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Octavia E. Butler
Octavia E. Butler’s masterpiece and ground-breaking exploration of power and responsibility, for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale.
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The first Earthseed novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.
The wise words of science fiction icon Octavia E. Butler live on in this beautiful and giftable little volume.
"There's no single answer that will solve all our future problems…
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LILITH’S BROOD 1: one woman is called upon to reconstruct humanity in this hopeful, thought-provoking novel.
LILITH’S BROOD 3: the acclaimed trilogy concludes with the story of Jodah, child of the Earth and stars, who risks the future of humanity just by growing up.
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A PATTERNIST NOVEL (1): It begins when two immortals meet in an African forest. Together they will change the world.
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LILITH’S BROOD 2: one young man with extraordinary gifts must reconcile his own heritage before he can change the fate of humanity.
Octavia E Butler
Octavia E. Butler's work broke innumerable barriers and helped open the field of science fiction to writers and readers it had never had before. As the first Black writer to…
The final ground-breaking novel from renowned, bestselling author Octavia E. Butler.
A PATTERNIST NOVEL (4): an all-powerful ruler’s son vies for control over humanity.
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Octavia Butler
"As you turn the pages of this novel and get lost in Dana's story, allow yourself to relive the horrors of slavery....Allow yourself to know the pain of our nation's…
Joyce L Markovics
"Find out about Octavia E. Butler, a trailblazing science fiction writer, in this biography for young readers. Learn about her life and uncover how she used the power of her…
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An updated collection from one of the finest voices in fiction–period (Washington Post)
A PATTERNIST NOVEL (3): a powerful story of survival in unprecedented times.
A PATTERNIST NOVEL (2): a young woman comes into her own power and challenges the ruthless man who controls her.
A special hardback edition of Octavia E. Butler's bestselling novel, with new cover artwork by Monet Alyssa.
A special hardback edition of Octavia E. Butler's extraordinarily prescient novel, with new cover artwork by Monet Alyssa.
The sequel to Parable of the Sower by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler that feel like a prophetic nod to our current world.
The first collection of interviews with the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author of Kindred, Parable of the Sower, Fledgling, and Bloodchild
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How absurd is the thought of living for God without Him? Imagine being so involved with day to day routine, missing encounter after encounter. Picture missing and being left out…
Gerry Canavan
I began writing about power because I had so little, Octavia E. Butler once said. Butler’s life as an African American woman–an alien in American society and among science fiction…
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The visionary author’s masterpiece pulls us-along with her Black female hero-through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and…
This 25th anniversary edition, about a modern black woman who is snatched away to the antebellum South, celebrates a classic work with much to say about love, hate, slavery, and…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Octavia Butler’s Fledgling , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
William Merrill Decker
Provides the first comprehensive treatment of the ways in which African American authors across three centuries have confronted the predicament of inhabiting space under conditions of bondage and structural oppression…
A Study Guide for Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions…
A Study Guide for Octavia Butler’s Speech Sounds , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions…
Florian Bast
This study investigates the narrative contribution of texts by African American science fiction author Octavia Butler to ongoing philosophical debates about the conceptualization of agency. These debates have been central…
Jacqueline D Harris
Imagine The Universe Lining Up And Creating A Miraculous Way For Contact To Be Made With One Of The Greatest And Most Reclusive Writers On The Planet. Imagine The Gems…
Lynell George
A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and MacArthur…
Octavia E. Butler is widely recognized today as one of the most important figures in contemporary science fiction. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering Butler’s complete works from…
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Octavia E. Butler is widely recognized today as one of the most important figures in contemporary science fiction. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering Butler's complete works from…
Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Slow to rise in the literary world, Octavia Estelle Butler cultivated musings on earth’s future, reaching massive critical acclaim in the process. This companion will complement book club discussions and…
Gregory Jerome Hampton
Changing Bodies in the Fiction of Octavia Butler is the first monograph of literary criticism invested in examining the complete body of fiction produced by Octavia Butler. This book interrogates…
Octavia Butler’s fictional worlds show the potential of religion to connect, heal, or liberate. Contributors explore the bases of these potentials in the many religious traditions Butler draws on, the…
Octavia E. Butler’s works of science fiction invite readers to consider the structures of power in society and to ask what it means to be human. The contributors to this…
A Study Guide for Octavia E. Butler’s Patternmaster, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
Celebrating Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the SF genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour. Original essays and letters sourced and…
The essays explore new facets of Butler’s work and its relevance to philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, cultural studies, ethnic studies, women’s studies, religious studies, American studies, and U.S. history.
A Study Guide for Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…
Based on the novel Kindred by Octavia E. Butler copyright A1979 –Title page verso.
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Butler’s first new novel in seven years is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is…
