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Octavia Butler 1947 - 2006

It is a sad day for sci-fi geeks - well for me anyway. On Saturday, Octavia Butler died due to a fall outside her home. I always liked her style of writing and the fact that she was a minority writer, both female AND black in a genre where there are male whites dominating. I liked her time travel novels, especially where she weaved historical fact and new technologies together. R.I.P.

Date: 2006-02-27 11:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] padawansguide.livejournal.com
Oh, that is sad! She was young! I've never read her, but she was a guest at Balticon a few times..

Date: 2006-02-28 03:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spacellama.livejournal.com
Thanks for posting this. I didn't know. What a loss for genre fiction.

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