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Re: books i recommend

Nadine — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:57:18 -0000

Octavia Butler is one of my spiritual mothers (along with Nina Simone, Toto Bissainthe, Toni Cade Bambara) who fortunately/unfortunately is now an ancestor.

This essay expresses almost exactly my sentiments as to why she (and others like Samuel Delany) are so important:

Octavia's Healing Power: A Tribute to the Late Great Octavia Butler
By Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
http://www2.uic.edu/~nokora...

For those who love Kindred, Scifi.com a few years back made it into an audio play starring the one and only Alfre Woodard. Listen to it here:
http://www.scifi.com/kindred/

Re: books i recommend

aquababie — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:01:58 -0000

kindred is a must read. at the moment, that's the only octavia butler book i've read. i want to read more science fiction.

Re: books i recommend

baratunde — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:20:36 -0000

good point Bakari! I'll add those in later. Briefly though. Kindred is an amazing cross between a slave narrative and mild sci-fi story. It's a beautiful concept. Scanner Darkly is seriously, seriously weird. With the movie coming out. I wanted to read the words. Crashing the Gate is an inspiring political rallying cry for anyone frustrated with the democratic party. More lata

Re: books i recommend

Bakari — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:11:52 -0000

Now if you want us to support you a little on these, brotha, you gots to tell us WHY these books are must reads! Come on now, we want some insight from you. :)