Topic: Octavia Butler dead at 58
Started by: James_Nostack
Started on: 2/28/2006
Board: glyphpress
On 2/28/2006 at 2:01am, James_Nostack wrote:
Octavia Butler dead at 58
Dang. I only read a few of her books, but she was good. I figured I'd post it here because she showed up in the bibliography thread.
Head injury after a fall at home
On 2/28/2006 at 3:26pm, nikola wrote:
Re: Octavia Butler dead at 58
Sad, indeed. I was just giving her work another shot, too.
On 6/15/2006 at 10:21pm, Nev the Deranged wrote:
RE: Re: Octavia Butler dead at 58
No! When did this happen?? I didn't hear anything about it... but then I haven't been listening to the radio much lately.
Cripes, March?? How the hell did I miss that? I'm crushed. Octavia Butler has long been one of my all time favorite authors. I reread the Xenogenesis trilogy every year, sometimes more.
She was also a champion of human rights and social justice, through her writing which explored via science fictional premises the interactions of people, cultures, races, and ideologies.
The world has lost a great light. But her work lives on, and I encourage anyone and everyone to seek it out and enjoy it.
On 8/19/2008 at 2:26pm, lopes-gabriel wrote:
RE: Re: Octavia Butler dead at 58
I just finished to read Bloodchild (Hospedeiros in portuguese). It is one of the best short stories I read.
On 8/19/2008 at 3:27pm, nikola wrote:
RE: Re: Octavia Butler dead at 58
Thanks for the recommendation, lopes!