Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, one of very few African American women in the field. She won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and was the first science fiction writer ever to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 1995.
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This exciting collection presents two previously unpublished stories by SF legend Butler. 'A Necessary Being' precedes the events of Survivor, Butler's third (famously disowned) installment in her Patternist series, and includes characters from it, focusi... SEE MORE