Comments on: Reflections on Octavia Butler

By: Nineveh Menifee

Nineveh Menifee — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:09:55 +0000

Hmmmm…I always thought that I would meet her one day.I took her for granted in that way. I loved her writing. I suppose tomorrow isn’t promised.

Makes every word that she’s written until now, all the more important. She is indeed my favorite author.

By: Kila

Kila — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:39:56 +0000

I just found out about her death after writing so excitedly that I hoped FLEDGLING was the beginning of another series. It seems I finished the book on the day she died. Wow… theres just NOT another voice like hers out there

By: New Game Plus » Memorial for Octavia Butler

New Game Plus » Memorial for Octavia Butler — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:41:32 +0000

[...] I’ve also posted a bit more about Octavia Butler on tekanji’s blog, including links to some of her work available online. [...]

By: Roni

Roni — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:11:57 +0000

Thanks for sharing.

By: darkdaughta

darkdaughta — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:07:40 +0000

She was a foremother of exceptional vision. She filled a gap left open by feminist theorists and women of color academicians who could not quite see how we would transcend and transform the future. She wasn’t just a series of books on a course list or a writer whose style needed to studied and deconstructed. She was a seer whose passing will be noticed. She was one among a few in a breed that is ageing and passing.