The L.A. authors who predicted these fires and the books to help us understand them
Octavia E. Butler and Mike Davis are just some of the Angelenos whose books can help us understand L.A.'s fires, plus Kristin ...
Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...
The Eerie Prescience of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...
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Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | In scorched LA, the burning truth of Octavia Butler’s sci-fi
The devastating fires burning Los Angeles stand as a monumental example of nature’s profoundly destructive potential when accelerated by human-caused climate change. The Palisades fire and ...
Opinion: Los Angeles and the literature of the apocalypse
Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have ...
The LA Fires Aren't a Surprise If You Study History and Climate Change. So Now What?
The Palisades and Eaton fires have already become among the five most destructive blazes on record in California, the New ...
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The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery
The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable Of The Sower imagined fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a local cemetery in Altadena. Butler’s work has gained new traction after ...
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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
ALTADENA, Calif. — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...
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Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
“People say Butler ... Los Angeles, Whiteside has gone viral for her teachings on Butler. “I started scrolling TikTok and saw people talking about the fires and I was like, ‘This sounds like ...