Tuesday, February 28, 2006

another one gone: Octavia Butler

this is shocking: CNN.com - Sci-fi�author Octavia Butler dies after fall - Feb 27, 2006

2 comments:

Sid said...

No! Oh, sad. I remember reading Xenogenesis in high school (which I think has been repackaged since as three separate novels under a different title) and being blown away by the creativity and the inclusion of characters of color. She was a wonderful, wonderful writer.

Dark Daughta said...

I said to my partner's mother, that it's almost as if they're amassing forces on the other side, so many Powers have passed.