"She had lost all she could stand to lose..."

[curious_ria]

Octavia Estelle Butler: June 22, 1947 - February 24, 2006

This entry is dedicated to a very gifted, ground-breaking African-American science-fiction author. I was introduced to her work through my African-American literature class in grad school. We were given the assignment to read the book Kindred by Ms. Butler. This book is not for everyone, I

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[stmcole]

You know I think I've heard of that book, but I've never read it. I will definately pick it up now. It sounds facinating. Thank you.

[kelemvour]

It does sound like a very interesting book. I'm sorry to hear she has passed away though.... It really sucks when a favoured author/actor is gone because you cannot enjoy new works from them.... But at least you can reread/resee those works they did create.

~ R

[cruisedirector]

I taught Kindred at DePaul in a summer bridge course for high school students who needed catch-up work for college. (They had to read a list of other novels -- this was the only one I got to choose.) I have never heard a classroom have so many interesting discussions, not even teaching Shakespeare. Her loss is monumental.