Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
@leahstokes.bsky.social That is amazing! I looked it up and found this story that says it is becoming an opera composed and performed by a couple of my favorite musicians:
https://www.wusf.org/2023-07-14/octavia-butler-wrote-a-parable-that-became-a-prophecy-now-its-also-an-opera 
Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — now it's also an opera
Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower — depicting a dystopian U.S. in 2024 — was published 30 years ago. Toshi Reagon's new musical retelling explores the web of past, present and future.
Leah Stokes
bhaugen
Michael
Andy Tonks