Looking back at Hungary’s authoritarian rule, Octavia Butler helps us understand why such people rise to power and why the resistance we saw in the Hungarian people can be effective.
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Octavia Butler and Hungary’s Liberation
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Butler’s Nightmare Climate Change Vision
In “Parable of the Sower,” Butler foresees the human toll of climate change but also looks for hope in our response.
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Butler’s Theology in Parable of the Sower
Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” shows new ways of imagining God.
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Our Most Prescient Sci-Fi Writer?
A “New Yorker” article argues that Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Seed” wins out over “1984” and “Handmaid’s Tale” in “the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time.”
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