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Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction
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English - December 23, 2021 05:10 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 5.7K ratingsLife Sciences Science Astronomy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today we are wrapping up Science Fiction Week with a very special episode from our friends at NPR's history podcast Throughline.
As a part of their Imagining New Worlds series, they dive into the life of visionary science fiction writer Octavia Butler.
Octavia crafted cautionary tales combined with messages of hope and resilience. Her work made her the first Black woman to win the Hugo and Nebula, science fiction's most prestigious awards. (Encore episode)
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