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Kindred books, audio, and guides

As we countdown to Octavia Butler's birthday on June 22, here are some products you might want for your bookshelf or to give as gifts!

Books

Current

25th Anniversary Edition

Audio

Current

Classic

Study Guides

Kindred

your name: 
Byron
location: 
Little Rock, AR
your note: 
we waste so much, time, energy, people. Octavia E. Butler touched me. Her voice, tone, manner are always familar. I am more through her works and vision. "She touched she changed, me.' Peace Is Love

"The Book of Martha" & "Amnesty"

Here are two short stories published on scifi.com and in the second edition of Bloodchild, available at Seven Stories Press. I read this story and I grieved again over Ms. Butler’s untimely passing. The Book of Martha story is prophetic in its description of a writer who finds herself suddenly with God. To me, Amnesty centers around themes of sameness\difference and of colonization in a post-alien-colonization US.

Novel List

Here is a list which includes Ms. Butler's 12 novels and 1 short-story collection. They are organized by series. Compilations are also listed.

Series Title (first publication or copyright date)**

Predicting the future

Attached below is a brief essay by Ms. Butler, from Essence magazine (2000). The article, "Brave New Worlds", includes an essay from Edwidge Danticat.

In Adobe Reader format.

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