Book Rex: Octavia Butler's world
The late sci-fi author specializes in moments where humanity is transitioning to something new
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Octavia Butler’s work was called pessimistic in her lifetime, largely for her bleak visions of the future. One of them, 1993’s The Parable of the Sower, is set in a 2020 where runaway climate change is heating the earth, society is starting to crumble, and the United States is ruled by a far-right President who ran on the platform “Make America Great Ag…
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