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Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)

Autor(a) de Kindred

56+ Works 43,579 Membros 1,461 Críticas 273 Favorited

About the Author

Science-fiction writer and novelist Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, on June 22, 1947. She earned as Associate of Arts degree from Pasadena City College in 1968 and later attended California State University and the University of California. Her first novel, Patternmaster, mostrar mais was the first in a series about a society run by a group of telepaths who are mentally linked to one another. She explored the topics of race, poverty, politics, religion, and human nature in her works. She won a Hugo Award in 1984 for her short story Speech Sounds and a Hugo Award and Nebula Award in 1985 for her novella Bloodchild. She received a MacArthur Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The award pays $295,000 over a five-year period to creative people who push the boundaries of their fields. She died in Lake Forest Park, Washington on February 24, 2006 at the age of 58. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Séries

Obras por Octavia E. Butler

Kindred (1979) 8,300 exemplares
Parable of the Sower (1993) 8,007 exemplares
Parable of the Talents (1998) 3,521 exemplares
Dawn (1987) 3,384 exemplares
Fledgling (2005) 2,966 exemplares
Wild Seed (1980) 2,820 exemplares
Lilith's Brood (1987) 2,574 exemplares
Adulthood Rites (1988) 1,671 exemplares
Imago (1989) 1,516 exemplares
Mind of My Mind (1977) 1,341 exemplares
Clay's Ark (1984) 1,217 exemplares
Patternmaster (1976) 1,116 exemplares
Seed to Harvest (2007) 960 exemplares
Bloodchild and Other Stories (1971) 510 exemplares
Survivor (1978) 351 exemplares
Unexpected Stories (2014) 237 exemplares
Earthseed: The Complete Series (2016) 182 exemplares
Bloodchild [short fiction] (1984) 152 exemplares
Speech Sounds {story} (1983) 23 exemplares
Amnesty {story} (2003) 4 exemplares
The Book of Martha {story} (2003) 3 exemplares
Science Fiction Special 32 (1981) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Near of Kin {story} (1979) 3 exemplares
Crossover {story} (1971) 3 exemplares
Kindred 1 exemplar
Elos Da Mente 1 exemplar
Bloodchild 1 exemplar
Science Fiction Special 31 (1979) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
De zaaier 1 exemplar
Book of the Living 1 exemplar
2000x: Bloodchild 1 exemplar
Journeys (1996) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (2008) — Contribuidor — 1,541 exemplares
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Contribuidor — 815 exemplares
The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contribuidor — 411 exemplares
Year's Best SF 9 (2004) — Contribuidor — 255 exemplares
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF (1985) — Contribuidor — 236 exemplares
The New Hugo Winners: Award Winning Science Fiction Stories (1989) — Contribuidor — 209 exemplares
The Secret History of Fantasy (2010) — Contribuidor — 199 exemplares
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995) — Contribuidor — 164 exemplares
Future on Ice (1998) — Contribuidor — 143 exemplares
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contribuidor — 133 exemplares
A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) — Contribuidor — 126 exemplares
Year's Best Fantasy 4 (2004) — Contribuidor — 111 exemplares
Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001) — Contribuidor — 101 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
Foundations of Fear (1992) — Contribuidor — 97 exemplares
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2000) — Contribuidor — 91 exemplares
Asimov's Science Fiction: Hugo & Nebula Award Winning Stories (1995) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 (1985) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
The Best of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1988) — Contribuidor — 70 exemplares
Clarion (1971) — Contribuidor — 61 exemplares
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler (2017) — Contribuidor — 57 exemplares
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology (2007) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IX (1993) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
Extreme Fiction: Fabulists and Formalists (2003) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
Reload: Rethinking Women + Cyberculture (2002) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Crucified Dreams (2011) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Invaders! (1993) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars (2013) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Chrysalis 4 (1979) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Omni Visions One (1993) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Virtually Now: Stories of Science, Technology, and the Future (1996) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Ikarus 2002 (2002) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Sinister Wisdom 71: Open Issue (2007) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

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January 2021: Octavia Butler em Monthly Author Reads (Novembro 2021)
Octavia Butler: American Author Challenge em 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (Agosto 2017)

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Well written in terms of character and world-building but it felt 'lite' almost conceited, a faint smug sense of 'I'm alright' all the way through and didn't properly capture the fear, uncertainty and unpreparedness the characters would actually have - which is ironic because that was part of the message it was trying to convey.

One of those the future is now books. Written decades ago, the opening is a futuristic 2024. We had managed to develop much better technology (although phones are close and not envisaged) but the trends of growing extremism and drug gang segregation, enclaves and no-go areas, have all risen much faster and overcome the world. Our heroine is living in a low-middle class such enclave surrounded by the mostly lawless and feral Outside. More feared than experienced. However the frequent attempts to break in are proof that at least some of the fears are real. It of course all comes crashing down and she's forced to flee, initially alone, but then with a small but growing crowed of trusted friends and companions to whom she preaches her new-though religion - why don't we all try to be nicer to each other.

I'm sure at the time it was ground-breaking and much disliked by many of the conservative side, even though it's portrays the evils of drugs etc. but I could never quite suspend my disbelief far enough, not just from the timeline, but also in how the enclaves and towns they passed through survived. Civilisation relies on a lot more integrated networks than seemed to exist. And all the people she met were either nice or obviously terrible, and the world just doesn't work that way.
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reading_fox | 236 outras críticas | Mar 15, 2024 |
I can't come up with a way to rate this one. All I can seem to say about Dawn is what it wasn't. I could hardly stand to read it towards the end as the consent... stuff... got worse and worse, but it was interesting and I did finish it. It was not incorrect, and not irrelevant, and not ill-conceived. I didn't like it. I don't think it was badly written. I don't not recommend it, but I don't recommend it either.

Ok, actually one thing I can say about it: Really Alien Aliens. Like, totally fucking fantastic aliens and alien culture and alien biology. Very few people are even decent at writing really alien cultures; Octavia Butler blows them all out of the solar system.

Most of what I'm struggling with is whether the ending was effective---which also depends on what was the point Butler was trying to make. (spoiler-cutting vague talk about the direction of the narrative that doesn't reference any specific plot points.) Lilith accepts things because she has no choice, and she tries to find a way to survive within them, and I'm not judging that at all---it's... real, human. But it's hard to reach the end without losing your grip on her struggle to justify things, and when you lose that you lose the ability to identify/empathize with her, and she sort of becomes a "statistic." And if she becomes a statistic, the point of the book goes from "what does it mean to be human" and "how do you survive a situation so completely out of your control" to "look what awful things I can come up with to do to my characters."
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caedocyon | 58 outras críticas | Mar 11, 2024 |
It's mostly Hoopla's fault but this was so hard to read! The Hoopla ebook is super low-quality images, combine with the font and it was a big old headache
 
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boopingaround | 14 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |
3.5-4. I think there are many legitimate criticisms of this book and the choices it makes; I am not surprised there are a fair few people who find it distasteful or unreadable. I did, however, read it in a matter of days--for me it was often uncomfortable but deeply propulsive.
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localgayangel | 144 outras críticas | Mar 5, 2024 |

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Membros
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Popularidade
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Avaliação
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ISBN
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