Non-Fiction

cbabe

(6,077 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:31 AM Thursday

Positive Obsession: the life and times of Octavia Butler

Susana M. Morris
HarperCollins 2025

Biography, literary analysis, politics and politicians (her take on Reagan, Bush 1&2, t et al are perfect). History of everything.

She loved horses.

She was a MacArthur Genius grant recipient. Unheard of for a sci fi writer.

Also a terribly lonely loner.

The book is an easy read. And I want to know more.

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Positive Obsession: the life and times of Octavia Butler (Original Post) cbabe Thursday OP

Thank you for this recommendation Dr. Shepper Thursday #1

Thanks. I have always liked her. murielm99 Thursday #2

Octavia Butler Saw This Coming hermetic Thursday #3

Dr. Shepper

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1. Thank you for this recommendation

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:41 AM

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I’ve always loved her stories and was so said when she died. Being from Seattle, I listened up whenever she was mentioned. Just got the book on audible for my next “read.”

murielm99

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2. Thanks. I have always liked her.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:55 AM

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I remember reading "Speech Sounds" in Asimov's magazine. I was blown away. I thought, "Who is this? I want more!"

hermetic

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3. Octavia Butler Saw This Coming

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Thu Dec 11, 2025, 02:08 PM

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PUBLISHED 12/9/2025 by Janell Hobson

"A new book by Butler biographer Susana M. Morris explores the writer’s meticulous process, expansive imagination and the cautionary lessons she left behind."

Big article in Ms Magazine. Lots of pictures and iinfo.

https://msmagazine.com/2025/12/09/octavia-butler-archive-biography-susana-morris/

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