Butler, Octavia E. (1947—)
As the premier black female science fiction writer, Octavia E. Butler has received both critical and popular acclaim. She describes herself as "a pessimist if ...
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Octavia Butler (born 1947) is best known as the author of the Patternist series of science fiction novels in which she explores topics traditionally given only cursory treatment in the genre, includin...
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Concerned with genetic engineering, psionic powers, advanced alien beings, and the nature and proper use of power, Octavia E. Butler's science fiction presents these themes in terms of racial and sexu...
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The responsibility of the powerful to the powerless is the continuing theme of science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. Creating worlds of the future and visions of the past no more intrinsically hum...
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In the following essay, Birns contends that Octavia Butler “employs her African American and science fiction heritages to see anew the way things are.”
In her essay “Furor Scriben...
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Salvaggio is Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University. In the following essay, she discusses Butler's black, female protagonists in the Patternist novels....
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In the following essay, Helford analyzes Butler's "Bloodchild" and its implications on our conception of gender, race, and species.
"Did you use the rifle to shoot the ach...
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Miller is the author of the short story collection, Las Vegas Everywhere. In the following review, he asserts that Butler is "not just a good science-fiction writer, but also one of the most in...
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Taylor-Guthrie is assistant professor of Afro-American Studies at Indiana University Northwest. In the following review, she praises the stories in Butler's Bloodchild and Other Stories as �...
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In the following interview, Butler discusses the science-fiction genre, responses to her work, and themes her work addresses.
For readers of this journal, Octavia E. Butler literally needs no introduc...
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In the following interview, Butler discusses the science fiction genre, her career, and themes in her work.
Octavia Butler is a Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction writer. One of very few bl...
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In the following essay, Govan delineates the similarities between Butler's Wild Seed and Kindred, including strong, black, female protagonists, and the use of history and black tradition.
Despi...
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In the following review, Newson discusses the subjects of Butler's Xenogenesis series, including prejudice and genetic arrangement.
It is a widespread myth that Blacks don't write or rea...
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In the following essay, Bonner discusses how Butler portrays desire and rape in her Xenogenesis trilogy, and how the trilogy is still successful despite its lack of hope.
Octavia E. Butler's re...
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In the following essay, Zaki discusses Butler's work as it relates to the genre of utopian and dystopian science fiction.
In an interview published in 1986, Octavia E. Butler stated that there ...
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In the following interview, Butler discusses her career, her writing style, and her inspiration.
Octavia E. Butler is something of a phenomenon. Since 1976 she has published nine novels, more than any...
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In the following review, Card praises Butler for her development of the "psi" theme in her Patternist novels.
It's odd, I know, to review novels that are out of print or available...
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In the following essay, Green discusses Butler's fiction in terms of its criticism of popular science fiction utopias and its social critique on such topics as racism and sexism.
Octavia E. But...
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Butler, Octavia E. (1947—)
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