Who else is a Octavia E. Butler superfan? 🙋 Today, we celebrate the visionary author’s birthday with this clip featuring panelist Nikki High, owner of Octavia’s Bookshelf in Altadena. The Huntington, which holds Octavia E. Butler’s archive, hosted a special conversation this past spring about Butler’s novels "Parable of the Sower" and "Parable of the Talents," focusing on themes of resilience, community, and social change. Watch the full program here: https://youtu.be/x7PnqgqeAqk | The Huntingt

“You’ve got to make your own worlds. You’ve got to write yourself in.” — Octavia E. Butler Butler became a groundbreaking author and Afrofuturist icon, emerging as a powerful voice in science fiction in the 1970s. She used her work to challenge perceptions of identity, sexuality, belonging, hierarchy, community, and history while often exploring what it truly means to be human. Rather than mimic the styles of white male authors who dominated the field, she used Afrocentric themes in stories abou

Octavia Butler: the dyslexic Black woman who became sci-fi's greatest prophet. Growing up poor in 1950s Pasadena, she faced rejection for years—but kept writing. Her 1993 novel predicted climate crisis, fascism, and "Make America Great Again." When she won the MacArthur Genius Grant, she bought her mother—a lifelong maid—a house. She didn't write to help us escape reality. She wrote to warn us. DISCLAIMER: This story is based on publicly available biographical information about Octavia Butler's

20 reactions | Happy birthday to the godmother of Afrofuturism, Octavia Butler!  In a 2003 oral history interview with #MoPOP, hear why she chose science fiction as her medium.  Learn More » MoPOP.org/OctaviaButler | Museum of Pop Culture | Facebook