climate change Visceral new graphic novel of "Parable of the Sower" brings the dystopian prophecy to life Thom Dunn
octavia butler Octavia Butler just made the NY Times Bestseller List for the first time ever — 14 years after her death Thom Dunn
books Out today: a two-volume, slipcased edition of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, introduced by Gloria Steinem and Toshi Reagon Cory Doctorow
happy mutants The Folio Society is releasing a gorgeous edition of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" Cory Doctorow
happy mutants A new edition of Octavia Butler's classic postapocalyptic Afrofuturist novel "Parable of the Sower," with an introduction by Hugo winner NK Jemisin Cory Doctorow
happy mutants My Favorite Thing is Monsters: a haunting diary of a young girl as a dazzling graphic novel Cory Doctorow
picks Charleston shooter Dylann Roof found guilty in racist 2015 massacre of 9 black church members Xeni Jardin
science fiction Women and African-American sf writers created trumpist dystopias because they were beta testing trumpism Cory Doctorow
timemachine This Day in Blogging History: Humiliating squirrel-feeder; Random Acts of Senseless Violence; Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time Cory Doctorow