Tag: Octavia Butler

Salon.com: If Tolkien Were Black

Laura Miller writes about Black writers taking on a literary genre dominated by nostalgia for Medieval England

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Move over HP Lovecraft, black fantasy writers are coming through

Daniel José Older talks about the (literally) changing face of SFF

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Good Read: 12 Science Fiction Books Written by Black Authors

Check out the list at Atlanta Black Star’s “Blerds.”


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10 Science Fiction Authors Whose Books Just Kept Getting Stranger

Including Octavia Butler and Samuel Delaney…

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Latino Millennials Recommend the Best Books for Summer Reading

“This is How You Lose Her,” “Dawn, “Queen of America,” and more…

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Afrofuturism takes flight: from Sun Ra to Janelle Monáe

Great piece about Afrofuturism. Thank you, Guardian.

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King Britt, curator of MoMA’s Moondanda Afrofuturism event. Photograph: John Kaufman

Fascinating Places, As Seen In Science Fiction Books

Visual interpretations of Nnedi Okorafor’s & Octavia Butler’s works

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