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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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- “Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.”Octavia E. Butler
- “And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in…”Octavia E. Butler
- “The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.”Octavia E. Butler
- “Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastic…”Octavia E. Butler
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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