![]() ![]() It won the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and Science Fiction Chronicle awards and is widely regarded as one of her greatest works. Butler's shattering meditation on symbiosis, love, power and tough choices. With its street designation, the Lake Forest Park joins a handful of other places that honor Butler's name, some of which are out of this world. 1,968 ratings See all formats and editions Digital Set on a distant planet, Bloodchild is award-winning author Octavia E. After her passing, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Butler was the first sci-fi author to receive a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. She garnered a range of awards throughout here literary career, including the Hugo and Nebula awards. She continued to write and publish books and series until "Fledgling" in 2005, a year before her death. "Kindred," perhaps her most well-known novel, was published in 1979. Her first book, "Patternmaster," was published in 1976. ![]() Lake Forest Park seemed to fit the bill.īutler was primarily known as a sci-fi writer. According to Liming's account, Butler wanted access to the city, but didn't want to be in it. When she moved to Lake Forest Park, Butler, who did not drive, merely sought an area where she could walk to a grocery store, a book store, and a bus stop. The author moved to the Seattle suburb in 1999 and lived there until 2006, when she passed away. So the I found idea of an honorary street name to be an obvious way to remember Octavia Butler and honor her as a former member of our community."īutler was born in California, where she lived most of her life. I also grew up in the UK, where plaques and honorary street names are common, and help remind current generations of the history of the area. Kassover added, "Honorary street names are a way to remember those who lived there and the history associated with them. "The Black Lives Matter and anti-racism movements helped us understand how important it is to celebrate our African American neighbors of distinction, as they have often been overlooked in the past." "For a smaller city like Lake Forest Park to have had a resident who received a Macarthur Genius award is tremendously exciting," Kassover said. That led her to an article by Professor Sheila Liming, which detailed a time during her high school years, living across the street from Butler in Lake Forest Park. ![]() Lake Forest Park Councilmember Phillippa Kassover says that's when she was engaging in an online anti-racism group and discovered Butler once lived in the city. The idea to honor Butler with a street began in 2020, but the pandemic stalled the effort. Butler, who found a home in our city, and added to its rich history,” Mayor Jeff Johnson said in a statement. "The City of Lake Forest Park is fortunate to benefit from the wide array of notable and talented people, like Ms. The city will dedicate the honorary street at the intersection of NE 165th Street and 37th Avenue NE, at 10 a.m. "Octavia Butler Avenue" will be located along Lake Forest Park's 37th Avenue, between NE 165th Street and NE 162nd Street. MacArthur Foundation rewards creative people who push the boundaries of their fields.What do an asteroid, a crater on Mars, a school in Pasadena, California, and Lake Forest Park, Wash., have in common? They all have features named after sci-fi author Octavia E. In what is popularly called the genius program, the John D. Another, "Bloodchild," won both the 1985 Hugo and the 1984 Nebula awards as best novelette. One, "Speech Sounds," won a Hugo Award as best short story of 1984. I've also had short stories published in anthologies and magazines. I've had ten novels published so far: Patternmaster, Mind of my Mind, Survivor, Kindred, Wild Seed, Clay's Ark, Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago, and Parable of the Sower, as well as a collection of my shorter work, entitled Bloodchild. I'm also comfortably asocial - a hermit in the middle of Los Angeles - a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black, a former Baptist, an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. Butler writes: I'm a 48-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80-year-old writer. ![]()
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