Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
Forfatter af Kindred
Om forfatteren
Science-fiction writer and novelist Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, on June 22, 1947. She earned as Associate of Arts degree from Pasadena City College in 1968 and later attended California State University and the University of California. Her first novel, Patternmaster, vis mere was the first in a series about a society run by a group of telepaths who are mentally linked to one another. She explored the topics of race, poverty, politics, religion, and human nature in her works. She won a Hugo Award in 1984 for her short story Speech Sounds and a Hugo Award and Nebula Award in 1985 for her novella Bloodchild. She received a MacArthur Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The award pays $295,000 over a five-year period to creative people who push the boundaries of their fields. She died in Lake Forest Park, Washington on February 24, 2006 at the age of 58. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Octavia E. Butler
Autograph, (S.F. Writer), I.S. Cut Out Title Page 3 eksemplarer
Kindred 1 eksemplar
Kindred: A Reader's Guide 1 eksemplar
Parable of the Sower 1 eksemplar
Elos Da Mente 1 eksemplar
Butler, Octavia Archive 1 eksemplar
The Missing Relationship 1 eksemplar
Childfinder [short story] 1 eksemplar
A Necessary Being [novelette] 1 eksemplar
Bloodchild 1 eksemplar
Stub for Adulthood Rites in Lilith's Brood 1 eksemplar
De zaaier 1 eksemplar
Xenogenesis by Octavia E. Butler (1989-01-01) 1 eksemplar
Book of the Living 1 eksemplar
Childfinder & A Necessary Being: Two Novellas 1 eksemplar
2000x: Bloodchild 1 eksemplar
Tomorrow is the Child of Today 1 eksemplar
Stub for "Imago" in Lilith's Brood 1 eksemplar
Epilogue from Parable of the Talents 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (2000) — Bidragyder — 526 eksemplarer
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Bidragyder — 315 eksemplarer
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology (2015) — Bidragyder — 291 eksemplarer
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Bidragyder — 270 eksemplarer
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004) — Bidragyder — 269 eksemplarer
Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s (1995) — Bidragyder — 203 eksemplarer
Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (2006) — Bidragyder — 177 eksemplarer
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Bidragyder — 157 eksemplarer
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994) — Bidragyder — 61 eksemplarer
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 • June 2016 (People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! special issue) (2016) — Bidragyder — 60 eksemplarer
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults (1986) — Bidragyder — 40 eksemplarer
Nebula Awards 20: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1984 (1985) — Bidragyder — 28 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 8, No. 6 [June 1984] (1984) — Bidragyder — 18 eksemplarer
Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Readers) (2003) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction's Newest New-Wave Trajectory (2008) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Butler, Octavia Estelle
- Fødselsdato
- 1947-06-22
- Dødsdag
- 2006-02-24
- Begravelsessted
- Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California, USA
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Dødssted
- Lake Forest Park, Washington, USA
- Dødsårsag
- fall
- Bopæl
- Pasadena, California, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Uddannelse
- Pasadena City College
California State University, Los Angeles - Erhverv
- science fiction writer
- Organisationer
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Creative Arts Award L.A. YWCA (1980)
MacArthur Fellowship (1995)
Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing: PEN American Center (2000)
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1997)
SF Hall Of Fame (2010)
SFWA Infinity Award (2023) - Agent
- Merilee Heifetz (Writers House)
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January 2021: Octavia Butler i Monthly Author Reads (november 2021)
Octavia Butler: American Author Challenge i 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (august 2017)
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One of those the future is now books. Written decades ago, the opening is a futuristic 2024. We had managed to develop much better technology (although phones are close and not envisaged) but the trends of growing extremism and drug gang segregation, enclaves and no-go areas, have all risen much faster and overcome the world. Our heroine is living in a low-middle class such enclave surrounded by the mostly lawless and feral Outside. More feared than experienced. However the frequent attempts to break in are proof that at least some of the fears are real. It of course all comes crashing down and she's forced to flee, initially alone, but then with a small but growing crowed of trusted friends and companions to whom she preaches her new-though religion - why don't we all try to be nicer to each other.
I'm sure at the time it was ground-breaking and much disliked by many of the conservative side, even though it's portrays the evils of drugs etc. but I could never quite suspend my disbelief far enough, not just from the timeline, but also in how the enclaves and towns they passed through survived. Civilisation relies on a lot more integrated networks than seemed to exist. And all the people she met were either nice or obviously terrible, and the world just doesn't work that way.… (mere)