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About Octavia E. Butler
American science fiction and speculative fiction author
Octavia E. Butler was an American science fiction and speculative fiction author. She won the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards, and in 1995 became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Her work helped define modern speculative fiction, and she is especially known for writing that brought discipline and force to the genre. The record here shows 113 quotes from her.
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- “If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for?”Octavia E. Butler
- “And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, n…”Octavia E. Butler
- “I had novels to write, so I wrote them.”Octavia E. Butler
- “Too many writers get into that gross-'em-out factor.”Octavia E. Butler
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- “If achieving world peace and ending poverty were really genuine concerns to the majority, then they would hav…”Suzy Kassem
- “Tomorrow's leaders will not lead dictating from the front, nor pushing from the back. They will lead from the…”Rasheed Ogunlaru
- “As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are…”Hjalmar Branting
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Books by Octavia E. Butler
Kindred
1979
Fledgling
2005
Parable of the Sower
1993
Parable of the Talents
1998
Adulthood Rites
1988