If only Octavia Butler were still out here writing to us, the future, from the past, here I am waiting for the circles to return. #dystopian #sciencefiction #solarpunk #fiction #OctaviaButler I guess she’s probably planning some poetic shit with Ursula Leguin for 2050, when they get reborn (they weren’t all that tired)

Destruction

When vision fails,
Direction is lost.

When direction is lost,
Purpose may be forgotten.

When purpose is forgotten,
Emotion rules alone.

When emotion rules alone,
Destruction… destruction.

~ Octavia Butler

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Craig Constantine

Presence, not pursuit.

Craig Constantine

A quotation from Octavia Butler

I mean there’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers — at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.

Octavia Butler (1947-2006) American writer
Essay (2000-05), “A Few Rules for Predicting the Future,” Essence Magazine

More about this quote: wist.info/butler-octavia/83940…

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Butler, Octavia - Essay (2000-05), "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future," Essence Magazine | WIST Quotations

I mean there’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers — at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.

WIST Quotations

Octavia Butler would have lived longer, but all of the time travel to the future so that she could get almost every detail correct took an enormous toll on her body.

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Les trois infos du jour valent le détour !

- Y'aurait-il une polémique Octavia Butler ? Son éditeur américain veut rééditer un livre qu'elle ne voulait pas voir ressortir.
- Bon, Narnia sera en retard ! Rendez-vous dans l'autre monde en 2027... Dommage...
- On a un chouette roman de science-fiction à vous présenter.

Tout ça, c'est sur le site Actusf.com.

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L'éditeur américain Grand Central Publishing réédite le livre d'Octavia Butler, Survivor... alors qu'elle s'y était opposée de son vivant !

On vous explique ça sur Actusf...

(Octavia Butler, c'est génial. Lisez la !)

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May Sci-Fi Novel: Imago (Butler), the last in the Xenogenesis trilogy. I'd hoped it would follow Akin from Adulthood Rites, I really came to like him by the end of that book and respect the way he insisted on a future for humanity despite the high likelihood of them destroying each other. I hope he shows up and I hope that humanity makes him proud. Not sure what to expect from this book, but I'm not optimistic about humanity's chances on Mars. #octaviabutler #scifi #books #literature #reading

RE: https://mastodon.social/@newsletterTF/116489871058657090

Man I get worked up over stuff like this. #OctaviaButler is one of my favorite writers, and the thought of reading more of her work is tantalizing, but:

She didn't want it published. I can't love her work and not respect her as a person, that feels wrong.

Sure, she might have changed her mind if she was still with us now, but she's not here to do that, so respecting her original wish feels like the right call.

I'm not demanding that you shouldn't read it, but I don't think I will.