Octavia Butler remembered on her birthday
“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.” - OCTAVIA BUTLER, born on this day in 1947 in Pasadena, California
Nick Hudson21Brilliant book. So is the follow up, The Parable of The Talents. Very, very harrowing though.
WiscoKid197212I just read this book last week. Terrific. But also frightening. Some authors have the ability to divine what’s coming in their fiction, and Butler was one of them.
Susanne✨11I spent the weekend listening to the audiobook narrated by Lynne Thigpen. Two brilliant women gone much too soon.
Grassroot News ,NW11Thank you for highlighting her birthday
Lesley Cox7I read this book last year. She was a prescient writer.
thepowerdroid.bsky.social6I'm going to bed. I HONESTLY thought that said, "Parable of the Sewer" and I just came from a post regarding the Reflecting Pool.... I think my brain is broke.
Talena6She was probably more a prophet than a writer.
Laurie Ulster 6I have been making my way through her books this year. She was brilliant.
marypatrick.bsky.social5That’s the book club title at my library this month
TerenD5Such an important visionary writer. She understood the corporate cancer that would consume America. I’m glad she is finally being recognized, though sorry we’ve had to come to these extremes before being able to appreciate her.
Poppet 🇨🇦4Wise words Words my grandmother taught me to live by ...
Hoarder of all things intelligence.3Love this lady, love her work, love her message. Wish to god she was still with us.
matotanka33.bsky.social3A very prescient and powerful writer. Such a great read like all of her other books.
nauticaldera3We have persisted before, and know how. (Am old enough to remember underground radio outta the basement of the Pasadena Presbyterian church) ❤️
astina72.bsky.social2Good book by Octavia E Butler. Well worth a read.
jc-82.bsky.social2Such a great book! She created a vision of a dystopian future that is believable given what’s going on in our world right now.
Liz Conway2She was a genius! Parable of the Sower was the best among her many incredible books.
R L B2Just getting through this is not enough. It won't end unless we make it end. The administration and the men behind the curtain are not going to leave of their own accord.
Hurricane Lizzie2Read Parable of the Sower for the first time last year and found it absolutely devastating. Such an amazing novel.
Today is the birthday of African American science fiction author #OctaviaEButler. The winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, she was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. #💙📚 #Booksky Have you read her work? www.librarything.com/author/butle...
Shaun Curry18The Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the Talents are both incredible works that, unfortunately, presaged parts of the current condition in the US.
Jeri Paull9Just Kindred, but from this thread it looks like "The Parable of the Sower" needs to rise to the top of my TBR pile...
Jan Arrah🏳️🌈9Earthseed is fantastic and everyone should read it.. it may be a bit triggering for some right now.. but it's so good.
Melinda B Hipple, author&artist8Have read Kindred and Parable of the Sower. Will be picking up Parable of the Talents soon.
Scary how prescient Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents were/are. They have both stuck with me
Patent Buddy6"The Parable of the Sower." Octavia Butler is a genius.
organicgay.bsky.social6The first book of her's that I read was Wild Seed. The book that had the greatest impact on me was Kindred. A most terrifying read. I have never felt so much fear for a fictional character (Dana).... I urge everyone other one to read.
Water’s Edge 🇨🇦5The Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the talents, memorable books. Highly recommend.
Chris Pennymaker5Oh yeah. She knew what she was talking about as much as anyone.
Helenaluna5Trending but only for her birthday. I suggest that she be regarded as one of the classics and that everyone read her.
Penguins Against Tariffs5First science fiction book I loved was Kindred.
Kat Christensen4She was/is still a phenomenal visionary
Heal Our World With Love3Yes! I loved Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents.
tawdryhepburn9.bsky.social3We read Kindred in 10th grade English class. 25 years later & I still think about it.
Sharon Fisher3I have! The two Parables books and Kindred.
Melanie 🐝🐝3Love her work and dreadfully sorry we lost her too soon. 💙
Prince Fafo, First of His Name3I have read her work & I am better for it.
Charisse 🦋2Yes, she's pure genius with a pen! Happy birthday Ms Butler & thank you for so much!!
KUNA2read everything she wrote, but 'Parable of the Sower' still haunts me
Andy Barnett2Now I need to re-read them. So good.
Good morning! It is June 22nd in the United Socialist States of America. Today we commemorate the Day of Music. Music is the most transcendent of arts! We celebrate the eastern box turtle, terrapene carolina. Octavia Butler was born today in 1947; George Carlin died on this day in 2008.
Leonard Pierce5In history today, a huge wave of Jamaican workers arrive in the UK from the Windrush, ultimately transforming British culture, in 1948. The noir of the day is 1948's RACE STREET, directed by Edward L. Marin for RKO and starring William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell, and George Raft.
Kevin-O-Rama2I ALWAYS CELEBRATE THE BOX TURTLE @treypiepmeier.com knows even better than I do, he got that box turtle tattoo.