Like all of Octavia Butler’s best writing, these works of the imagination are parables of the contemporary world. She proves constant in her vigil, an unblinking pessimist hoping to be proven wrong, and one of contemporary literature’s strongest voices.
Bloodchild
The evening and the morning and the night
Near of kin
Speech sounds
Crossover
Positive obsession
Furor scribendi
Amnesty
The Book of Martha
Endorsements
A New York Times Notable Book.
“Bloodchild” — winner of the Hugo and the Nebula awards.
“Speech Sounds” — winner of the Hugo Award.