... Butler does write good visual images, and the technology is there to create convincing Oankali (e.g.Gollum in LOTR) and so on. However, Butler's stories...
Hi MarMack, Sorry about taking so long to get back to you. No need to ask me offline if you want to invite members on the posts here. If its related to...
firstly Octavia, has a certain foresight that transcends our need to group and seperate blacks from there other race children white,red yellow etc. That said...
The Blackwomans power to compell and lead 2. The need for new religion or a re-alignment with tru spirituality 3. Humans true interdependence to each other for...
First let me say WOW!!! I am soooooo pleased to see a yahoo group dedicated to the discussion of Ms. Butler's works. I have been a long time fan of her...
... movie form? Some years ago I heard from a good friend who works for Harpo Studios (the Oprah camp), that Ms. Winfrey had purchased all the rights to...
... Wow indeed. I must say I found your post pretty riveting. Sometimes activity lags in this group, which is understandable since Ms. Butler doesn't rush her...
As much as I would like to see a Butler novel on the big screen...something that would show the populace what I know about this amazing woman, it could go...
I agree that Butler is one of those that you just run into, somehow , or so it seems. I just happened to be in the library looking for another book (that I...
Butler, Octavia, well I was introduced to Wild Seed by a friend of the time, Im a Sci Fi Junky but I am moved by few writers or their worx. Octavia well...
I didnt hear anybody say it but what about a nicely done comic book and or graphic novel. Or maybe a nicely done up mature cartoon movie. What do you think? If...
I hear of books by Black sci-fi authers being done up in movies but they never seem to make it to the screen. I don't know if you have read Tannarive Due but...
"Earthseed's Destiny is to take root among the stars" Lauren recognizes that worlds die and with them the civilization will also die. By taking root among the...
Hi I'm brand new to the group. I was recently turned on to Butler by a professor who assigned Kindred as required reading. I was skeptical at first because...
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I am, I suppose, at the present moment, the newest member of the group. I bid you all Greetings! And to the Moderator…. Job well done! I, like so many...
Hello: Lyn your comments about Octavia Butler and the ties to African Metaphysical really caught my eye. I too thought this to be true and have helped me to...
Greetings Mar Mark! I am grateful for your communication and appreciate the feedback. Before I respond to your comments, I would first like to ask, whom is...
Hello all, new to the group. I'd like your recomendations for other books that are similar to octavia's. I have tried the 'if you like this you will like..."...
I think you might enjoy some of Sherri Teppers books. Start with Gibbon's Decline and Fall. http://snipurl.com/aznq Gibbon's Decline and fall is a Feminist...
Hello All, I am another Butler fan, and appreciate the opportunity to share my enthusiasm with others. Like a few of you, I found one book, Dawn, read it in a...
Hi Sue, I think it is fantastic that you have read Butler to your daughter (mental note to self when I have children). I too had a hardtime finding hardcovers...
Hard Cover of XenoGenesis. This is from ABE Book (advance book exchange) http://snipurl.com/b5fb The link I am providing is forBUTLER, OCTAVIA Xenogenesis ...
I AM GOING TO BUY PARABLE OF THE SOWER TO TAKE ON MY NEXT DEPLOYMENT. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE OTHER BOOKS. IS PARABLE OF THE SOWER THE FIRST? WHAT BOOK IS...
Good Choice! There are only two books in the Earthseed series. "Parable of the Sower" is the first and "Parable of the Talents" is the second. Both are ...
I just read Kindred, Wild Seed, and Mind of My Mind in the last few days. Seems to me Doro and Rufus are extremely similar characters, and Anyanwu and Dana are...
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