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:[[Clay's Ark]] (1984)
:[[Clay's Ark]] (1984)
:[[Survivor (novel)|Survivor]] (1978)
:[[Survivor (novel)|Survivor]] (1978)
''[[Kindred]]'' (1979)


'''Xenogenesis Trilogy (aka ''Eve's Children'', aka ''Lilith's Brood'')'''  
'''Xenogenesis Trilogy (aka ''Eve's Children'', aka ''Lilith's Brood'')'''  
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''[[Fledgling (novel)|Fledgling]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Kindred]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Fledgling (novel)|Fledgling]]'' (2005)


===Collection===
===Collection===
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*"[[The Evening and the Morning and the Night]]" (1987 / 1988)
*"[[The Evening and the Morning and the Night]]" (1987 / 1988)
*"[[Amnesty]]" (2003)  
*"[[Amnesty]]" (2003)  
*"[[The Book of Martha]]" (2005).  
*"[[The Book of Martha]]" (2005).


==Interviews==
==Interviews==

Revision as of 11:39, 18 December 2010

Women of color in SF

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Issues & stereotypes:
Black warrior woman ... Dragon lady
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About the IWOCSF


Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an award-winning American science fiction writer.

Names

  • No pseudonyms known
  • "Junie" childhood nickname, from "Octavia Junior", since her mother was "Octavia M. Butler"

Bibliography

Novels

Patternist series [WS, MOMM, PM, and CA also published as Seed to Harvest)

Wild Seed (1980)
Mind of My Mind (1977)
Patternmaster (1976)
Clay's Ark (1984)
Survivor (1978)

Xenogenesis Trilogy (aka Eve's Children, aka Lilith's Brood)

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)

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

Interviews

Awards

Memorials & Tributes

External Links