editions
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Parable of the Sower (Earth...
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
4.12 avg rating — 26,556 ratings — published 1987 — 37 editions
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Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
4.21 avg rating — 16,092 ratings — published 1980 — 27 editions
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4.35 avg rating — 14,176 ratings — published 1987 — 18 editions
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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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