The Latest Breaking News from Octavia E Butler

40 Years Later, The Sci-Fi Novel Octavia Butler Disowned Is Coming Back to Print

The 'Parable of the Sower' author has never been more popular — so much so, that a book she disowned is being reprinted.

Inverse · Apr 25

Mass surveillance, the metaverse, making America ‘great again’: the novelists who predicted our present

From Jorge Luis Borges to George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, novelists have foreseen some of the major developments of our age. What can we learn from their prophecies?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10

The 21 Best Science-Fiction Books to Read in 2025, From Genre Classics to New Bestsellers

We rounded up the best of the genre, from classics by George Orwell and Octavia E. Butler to recent bestsellers.

Marie Claire · Sep 30, 2025

TV trend: "Birth is a dangerous miracle"

TV creatives discuss why they've depicted the harsher aspects of pregnancy and birth – for better or for worse

Salon · Jan 23, 2023

The long road to adapting Octavia Butler

The first Black woman to win the Nebula and Hugo awards, Butler loved a genre that took its time loving her back

Salon · Dec 17, 2022

Kindred review – Octavia E Butler’s daring sci-fi novel makes for hit-and-miss TV

The acclaimed author’s book, about a woman traveling back in time to a slave plantation, is transformed into an overlong yet well-acted series

The Guardian - US · Dec 13, 2022

10 must-read paperbacks this November

Paperback Picks is back — now a once-a-month compilation. Here are 10 great books just out in paperback; some of which I've read and enjoyed, and some I can't wait to get to. Happy fall reading!

Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022

Three essential tales of black vampirism

Long before "Interview With the Vampire," there's been a tradition of black vampires that goes back centuries

Salon · Nov 7, 2022

Three essential tales of black vampirism

Anne Rice’s phenomenally popular 1976 tale of bloodlust and bloodshed, Interview with a Vampire, transferred to the small screen recently – but with some significant deviations that include shifting the principal character’s story to the narrative of a black man.

The Conversation · Oct 27, 2022

How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity

In 2021, Alyssa Collins was awarded a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.

The Conversation · Jun 22, 2022