![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For as long as this blog has existed (5 years), on an annual basis, there has always been at least one post lamenting the fact that there still has yet to be a big screen adaptation of an Octavia Butler novel, especially given how adaptation-happy Hollywood has long been, and continues to be.īutler is one of the most popular science fiction authors (forget that she’s black and a woman in a world that’s traditionally been dominated by white male writers) whose novels have been translated into numerous languages, and collectively sold millions of copies A MacArthur fellowship grantee (the first science fiction writer to be so honored), who won 2 Hugo Awards from the World Science Fiction Society, and 2 Nebula Awards from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and who died from a stroke at just 58 years old in 2006. ![]()
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