Octavia E. Butler

1 month ago | theportalist.com | Kayleigh Donaldson |Poul Anderson |Octavia E. Butler |Arthur Clarke

With centuries of work to its genre and countless millions of words in print, the history of science fiction is too vast to be summarized. It’s a field that encompasses endless themes, styles, ideas, and plots. It covers the full gamut of what it means to be human or alien. Even condensing the genre into its greatest writers is a task and a half.

2 months ago | prh.org | Octavia E. Butler |Joy Harjo |Derecka Purnell |Sonya Taylor

With the new year in full swing, PRH is thinking about the texts that build our foundations and sustain our spirit as we do this work at this time under increasing political duress. Reading keeps us grounded in what people before us and around us know to be true and know to be possible. Please find a few books that are currently on our shelves across the PRH Staff and Board of Directors.

Nov 16, 2024 | themarysue.com | Octavia E. Butler |Sarah Fimm

You ring the dusty old doorbell of a dusty old mansion in the dusty old countryside of dusty old England—and then a dusty old butler opens the door with a creak. You say that you received a letter to come here and learn that a distant relative of yours once lived in this house. He has unfortunately passed away and left you a certain … inheritance. It’s the entirety of his gothic horror fiction collection! But why should you care?

Oct 28, 2024 | inbetweendrafts.com | Brianna Robinson |Octavia E. Butler |Jon Negroni

If I asked an avid reader, on the spot, what their favorite book of all time is, they might struggle. I know I would. The favorite would depend on my mood, my current read, the person asking. It’s a deeply personal and hard question to answer. When asked to recommend her three favorite books, Ciera Burch, author of Something Kindred, had as hard a time with it as I would. But she persevered and picked, in my opinion, three fantastic books. So, what are Ciera’s three favorite reads?

Sep 20, 2024 | bookriot.com | Octavia E. Butler |Lidia Yuknavitch |Chris Arnone

There’s something about election season here in the US that makes me want to escape to different worlds and different times. Sometimes, I feel hopeful, but oftentimes, I just need to check out and get lost in a science fiction book about time travel. What if we could go back in time and correct our mistakes? What if we could correct the larger horrors of humanity? What if we could leap forward and behold what’s to come?