author: Octavia E. Butler

  • Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

    Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

    Butler’s last book might be her weirdest and is surely her most misunderstood

  • Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

    Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

    I was assigned Dawn in an English class in university in the late 1990s. It blew me away and I was instantly a Butler fan. I haven’t read this one in more than 20 years, and it stands up as well as any of Butler’s other works. It’s calm, thoughtful, and full of ideas. I…

  • Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

    I read this in school more than 20 years ago, and it blew me away then. This book is so engaging and rich with ideas about class, sex, gender, violence and the nature of humanity. Absolutely timeless and just perfect.