Octavia Butler (1947-2006) spent the majority of her prolific
career as the only major black female author of science fiction.
Winner of both the Nebula and Hugo Awards as well as a MacArthur
"genius" grant, the first for a science fiction writer, Butler
created worlds that challenged notions of race, sex, gender, and
humanity. Whether in the postapocalyptic future of the Parable
stories, in the human inability to assimilate change and difference
in the Xenogenesis books, or in the destructive sense of
superiority in the Patternist series, Butler held up a mirror,
reflecting what is beautiful, corrupt, worthwhile, and damning
about the world we inhabit.
In interviews ranging from 1980 until just before her sudden
death in 2006, "Conversations with Octavia Butler" reveals a writer
very much aware of herself as the "rare bird" of science fiction
even as she shows frustration with the constant question,"How does
it feel to be the only one?" Whether discussing humanity's
biological imperatives or the difference between science fiction
and fantasy or the plight of the working poor in America, Butler
emerges in these interviews as funny, intelligent, complicated, and
intensely original.
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