As I write, it is June 22, 2006, which happens to be the birthday of Octavia Estelle Butler, the exceptional writer who died earlier this year. As Greg Tate put it recently, Octavia's books 'remain the greatest black/sf films never made'.
She won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was the first science fiction writer ever to be a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 1995.
Given all that myspace is good for, this page seemed like a great way, for all those who wish to, to lay a 'virtual flower' as it were, so please, make your add requests, and show some love for Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947 February 24, 2006)
Octavia Butler on wikipedia
Octavia Butler homepage from Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Voices from the Gaps: Octavia Estelle Butler
Bibliography from Feminist Sci Fi Utopia
Octavia E. Butler at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Octavia Estelle Butler: An Unofficial Web Page
Octavia Butler .net
Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship
"The Book of Martha" at Scifi.com
"Amnesty" at Scifi.com
Octavia Butler biography from Black Women in America at OUP Blog
"Devil Girl From Mars": Why I Write Science Fiction , MIT Media in Transition Project, October 4, 1998
Strange Bedfellows: Eugenics, Attraction, and Aversion in the Works of Octavia E. Butler
"Interview: Octavia Butler" , scifidimensions, June 2004; on the 25th anniversary of Kindred.
"Interview with Octavia Butler" , The Indypendent, January 2006
"Interview with Octavia Butler" , Addicted to Race, February 6, 2006.
"Science Fiction Writer Octavia Butler on Race, Global Warming and Religion" , Democracy Now!, November 11, 2005.
"Essay on Racism: A Science-Fiction Writer Shares Her View of Intolerance" , Weekend Edition Saturday, September 1, 2001.
Interview with Locus magazine, June 2000
The Bat Segundo Show ..15 (podcast interview)
