In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia E. Butler writes about a brutal, mid-2020s Southern California ravaged by wildfire, earthquakes and an addictive pharmaceutical that fuels a destructive drug ...

But what does it mean to persist? Lauren establishes a religion called Earthseed that she believes can teach humanity how to ...

In her 1993 novel, Parable of the Sower, she imagined a Los Angeles encircled by fires. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recently acquired this vibrant quilted portrait of Octavia Butler by ...

Published in 1993, late science fiction writer Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" ranks 12th for this year's most-requested title. The novel predicts a dystopian future, set in 2024 ...