Octavia E. Butler

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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 (1978)

Kindred (1979)

Xenogenesis Trilogy (aka Eve's Children)

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 (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

• Cecilia Tan interview, Sojourner (1999)
• 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

• Wikipedia entry