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Orange County Register · 3d

Writer Octavia Butler imagined an LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived

Her “Parable of the Sower” has been cited for anticipating a world — and a Los Angeles — wracked by climate change, racism and economic disparity.

Alternet on MSN · 2d

Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning - MSN

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40,

The Associated Press on MSN · 4d

Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived

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,

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Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It

Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

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The Eerie Prescience of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'

As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...

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