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Today (June 22nd) is Octavia Butler's birthday. She would've been 61 this year.

The first book I read of hers was Parable of the Sower and I really liked it. It was unlike other science fiction I'd read. I went on to read more of her books... I think I've read a little less than half now. I read enough to start noticing themes that I didn't agree with, that remind me of themes in Orson Scott Card's books. So like with OSC, I have a love-hate relationship with her work.

But I would've loved to have met her in person. She's one of Clarion's success stories. And Clarion does have many success stories, but she'd be near the top, for sure.

I wish I'd known it was her birthday today, yesterday, when I was in Borders. Because now I want to pick up her collection of short stories, Bloodchild and Other Stories.

Read more about her on Wikipedia.

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Date: 2008-06-22 08:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shweta-narayan.livejournal.com
Just for the record: pick up Bloodchild and Other Stories even if you can't do it for her birthday. Don't wait for next year. It's got some of the most amazing short stories I've ever read. And her essay(s?) in there really speak to beginning writers like us.

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Date: 2008-06-22 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julieandrews.livejournal.com
I love essays on writing.

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