Check out the book, A Phoenix First Must Burn: a collection of sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic. Jemisin are just a few of the many authors inspired by Butler and her legacy. Nnedi Okorafor, Nisi Shawl, Tananarive Due, and N.K. Butler would have been proud of all the authors and future writers that she has influenced. Why not try using the following writing prompt and reimagine your future? Prompt: What will be the future of food? Will all food be made in a lab? Her canon of books foretold the future and will continue to do so. Butler think about what is happening in the world now? Octavia was tuned in to the problems facing our modern world. Take a trip to the Octavia Lab, a do-it-yourself studio space here at Central Library!.Butler’s legacy on what would have been her 75th birthday: The library was an important part of Octavia’s life and in return, she was and continues to be an important part of the library. Her work in speculative fiction made a profound impact on the genre and will continue to influence authors of diverse backgrounds into the future. She won many science fiction writing awards, including the Hugo and Nebula Awards, as well as a MacArthur Fellowship. She was born on Jin Pasadena, CA, and died of a stroke at the age of 58, in 2006.ĭuring her career Octavia published 12 novels and a book of short stories. Butler was a science fiction author who had a very close connection to the Los Angeles Public Library and made an impact on our organization, community, and the world that will last forever.
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