The science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote about a fictional president who used the phrase "make America great again" in her 1998 book "Parable of the Talents." Rating: True (About this rating?) ...

This story is part of Image issue 11, “Renovation,” where we explore the architecture of everyday life — and what it would look like to tear it all down. Read the whole issue here. What face comes to ...

Every storyteller has a tool: a notebook, a camera, a microphone. For legendary author Octavia Butler, it was a powder blue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nikki High is taking a big leap with Octavia's Bookshelf in Pasadena. She's had her moments of doubt, but concluded, "We have to ...

Celebrated science fiction author and Pasadena native Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) tussled with the same environmental and social concerns as contemporary Angelenos. We know, because the ...

Author Octavia E. Butler has challenged the boundaries of space and time. Now her work is influencing the stage. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ...

“I am too alone, too slow, too lazy, too undisciplined, too little in my big body. I talk too much — and too little — saying too often the wrong thing.” Octavia Butler wrote these words in her ...

The visionary Black science-fiction writer Octavia Butler died 15 years ago on February 24, 2006, but her influence and readership has only continued to grow since then. In September, Butler’s novel ...

Science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler said the novels in her “Parable” series were meant to be cautionary. Her 1993 “Parable of the Sower” follows Lauren Oya Olamina, a teenager born with ...

Kindred, the time-travel drama premiering on Hulu this week, marks the first time Octavia Butler’s seminal science fiction novel has been brought to screen — but it’s not the first attempt. Nearly 40 ...

Today we are wrapping up Science Fiction Week with a very special episode from our friends at NPR's history podcast Throughline. As a part of their Imagining New Worlds series, they dive into the life ...

For Black History Month, we're sharing stories of overlooked entertainment trailblazers: those who made great strides and historic contributions to film, TV, music, literature and more. If you love ...