Fledgling: Octavia E. Butler's extraordinary final novel

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That would be very strange,” I said. “If a dog bit a man, no one would expect the man to become a dog. He might get an infection and die, but that’s the worst.” A World without Racism": "NPR Essay - UN Racism Conference", NPR Weekend Edition Saturday (September 1, 2001)

She also encouraged Butler to write. She bought her daughter her first typewriter when she was 10 years old, and, seeing her hard at work on a story casually remarked that maybe one day she could become a writer, causing Butler to realize that it was possible to make a living as an author. [7] A decade later, Mrs. Butler would pay more than a month's rent to have an agent review her daughter's work. [12] She also provided Butler with the money she had been saving for dental work to pay for Butler's scholarship so she could attend the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop, where Butler sold her first two stories. [23] Crossley, Robert. "Critical Essay." In Kindred, by Octavia Butler. Boston: Beacon, 2004. ISBN 978-0-8070-8369-7 These complications of agency, Bast argues, mean that Fledgling is "openly asking whether the highest degree of agency is automatically the most desirable state of being or whether there is a higher potential for happiness in choosing a specific kind of dependence". [15] Childhood [ edit ] Darrell Schweitzer, "Watching the Story Happen", Interzone 186 (February 2003): 21. Reprinted as "Octavia Butler" in Speaking of the Fantastic II: Interviews with the Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2004. ISBN 978-1-4344-4229-1, pp.21–36.Wayne Warga, "Corn Chips Yield Grist for Her Mill", Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1981. Sec. 5: 15. Wright, to Shori, when she commands him to seek safety for himself and the rest of her symbionts even if it means leaving her in danger:

He was surprised when I ignored him. He is wealthy and arrogant and used to being listened to even when what he says is nonsense—as it often is.” While I love Octavia Butler, I have been avoiding Fledgling for a while because Twilight* and the “paranormal romance” genre that followed in its wake are anathema to me. I knew of course that Ms. Butler would never slum it with Stephenie Meyer, but the subject matter is kind of spoiled for me. Still, I am running out of Octavias to read so I did not want to skip one of her - all too few – novels just because of my disillusion with vampire fiction in general. The ease. Us, the children…I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.” the Xenogenesis series (Lilith’s brood) DawnCox, Carolyn (February 24, 2018). "15 Fascinating Facts About Octavia Butler". Portalist. Open Road Media. Birth of a Writer", Essence 20 (May 1989): 74+. Reprinted as "Positive Obsession" in Bloodchild and Other Stories Octavia E. Butler Papers". oac.cdlib.org. Online Archives of California . Retrieved January 11, 2017.