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    10 Sci-Fi Books About Post-Human Evolution

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  • Shey posing headshot and flanked next to a collage of some of their favorite books. (Image: Chris Harding and various publishers.)

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    A24 Will Adapt Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower Into a Movie

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    Octavia Butler Just Hit the NYT Best Seller List for the FIRST Time. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.

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  • Still from the Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix.

    Things We Saw Today: Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club Has Its First Adorable, Nostalgia-Packed Trailer

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  • Doodle for Google of Octavia Butler. (Image: Google Doodle.)

    Google Doodle Celebrates Science Fiction Legend Octavia E. Butler’s 71st Birthday

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    The Patterns Around Octavia Butler

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    Yo, Lionsgate: Maybe Turn These YA Books Into Movies Instead of Making More Hunger Games or Twilight

    By Aug 11th
     
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    Ava DuVernay to Bring Octavia Butler’s Dawn to Television, and It’s About Time

    By Aug 9th
     
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    Re-Read: Octavia Butler’s Parable Series

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