Jan 14, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire last week but suffered “minimal damage,” according to a statement on the cemetery’s web site.

As an African American woman in a predominantly white and male genre, she brought new perspectives to the forefront. Butler was born in Pasadena and grew up in predominately Black neighborhoods in Pasadena and Altadena. She faced discrimination and bullying both at school and in society at large.

Jan 14, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is...

Jan 20, 2025 · In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who lived in nearby Altadena, predicted the catastrophic Los Angeles fires.

Jan 15, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif. — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did...

Jan 14, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif. – Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did...

Jan 18, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif. -- Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch ...

Jan 14, 2025 · ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is...

Jan 15, 2025 · The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel Parable Of The Sower imagined fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a local cemetery in Altadena.

Aug 17, 2023 · Celebrated science fiction author and Pasadena native Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) tussled with the same environmental and social concerns as contemporary Angelenos.