Octavia Butler has often been called the "grand dame of science fiction," and for good reason. Her extensive catalog of books, including the much-beloved Kindred, has changed the shape of speculative ...

When Octavia E. Butler wrote ‘The Parable of the Sower,’ she vowed to include only things that could actually happen—which perhaps explains why the novel feels so prescient. “I was trying not to ...

Melina Matsoukas has found her next directorial project in Octavia E. Butler's landmark sci-fi odyssey "Parable of the Sower." Matsoukas, whose resume includes "Queen & Slim," "Insecure" and several ...

The 1993 novel is hailed as one of the best science fiction books of all time, along with George Orwell's '1984' and Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale.' One of the most lauded science fiction ...

Young people who have read Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel say it’s not only prescient, but also carries lessons for today. Imminent drought, rising sea waters, destructive borders, a vanishing middle ...

Throughout the past year, Reagon has been leading a community-based project—Parable Path Maine—based on the themes of her opera: the effects of environmental ruin and inequality, and the ideas of ...

Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The 1993 dystopian classic recounts the life and times of a Black girl who shares the pain of others. Lauren lives with this burden ...

With the Doomsday Clock ticking ever closer to midnight and threats of nuclear war and illness outbreaks, things are a little scary right now, globally. In 1993, science-fiction writer Octavia E.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Matthew 13, a chapter full of parables, Jesus tells the parable of the Sower of the seed. It is a story of a farmer, scattering ...