Octavia Butler
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cynthia1960: Octavia Butler has died.
She was never among my favorite authors - I've never been sure that I liked her work - but she was among my most-valued authors, if that distinction makes any sense. Her works were challenging, packed with ideas, and - often - extremely disturbing. I never read the "Parable" books and feel no great desire to, but the books I did read - Clay's Ark, Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Patternmaster, the "Xenogenesis" trilogy - keep drawing me back.
Ave atque vale, Ms. Butler.
cynthia1960: Octavia Butler has died.She was never among my favorite authors - I've never been sure that I liked her work - but she was among my most-valued authors, if that distinction makes any sense. Her works were challenging, packed with ideas, and - often - extremely disturbing. I never read the "Parable" books and feel no great desire to, but the books I did read - Clay's Ark, Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Patternmaster, the "Xenogenesis" trilogy - keep drawing me back.
Ave atque vale, Ms. Butler.
