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Octavia e butler books in order12/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Participants receive a 15% discount at our bookstore. BUTLER (19472006) was the renowned author of numerous ground-breaking novels, including Kindred, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. Minor changes in the reading list are possible, depending on the inclinations of the group.īooks are not included in the cost of the class. In subsequent meetings we will read Kindred, Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Lilith’s Brood and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Please read the collection Bloodchild and Other Stories before the first meeting. How does a marginalized perspective envision aliens as well as a rapidly alienating world? What can we learn about dystopias from an author whose history has always been a dystopia, and will that make us better, wiser, more compassionate human beings? How can we read, write and talk about joy, hope and community at a time of despair? Whether you have read Butler’s works before or are arriving to them for the first time, these themes will be explored in our discussions. ![]() Butler first began writing science fiction and fantasy in the 1970s, when the genre was still dominated by the visions of mainstream white authors. Through our journey with this reading group, participants will have an opportunity to engage with the works of a wildly imaginative and strikingly original intellect. The group will conclude on the day after Butler’s 73rd birthday, with a study of some of her nonfiction and her impact on the science fiction community and other authors. We will discuss Butler’s short fiction and some of her novels. Butler, the first renowned black woman author in science fiction and fantasy, whose works ring more and more prophetic as we step into 2020. This reading group will visit (or revisit) the works of Octavia E. This reading group will take place online via Zoom. ![]()
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