Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
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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, näytä lisää 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) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
Autograph, (S.F. Writer), I.S. Cut Out Title Page 3 kappaletta
Kindred: A Reader's Guide 1 kappale
Butler, Octavia Archive 1 kappale
The Missing Relationship 1 kappale
Kindred 1 kappale
Childfinder [short story] 1 kappale
A Necessary Being [novelette] 1 kappale
Bloodchild 1 kappale
Parable of the Sower 1 kappale
Lilith's Brood & Parable Series Collection 5 Books Set By Octavia Butler (Imago, Adulthood Rites, Dawn, Parable of the… (2023) 1 kappale
L'initiation: Xenogenesis 2 1 kappale
Book of the Living 1 kappale
2000x: Bloodchild 1 kappale
Tomorrow is the Child of Today 1 kappale
Stub for "Imago" in Lilith's Brood 1 kappale
Epilogue from Parable of the Talents 1 kappale
Elos Da Mente 1 kappale
Associated Works
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Avustaja — 845 kappaletta, 21 arvostelua
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (2000) — Avustaja — 544 kappaletta, 8 arvostelua
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Avustaja — 319 kappaletta, 5 arvostelua
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology (2015) — Avustaja — 306 kappaletta, 8 arvostelua
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Avustaja — 276 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004) — Avustaja — 274 kappaletta, 10 arvostelua
The New Hugo Winners: Award Winning Science Fiction Stories (1989) — Avustaja — 216 kappaletta, 3 arvostelua
Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s (1995) — Avustaja — 204 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection (1988) — Tekijä — 199 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (2006) — Avustaja — 181 kappaletta, 6 arvostelua
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Avustaja — 163 kappaletta
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2000) — Avustaja — 94 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Asimov's Science Fiction: Hugo & Nebula Award Winning Stories (1995) — Avustaja — 89 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994) — Avustaja — 64 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 • June 2016 (People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! special issue) (2016) — Avustaja — 59 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler (2017) — Avustaja — 58 kappaletta, 3 arvostelua
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology (2007) — Avustaja — 56 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults (1986) — Avustaja — 39 kappaletta
Nebula Awards 20: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1984 (1985) — Avustaja — 28 kappaletta
Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars (2013) — Avustaja — 26 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 8, No. 6 [June 1984] (1984) — Avustaja — 18 kappaletta
Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Readers) (2003) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction's Newest New-Wave Trajectory (2008) — Avustaja — 9 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Butler, Octavia Estelle
- Syntymäaika
- 1947-06-22
- Kuolinaika
- 2006-02-24
- Hautapaikka
- Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California, USA
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Lake Forest Park, Washington, USA
- Kuolinsyy
- fall
- Asuinpaikat
- Pasadena, California, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Koulutus
- Pasadena City College
California State University, Los Angeles - Ammatit
- science fiction writer
- Organisaatiot
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Creative Arts Award L.A. YWCA (1980)
MacArthur Fellowship (1995)
Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing: PEN American Center (2000)
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1997)
SF Hall Of Fame (2010)
SFWA Infinity Award (2023) - Agentti
- Merilee Heifetz (Writers House)
Jäseniä
Keskustelut
January 2021: Octavia Butler, Monthly Author Reads (marraskuu 2021)
Octavia Butler: American Author Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (elokuu 2017)
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