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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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- “No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what we've always done and there will stil…”Octavia E. Butler
- “Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.”Octavia E. Butler
- “While Fledging is a different type of book, The Parable series serve as cautionary tales. I wrote the Parable…”Octavia E. Butler
- “A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're commun…”Octavia E. Butler
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- “In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneou…”Albert Einstein
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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