'Brilliant, endlessly rich.pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale. It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written.'- Viola Davis 'Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life. She is now praised as a visionary who anticipated many of the issues in the news today, from the coronavirus to climate change to the election of President Donald Trump.'- Associated Press A generation of younger writers cite her as an influence, from Jemisin and Tochi Onyebuchi to Marlon James and Nnedi Okarafor. 'A revolutionary voice in her lifetime, Butler has only become more popular and influential. She earned as Associate of Arts degree from Pasadena City College in 1968 and. Synopsis: Fledgling, Octavia Butlers last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her. A master storyteller with a voice that cradles and captivates, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty and ignorance, and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature.'- Washington Post Science-fiction writer and novelist Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, on June 22, 1947. 'Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction-period.

The groundbreaking sci-fi and speculative fiction author was a master of spinning imaginative tales that introduced you to both the possibilities - and dangers - of the human race, all while offering lessons on tribalism, race, gender, and sexuality.'- O, The Oprah Magazine 'If we're talking must-read authors like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, the one-and-only Octavia Butler needs be a part of the conversation.

'An internationally acclaimed science fiction writer whose evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human.'- New York Times

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