Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Octavia E. Butler, Gerry Canavan

eng

Includes bibliographical resources (pages 187-217) and index

individual biography

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Octavia E. Butler

dictionariesbibliography

Gerry Canavan

Modern Masters of Science Fiction

"Gerry Canavan offers a critical and holistic consideration of Butler's career. Drawing on Butler's personal papers, Canavan tracks the false starts, abandoned drafts, tireless rewrites, and real-life obstacles that fed Butler's frustrations and launched her triumphs. Canavan departs from other studies to approach Butler first and foremost as a science fiction writer working within, responding to, and reacting against the genre's particular canon. The result is an illuminating study of how an essential SF figure shaped themes, unconventional ideas, and an unflagging creative urge into brilliant works of fiction." -- Publisher's description

Introduction: beginning at the end -- Childfinder (1947-1971) -- Psychogenesis (1971-1976) -- To keep thee in all thy ways (1976-1980) -- Blindsight (1980-1987) -- The training floor (1987-1989) -- God of clay (1989-2006) -- Paraclete (1999-2006) -- Conclusion: unexpected stories -- Appendix: "lost races of science fiction" (1980) / Octavia E. Butler