![]() ![]() Lilith finds an ally and mate in Joseph, but he shares. Habit is persistence in practice.”īelow we have the essential Octavia Butler books to introduce you to the acclaimed author. Butler Xenogenesis Trilogy Adulthood Rites Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia Butler. ![]() Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. ![]() Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. “First forget inspiration," she wrote in her short story collection, Bloodchild and Other Stories. In 2019, the Los Angeles Public Library named its studio space the Octavia Lab in her honor. And despite dying unexpectedly of a stroke at age 58 in 2006, her legacy still lives on. In a literary genre dominated by white men, Butler published 15 novels and short story collections in her lifetime, received a MacArthur genius grant, and earned two Nebula and two Hugo awards, both esteemed recognitions in publishing. ![]() The groundbreaking sci-fi and speculative fiction author was a master of spinning imaginative tales that introduced you to both the possibilities-and dangers-of the human race, all while offering lessons on tribalism, race, gender, and sexuality. A 2015 anthology of short stories, Octavia’s Brood, honors her as it explores the connection between social movements and speculative fiction, including sci-fi, fantasy, magical realism and. If we're talking must-read authors like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, the one-and-only Octavia Butler needs be a part of the conversation. ![]()
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