#earthseed

[young-astro]

PLEASE for the love of the universe read anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy written from marginalized perspectives. Y’all (you know who you are) are killing me. To see people praise books about empire written exclusively by white women and then turn around and say you don’t know who Octavia Butler is or that you haven’t read any NK Jemisin just kills me! I’m not saying you HAVE to enjoy specific books but there is such an obvious pattern here

Some of y’all love marginalized stories but you don’t give a fuck about marginalized creators and characters, and it shows. Like damn

#science fiction #fantasy #xenogenesis #earthseed #the broken earth #frankly I think many of the critiques of my own work are valid #but when I see the same criticisms applied to authors who fundamentally changed the genre #I’m like #hold up

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #marshawn lynch #earthseed #pandora thomas #black people #sustainability #sustainable farming

[haveyoureadthisseries-poll]

1. Parable of the Sower

2. Parable of the Talents

#tumblr polls #earthseed #octavia butler #parable of the sower

[eleanor-arroway]

Octavia E. Butler's lost works

"There's much more to her career than the dozen or so books we know; out of the spirit of brutal perfectionism that drove her, she held a lot of interesting and worthy work back. I've talked a lot about the treasures of the Huntington in these pages: the unpublished Blindsight, "Evening" [1] and Paraclete; the many Tricksters; the alternative Xenogenesis, the lost short stories and essays and sequels and interviews and plays. This material should not be left only to the small number of scholars who are able to make their way to the Huntington; much of it can see, and deserves to see, publication. These are not discarded scraps or abandonded, embarrassing mistakes; it's just more.

Butler's incredible productivity, coupled with her intense self-criticism, self-censorship, and perfectionism, has conspired to create a vast intertextual hidden archive of alternative versions and lost tales that will, I hope, reinvigorate the study of her work as more scholars are able to get to the Huntington and as more of it trickles out in published form."

From Gerry Canavan's biography of Octavia E. Butler in the Modern Masters of Science Fiction series

#octavia butler #octavia e butler #Octavia E. Butler #I am once again asking you to release the butler archives #star trek fanfiction #parable of the trickster #earthseed #books #Xenogenesis #lilith's brood #so much more #this biography was also a great peek at the underwater part of the iceberg of her work so to speak #gerry canavan #science fiction

[knifeeater]

In order to rise from its own ashes, the phoenix first must burn.

Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

#octavia e. butler #octavia butler #parable of the sower #earthseed

[haveyoureadthisscifibook]

vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#scifi #books #Parable of the Sower #Octavia E. Butler #Earthseed #poll #result: no #l: English

[garethschweitzer]

In the Black Fantastic @ the Hayward gallery

#hayward #wangechi mutu #hew locke #earthseed #ellen gallagher #octavia butler

[mikimeiko]

Books I read in 2023

Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler (1993)

#octavia butler #octavia e. butler #parable of the sower #earthseed #i was completely captivated in the beginning #then the scarily realistic future and apparent nihilism of the world got to me and i had to take a break #but when i got back to it i finally reached the part where it turns out that no IT'S REALLY NOT NIHILISTIC AT ALL #and i'm definitely going to read the second earthseed book #books i read in 2023 #i just want a tag for the things i personally put out into the world

[hwayjino]

parable of the talents by octavia e. butler (1998)

#octavia e. butler #earthseed #parable of the talents #book tag

[joy-haver]

Make friends.

Learn what skills you can.

Make things.

Give things away,

And ask for what you need.

If you want life to survive,

This is how we will do so.

#text post #disabled #anarcho disability #rose baker #Anarcha #collapse #crumbles #earthseed #anarchism #prepping #prefigurative politics

[importantnightmares]

Reading parable of the sower/parable of the talents at the same time as rereading dune is one of the most genius accidental decisions I’ve ever made

#reading rage #earthseed #dune #something something religious leaders something something man made religion #and how they’re both framed by a historian in the chapter headings #makes the brain go brrrr

[eleanor-arroway]

Lauren Oya Olamina is truly a protagonist of all time

she's very practical, she's an empath, she's a cult leader, she's learning to draw for fun, she's making acorn bread and adopting children into her community, she's obsessed with populating interstellar space even as societal order is collapsing, she's writing the bible but this time it's about how diversity and change are central to a thriving society, she's stocking up on weapons and caching supplies, and she's like twenty... no one is doing it like her

#earthseed #parable of the sower #parable of the talents #octavia butler #octavia e. butler #lauren olamina #lauren oya olamina #octavia #olamina #books #science fiction #dystopian books

[stars-and-wind]

From cracks in concrete to wide fields engorged with sunshine, we despise the ability of dandelions to redesign.Seeds take flight on the wings of the wind, A journey of change, where new stories begin. In every corner, they find a place, Adapting gracefully with nature's grace.

Earthseed is the power of life on Earth  to be transplanted, and through adaptation will grow, in many different types of situations or places.

Let's start learning from dandelions.

#poetry #literature #earthseed #original poem #plants #rebirth

[smalltownfae]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge 📚

January 15th, 2023: Deals with rough stuff

There are many books I could include here, but I decided to go with an author in particular: Octavia E. Butler. Her books can be hard to read because of the subjects but I think she handles it with so much care and empathy it makes it beareable and interesting instead of gratuitous. Kindred is about slavery and themes of past vs present and how the society you are in influences you. Dawn is a first contact story and you probably know how those usually go and the Earthseed duology tackles religion heavily. There are similar themes and plot lines across Butler's books but usually there is also enough novelty to feel like a new story.

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #octavia e. butler #kindred #xenogenesis trilogy #earthseed #deals with rough stuff

[iamwinklebottom]

Santa Muerte Speaks: Justice, Karma, Evolution, & Earth

#santa muerte #santísima muerte #la Santa muerte #la santísima muerte #the most holy death #most holiest death #brujeria #bruja #brujo #brujería #Magick #spells #spellwork #hidden knowledge #earthseeds #earthseed #spirituality #black witch #witchcraft #ancestors #tarot #sugar skulls #día de los muertos #santa muerte rituals #santa muerte spells #karma #evolution #justice #planet earth #offerings

[gaybabybookclub]

we finished A Wizard of Eathsea, help us decide our next book!!

#blindsight #peter watts #hainish cycle #ursula k le guin #parable of the sower #octavia butler #earthseed #discworld #terry pratchett #id software #david kushner #doomguy #bookblr #gay baby book club