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Octavia E. Butler

Butler, Octavia Estelle

June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006 (aged 58)

Birth place: Pasadena, California, USA

108 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
October 1976 7 Review Patternmaster The Science Fiction Review Monthly, October 1976
November 1976 23 Review Patternmaster Starlog, November 1976
January 1977 30 Review Patternmaster Delap's F & SF Review, January 1977
April 1977 136 Review Patternmaster Galaxy, April 1977
February 1978 14 Review Mind of My Mind Delap's F & SF Review, February 1978
July 1978 Review Mind of My Mind Vector 88
July 1978 86 Review Survivor Galileo, July 1978
September 1978 67 Review Mind of my Mind Foundation, #14 September 1978
September 1978 66 Review Patternmaster Foundation, #14 September 1978
November 1978 47 Review Survivor Vector 90
January 1979 90 Review Survivor Foundation, #15 January 1979
May 1979 100 Review Patternmaster Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4
February 1980 96 Review Kindred The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1980
February 1980 47 Review Kindred Starship, Winter 1979-1980
March 1980 59 Essay Future Forum (Future Life, March 1980) Future Life, March 1980
June 1980 Review Mind of My Mind Paperback Inferno, Volume 3, Number 6
October 1980 20 Review Wild Seed Vector 99
November 1980 53 Essay Future Forum (Future Life, November 1980) Future Life, November 1980
1981 382 Review Wild Seed Extrapolation, Winter 1981
January 1981 168 Review Wild Seed Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 5, 1981
February 1981 85 Review Wild Seed Foundation, #21 February 1981
May 1981 7 Review Wild Seed Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, May 1981
June 1981 46|46.6 Review Wild Seed Rigel Science Fiction, #1 Summer 1981
December 1983 26 Short Fiction Speech Sounds Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1983
January 1984 11 Review Clay's Ark Locus, #276 January 1984
June 1984 34 Short Fiction Bloodchild Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1984
July 1984 44 Review Clay's Ark Fantasy Review, July 1984
August 1984 34 Review Clay's Ark The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1984
November 1984 164 Review Clay's Ark Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1984
1985 77 Review Clay's Ark Foundation, #33 Spring 1985
January 1986 20 Review Clay's Ark Amazing Stories, January 1986
March 1986 14 Interview Black Scholar Interview with Octavia Butler: Black Women and the Science Fiction Genre The Black Scholar, March/April 1986
March 1986 11 Review Kindred The Black Scholar, March/April 1986
March 1987 15|15.5 Review Dawn Locus, #314 March 1987
May 1987 56 Short Fiction The Evening and the Morning and the Night Omni, May 1987
September 1987 44|44.02 Review Dawn Science Fiction Chronicle, #96 September 1987
1988 4 Essay The Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1988
February 1988 Review Dawn: Xenogenesis 1 Vector 142
April 1988 15 Review Adulthood Rites Locus, #327 April 1988
October 1988 5 Interview Octavia E. Butler: SF in the Age of Anxiety Locus, #333 October 1988
April 1989 17 Review Adulthood Rites Vector 149
April 1989 15 Review Imago Locus, #339 April 1989
April 1989 17 Review Kindred Vector 149
September 1989 179 Review Imago Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1989
October 1989 20 Review Imago: Xenogenesis III Vector 152
1990 92 Review Adulthood Rites Science Fiction Review, Spring 1990
1990 92 Review Dawn Science Fiction Review, Spring 1990
1990 92 Review Imago Science Fiction Review, Spring 1990
February 1990 40 Review Adulthood Rites The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1990
February 1990 8 Review Adulthood Rites: Xenogenesis 2 Paperback Inferno, #82
February 1990 40 Review Dawn The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1990
February 1990 40 Review Wild Seed The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1990
December 1990 6 Review Imago Paperback Inferno, #87
April 1991 9 Review Wild Seed Paperback Inferno, #89
June 1991 11 Review Mind of My Mind Paperback Inferno, #90
October 1991 8 Review Clay's Ark Paperback Inferno, #92
April 1992 18 Review Clay's Ark Vector 166
August 1993 4 Essay First Word (Omni, August 1993) Omni, August 1993
December 1993 17 Review Parable of the Sower Locus, #395 December 1993
1994 99 Interview An Interview with Octavia E. Butler Science Fiction Eye, #13, Spring 1994
1994 98 Review Parable of the Sower Science Fiction Eye, #13, Spring 1994
1994 98 Review Parable of the Sower Science Fiction Eye, #13, Spring 1994
January 1994 22 Review Parable of the Sower The New York Times Book Review, January 2, 1994
February 1994 33 Review Parable of the Sower Science Fiction Chronicle, #170 February 1994
April 1994 19 Review Parable of the Sower Locus, #399 April 1994
July 1994 Review Parable of the Sower The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1994
August 1994 164 Review Parable of the Sower Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1994
1995 15 Review Parable of the Sower Vector 184 Summer 1995
September 1995 23 Review Bloodchild and Other Stories Locus, #416 September 1995
1996 19|19.2 Review Bloodchild and Other Stories Nova Express, Fall/Winter 1996
January 1996 30 Review Bloodchild and Other Stories The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1996
February 1996 8 Interview SFC Interview: A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler Science Fiction Chronicle, #188 February 1996
December 1996 20 Interview Octavia E. Butler Mouths Off! Terra Incognita, Winter 1996/1997
1997 52|52.5 Review Bloodchild and Other Stories Valkyrie, Issue 14
1997 52|52.4 Review Kindred Valkyrie, Issue 14
1997 52|52.3 Review Parable of the Sower Valkyrie, Issue 14
October 1997 46 Interview An Interview with Octavia E. Butler Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy, Autumn 1997
December 1998 16 Review Parable of the Talents Locus, #455 December 1998
December 1998 17 Review Parable of the Talents Locus, #455 December 1998
March 1999 Review Parable of the Talents Science Fiction Weekly, 15 Mar 1999
April 1999 |5 Review Clay's Ark First Impressions, Installment Forty-Seven
April 1999 |3 Review Parable of the Sower First Impressions, Installment Forty-Seven
September 1999 |3 Review Bloodchild and Other Stories First Impressions, Installment Fifty-One
September 1999 134 Review Parable of the Talents Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1999
November 1999 11 Review Parable of the Talents The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1999
June 2000 4 Interview Octavia E. Butler: Persistence Locus, #473 June 2000
December 2000 137 Review Lilith's Brood Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2000
January 2003 Short Fiction Amnesty Sci Fiction, January 22, 2003
February 2003 21 Interview Watching the Story Happen Interzone, February 2003
May 2003 Short Fiction The Book of Martha Sci Fiction, May 21, 2003
October 2005 19 Review Fledgling Locus, #537 October 2005
2006 77 Review Fledgling Subterranean, Issue #3
March 2006 25 Review Fledgling Vector 246
March 2006 Review Fledgling Strange Horizons, 6 March 2006
June 2007 133 Review Fledgling Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2007
June 2009 29 Review Bloodchild and Other Stories Locus, #581 June 2009
June 2009 30 Review Dawn Locus, #581 June 2009
June 2009 30 Review Kindred Locus, #581 June 2009
June 2009 30 Review Patternmaster Locus, #581 June 2009
July 2014 |6 Review Bloodchild StarShipSofa, No 346
August 2014 42 Review Unexpected Stories Locus, #643 August 2014
August 2017 |3 Review Kindred This American Life, August 18, 2017
February 2020 |11.3 Review Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaption Lightspeed, February 2020
July 2020 4|4.1 Review Fledgling The New York Times Book Review, July 19, 2020
July 2021 335 Review Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories The Hudson Review, Summer 2021
November 2021 92|92.1 Review Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2021
2022 83 Review Patternmaster Ultimate Sci-Fi Retro Collection
May 2022 205 Review Octavia Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2022

