Octavia E. Butler
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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)
- Fledgling series (only one written before her death)
- Fledgling (2005)
- Stand-alone novels
- Kindred (1979)
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) [first published work, in Clarion 1971 anthology]
- "Childfinder" [purchased by Harlan Ellison for his never-published The Last Dangerous Visions; the story has never appeared anywhere]
- "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