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ChazInAz

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6. Dear Ms. Butler!

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2025, 11:18 AM

Jan 18

I knew her slightly and was impressed by her huge heart. She participated in one of Harlan Ellison's writers' workshops that I attended. She was a kind, rather vulnerable lady, who was taken from us way before her time. We lost her for the usual stupidly patriarchal reason: her doctor and her insurance company disregarded the Black woman's complaints, and misdiagnosed the cancer that killed her.

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Snopes Fact Checks recent discussion of Octavia Butler's Eerily Correct descriptions of Current America [View all] SorellaLaBefana Jan 18 OP

Don't forget John Brunner . . . hatrack Jan 18 #1

Thank you. SorellaLaBefana Jan 18 #3

It is a real pleasure reading your posts. Where have you been before? erronis Jan 18 #11

I read this during Covid lockdown. intheflow Jan 18 #2

Agreed lonely bird Jan 18 #4

k&r n/t markie Jan 18 #5

Dear Ms. Butler! ChazInAz Jan 18 #6

Excellent post! Wild blueberry Jan 18 #7

Ursula LeGuin's "The Disconnected" is another dickthegrouch Jan 18 #8

I've been watching "Designated Survivor" again recently dickthegrouch Jan 18 #9

Link to Postman's book from Wikipedia lonely bird Jan 18 #10

Not to worry, soon we will have Djt, JDV, ELON, MTG, KashP, & dozens if not hundreds, of new people to show ..... usaf-vet Jan 18 #12

Interesting paragraph from Snopes LiberalArkie Jan 18 #13

Seattle Public Library: Our 2024 Seattle Reads selection is "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler. cbabe Jan 18 #14

And don't forget ... SLClarke Jan 18 #15

Thank you for your post people Jan 18 #16

I have read several of Octavia Butler's novels. Jeebo Jan 18 #17

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