35 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1976 Novel Patternmaster Octavia E. Butler
1977 Novel Mind of My Mind Octavia E. Butler
1978 Novel Survivor Octavia E. Butler
1979 Novel Kindred Octavia E. Butler
1980 Novel Wild Seed Octavia E. Butler
1984 Novel Clay's Ark Octavia E. Butler
1987 Novel Dawn Octavia E. Butler
1988 Novel Adulthood Rites Octavia E. Butler
1989 Novel Imago Octavia E. Butler
1989 Omnibus Xenogenesis Octavia E. Butler
1991 Chapbook The Evening and the Morning and the Night Octavia E. Butler
1993 Novel Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler
1995 Collection Bloodchild and Other Stories Octavia E. Butler
1998 Novel Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler
1999 Omnibus Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents / Kindred Octavia E. Butler
2000 Omnibus Lilith's Brood Octavia E. Butler
2005 Collection Bloodchild and Other Stories, Second Edition Octavia E. Butler
2005 Novel Fledgling Octavia E. Butler
2007 Omnibus Seed to Harvest Octavia E. Butler
2014 Chapbook Bloodchild Octavia E. Butler
2014 Collection Unexpected Stories Octavia E. Butler
2016 Novel The Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler
2016 Omnibus The Parable of the Sower / The Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler
2016 Novel The Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler
2017 Omnibus Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler
2017 Novel Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Octavia E. Butler & Damian Duffy
2019 Omnibus Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler
2020 Novel Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaption Octavia E. Butler & Damian Duffy
2021 Omnibus Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories Octavia E. Butler
2023 Nonfiction The Last Interview and Other Conversations Octavia E. Butler
2024 Nonfiction A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay Octavia E. Butler
2025 Omnibus Lilith's Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago / Other Writings Octavia E. Butler
2025 Novel Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaption Octavia E. Butler & Damian Duffy
2025 Novel Parable of the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Damian Duffy & Octavia E. Butler & John Jennings & David Brame
2026 Omnibus The Parables: Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler
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