In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her ...

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ...

Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who lived in nearby Altadena, predicted the catastrophic Los Angeles fires. View this post on Instagram ...

The historic fires in Los Angeles meant many students lost homes, schools, or both. Now, as some schools reopen, families are ...

As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's 1993 ...

ALTADENA, Calif. — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...

ALTADENA, Calif. -- Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...

The late historian and author examines the relationship between natural disasters and social injustice and how Los Angeles is viewed in the media. “Parable of the Sower,” by Octavia E. Butler ...

When Octavia Butler published 1993 ... it seems that we aren’t. Los Angeles is currently burning and areas of Pasadena — Butler’s hometown, place of burial, and muse for her literary ...

In the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles, many people are referencing the work of the science fiction writer Octavia Butler. Butler, who grew up in Pasadena, was the daughter of a ...