Octavia E. Butler

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{{WOC}}'''Octavia Estelle Butler''' (June 22, [[1947]] – February 24, [[2006]]) was an award-winning American science fiction writer.

== Bibliography ==

===Novels===
'''Patternist''' series
:[[Wild Seed]] (1980)
:[[Mind of My Mind]] (1977)
:[[Patternmaster]] (1976)
:[[Clay's Ark]] (1984)
:[[Survivor (novel)|Survivor]] (1978)

''[[Kindred]]'' (1979)

'''Xenogenesis Trilogy (aka ''Eve's Children'')'''
:[[Dawn (novel)|Dawn]] (1987)
:[[Adulthood Rites]] (1988)
:[[Imago]] (1989)
:trilogy republished in one volume as: ''Lilith's Brood'' (2000)

'''Parable''' series
:[[Parable of the Sower]] (1994)
:[[Parable of the Talents]] (1998)

''[[Fledgling (novel)|Fledgling]]'' (2005)

===Collection===
''[[Bloodchild and Other Stories]]'' (1995)
:Preface, "[[Bloodchild]]" (1984); "[[The Evening and the Morning and the Night]]" (1987 / 1988); "[[Near of Kin]]" (1979); "[[Speech Sounds]]" (1983); "[[Crossover]]" (1971); and two essays: "Positive Obsession" (1989, as "Birth of a Writer"); "Furor Scribendi" (1993). 2005 reprint of this book also includes "[[Amnesty]]" (2003) and "[[The Book of Martha]]" (2005).

===Stories===
*"[[Crossover]]" (1971)
*"[[Near of Kin]]" (1979)
*"[[Speech Sounds]]' (1983)
*"[[Bloodchild]]" (1984), ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine''
*"[[The Evening and the Morning and the Night]]" (1987 / 1988)
*"[[Amnesty]]" (2003)
*"[[The Book of Martha]]" (2005).

==Interviews==
* [http://ceciliatan.livejournal.com/15404.html Cecilia Tan interview], ''[[Sojourner]]'' (1999)
* [http://odeo.com/audio/836220/view Dragon Page Cover to Cover #208 In Memory of Octavia E. Butler], March 6, 2006 (embedded audio interview)

== Awards ==
* [[MacArthur "Genius" Award]], 1995

==Memorials & Tributes==

* http://blackpotmojo.blogspot.com/2006/06/last-nights-octavia-e-butler-tribute.html Account of Tribute at New York Public Library, 2006/6/5

== External Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Butler Wikipedia entry]

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Mother-daughter relationships in SF

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The parent-child relationship ... the mother-daughter relationship. See also [[parent-child relationships]], [[father-daughter relationships]], [[mother-son relationships]].

==Notable mother-daughter relationships in SF==

* [[Xena]] & her mother
* [[Sibyl Sue Blue]] by [[Rosel George Brown]]
* "[[Purity (Xena episode)|Purity]]" about the mother daughter relationship of [[Lao Ma]] and her two daughters that she sent away as infants
* [[Buffy Summers]] and her mother [[Joyce Summers]]
* Jane and Demeta in [[The Silver Metal Lover]] by [[Tanith Lee]]
* [[Alldera]] and [[Sorrel]] in [[The Conqueror's Child]] by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]]
* [[Merwen]] and [[Lystra]] in [[A Door Into Ocean]] by [[Joan Slonczewski]]
* [[Felicity Raines]] and [[Alexandra Sedgewick]] in the [[Marq'ssan Cycle]]

==See also==
* [[Motherhood in SF]]

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[[category:Themes and tropes by name]]

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Octavia E. Butler

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