Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science ...
Beloved Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler’s Gravesite Survived Los Angeles Fire
In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 ...
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Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning - MSN
We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...
Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in Altadena. Then the fire came
The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
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Black Altadena Rebuilds after the Eaton Fire with Guidance from Octavia Butler
The Eaton fire ravaged a historic Black community in Altadena. Now, people are using the words of one of its most famous ...
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The Pasadena Bookstore Taking Cues From Octavia Butler
Octavia’s Bookshelf, which survived the Eaton Fire, has become a haven and a hub for mutual aid resources and support.
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 ...
Opinion: Beautiful Altadena’s one-of-a-kind town was destroyed. But we can rebuild
The Eaton fire devastated this diverse community at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Here is what we've lost.
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 ...
In Climate-Scorched L.A., the Burning Truth of Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...
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L.A. wildfires destroy Black community birthed from Civil Rights era
A historic Black community that grew out of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s is among the communities wiped away by ...
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Octavia Butler Imagined LA Ravaged by Fires. Her Altadena Cemetery Survived
Octavia Butler Imagined ... Black woman author of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving to the Seattle suburbs ...