![]() ![]() ![]() In 2020, the future Butler described is at our doorsteps and all too real.īlack women play commanding and powerful leading roles in many of Butler’s novels, hence the association with the term Afrofuturism. In 1993 when her tenth novel “Parable of the Sower” first appeared, 2024, the year in which it is set, must have seemed far enough away to hold a dystopian world of unprecedented crime, acute global warming, soaring joblessness, police services limited to the wealthy, and a pervasive fear of going outside. She helped reshape the genre of science fiction by offering grounded, naturalistic stories in which characters like herself could flourish.īutler also had amazing forethought. Through her writing, Butler challenged gender stereotypes in American fiction, white privilege in their narratives, and racism in her profession. Butler was a visionary African American author, who imagined an alternate future for herself and our shared world. ![]()
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