bloodchild and other stories octavia butler

And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.īefore he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.īefore a man Jason’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” Her papers are held in the research collection of the Huntington Library.more Butler died of a stroke at the age of 58. She also taught writer's workshops, and eventually relocated to Washington state. Her books and short stories drew the favorable attention of the public and awards judges. She soon sold her first stories and by the late 1970s had become sufficiently successful as an author that she was able to pursue writing full-time. She attended community college during the Black Power movement, and while participating in a local writer's workshop was encouraged to attend the Clarion Workshop, which focused on science fiction. She began writing science fiction as a teenager. Extremely shy as a child, Octavia found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' Grant.Īfter her father died, Butler was raised by her widowed mother.

She soon sold her first stories and by the late 1970s had become Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field.

After her father died, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' Grant. Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field.

Bloodchild and other stories octavia butler