Octavia Butler died

blisswriter · Feb 27, 2006

I've never met her but I feel very sad about this. She was one of my favorite authors and I was hoping to meet her one day.

Posted 2/27/2006 1:42 AM

Science fiction writer Octavia Butler dies

SEATTLE (AP) — Octavia E. Butler, considered the first black woman to gain national prominence as a science fiction writer, has died, a close friend said Sunday. She was 58.

Here's the link for the full story:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-02-27-butler-obit_x.htm?csp=27

veinglory · Feb 27, 2006

That really ruined my day. Her books are brilliant and I loved her just from the one interview I saw. Her Xenogenisis Books were really disturbing but I think my favourite is 'Clay's Ark' (I'm pretty sure that was one of hers anyway).

Pthom · Feb 27, 2006

veinglory said:
That really ruined my day.

Mine too. Damn. She was just my age . . . WAY too early to drop off the twig.

Angel_Of_The_Morning · Feb 27, 2006

That's so sad. . . I had to read a book by her in one of my classes last semester called Kindred. I liked it a lot, and I am hoping to read more of her books some day b/c I liked that one. . . not longer after I discover who she is, she dies. I hope she rests in peace.

blisswriter · Feb 27, 2006

veinglory said:
I think my favourite is 'Clay's Ark' (I'm pretty sure that was one of hers anyway).

Yep, that's one of hers.

triceretops · Feb 27, 2006

Oh, no, say it ain't so. Another giant bites the dust, but she will be remembered. Our ranks are thinning, folks.

Tri

Pthom · Feb 28, 2006

triceretops said:
... Our ranks are thinning, folks.

No...just a changing of the guard: do not discount us.

But we do have rather imposing shoes to fill, don't we?

JerseyGirl1962 · Mar 1, 2006

I just picked up a couple of her books after several recommendations (from people on AW and elsewhere). I was going to start reading one of them in a few days...RIP.

58 is *way* too young.

~Nancy

JerseyGirl1962 · Mar 23, 2006

Octavia Butler Scolarship Fund

(It's actually a scholarship fund, but I have no clue as to how to change the header of this thread.)

From Publishers Lunch:

[size=-1]Warner, Seven Stories, Beacon Press, The Carl Brandon Society, Writers House, and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame have jointly created the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor the science fiction writer who died last month. The fund "will enable writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops where Ms. Butler got her start. It has been established to honor and affirm her legacy by providing the same opportunity and experience Ms. Butler had to future generations of emerging writers of color."

For more information, see CarlBrandon.org

I had just started reading Wild Seed (thanks to the people on AW) when I'd heard she died. Definitely a worthwhile undertaking.

~Nancy
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Octavia Butler died

blisswriter

blissed beyond belief...

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Pthom

Word butcher

Angel_Of_The_Morning

blisswriter

blissed beyond belief...

triceretops

Pthom

Word butcher

JerseyGirl1962

I heart Malamutes! :-)

JerseyGirl1962

I heart Malamutes! :-)