Kindred review – Octavia E Butler’s daring sci-fi novel makes for hit-and-miss TV
Kindred review – Octavia E Butler’s daring sci-fi novel makes for hit-and-miss TV
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The GuardianLauren Mechling
Octavia E. Butler died 20 years ago today at age 58. Celebrated for her pioneering work in Afrofuturism and speculative fiction, Butler was the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur “genius” award and the first African American woman to win widespread recognition in that genre. Her works, such as "Kindred" and "Parable of the Sower" nurture a deeper understanding of the past, present, and possible futures and continue to be reexamined by scholars and embraced by new aud
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Octavia E. Butler died 20 years ago today at age 58. Celebrated for her pioneering work in Afrofuturism and speculative fiction, Butler was the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur “genius” award and the first African American woman to win widespread recognition in that genre. Her works, such as "Kindred" and "Parable of the Sower" nurture a deeper understanding of the past, present, and possible futures and continue to be reexamined by scholars and embraced by new aud
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The Octavia Lab, named after the award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, is a do-it-yourself makerspace located inside the Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library. Octavia Lab provides library cardholders free and unlimited access to state-of-the-art design, fabrication, preservation, and story-telling technologies. lapl.org/labs | Los Angeles Public Library
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The Octavia Lab, named after the award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, is a do-it-yourself makerspace located inside the Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library. Octavia Lab provides library cardholders free and unlimited access to state-of-the-art design, fabrication, preservation, and story-telling technologies. lapl.org/labs | Los Angeles Public Library
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