Octavia E. Butler and Mike Davis are just some of the Angelenos whose books can help us understand L.A.'s fires, plus Kristin ...

Many have called the science fiction author a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of ...

“The society I portray in [this] book ... on Butler. “I started scrolling TikTok and saw people talking about the fires and I was like, ‘This sounds like a Octavia Butler movie.’” ...

As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its ...

Filmmaker Jordan Peele selects his favorite Black authors in ‘Out There Screaming,’ an anthology of stories. The book serves ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined ... replete with damaged structures. Butler's prescience predates this year. In the book’s sequel, “Parable of the Talents ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...

Butler. As the author recalled: "I wrote my first ten books on a manual typewriter." Chris Gunn Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction ...

I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls ...

Strong winds over the next day will create dangerous conditions as several major wildfires continue to burn in the Los ...

Firefighters around Los Angeles are preparing to attack flare-ups or new blazes. The National Weather Service issued a rare ...