Summary Bibliography: Octavia E. Butler

Author: Octavia E. Butler Author Record # 186
Legal Name: Butler, Octavia Estelle
Birthplace: Pasadena, California, USA
Birthdate: 22 June 1947
Deathdate: 24 February 2006
Language: English
Webpages: google.com, huntington.org, IMDB, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
Used These Alternate Names:
奥克塔维娅·E.巴特勒^?Ào kè tǎ wéi yà·E. Bātè lēi
,
Октавия Е. Бътлър^?Oktaviya E. Batlar
,
Октавия Батлер^?Oktaviya Batler
,
О. Батлер^?O. Batler
, อ็อกเทเวีย อี.บัตเลอร์,
オクテイヴィア・E・バトラー^?Okutivia E. Batoraa
Okutivia E. Batorā
,
أوكتافيا بتلر^?'uwktafya Bitlar
, Octavia Estelle Butler, Octavia Butler,
Octavia E. Butlerová^?Octavia E. Butlerova
Author Tags: science fiction (19), HumbleBundle (4), human-alien hybrids (4), fantasy (3), slavery (3), hard sf (3), female leaders (2), female main character (2), genetic engineering (2), Abuse (2), African American (2), apocalyptic (2), dystopian (2), Fundamentalism (2), post-apocalyptic (2), racism (2), women (2), aliens (2), post apocalypse (2), suspended animation (2) and 86 additional tags. View all tags for Octavia E. Butler

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Fiction Series

Parable of the Sower / Earthseed
- 1 Parable of the Sower (1993) also appeared as:
  - Translation: La parabole du semeur [French] (1995)
  - Translation:
    Die Parabel vom Sämann^?Die Parabel vom Saemann
    [German] (1999)
  - Translation: La parabola del seminatore [Italian] (2000)
  - Translation:
    Przypowieść o siewcy^?Przypowiesc o siewcy
    [Polish] (2000)
  - Translation:
    Pilda semănătorului^?Pilda semanatorului
    [Romanian] (2015)
  - Variant: The Parable of the Sower (2016)
  - Translation:
    A parábola do semeador^?A parabola do semeador
    [Portuguese] (2018)
  - Translation: เมล็ดฝันวันสิ้นโลก [Thai] (2018) [as by อ็อกเทเวีย อี.บัตเลอร์]
  - Translation:
    La parábola del sembrador^?La parabola del sembrador
    [Spanish] (2019)
  - Translation:
    Liknelsen om sådden^?Liknelsen om saodden
    Liknelsen om sadden
    [Swedish] (2019)
  - Translation:
    播种者寓言^?Bōzhòng zhě yùyán
    [Chinese] (2020) [as by
    奥克塔维娅·E.巴特勒^?Ào kè tǎ wéi yà·E. Bātè lēi
    ]
  - Translation:
    La parábola del sembrador^?La parabola del sembrador
    [Spanish] (2021)
  - Translation:
    Podobenství o rozsévači^?Podobenstvi o rozsevaci
    [Czech] (2021) [as by
    Octavia E. Butlerová^?Octavia E. Butlerova
    ]
  - Translation:
    A magvető példázata^?A magveto peldazata
    A magvetooe peeldaazata
    [Hungarian] (2021)
  - Translation:
    مثل الزارع^?Mithl alzaarie
    [Arabic] (2021) [as by
    أوكتافيا بتلر^?'uwktafya Bitlar
    ]
  - Translation:
    Die Parabel vom Sämann^?Die Parabel vom Saemann
    [German] (2023)
- 2 Parable of the Talents (1998) also appeared as:
  - Translation: La parabole des talents [French] (2001)
  - Variant: The Parable of the Talents (2016)
  - Translation:
    A parábola dos talentos^?A parabola dos talentos
    [Portuguese] (2019)
  - Translation: Die Parabel der Talente [German] (2024)
- from The Parable of the Sower (1993) [SF]
- Parable of the Talents (epilogue) (1998) [SF]
- The Parable of the Sower / The Parable of the Talents (2016) [O/1,2] also appeared as:
  - Variant: Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents (2017) [O/1-2]
  - Variant: Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents (2019) [O]
- Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaption (2020) [graphic format] with Damian Duffy
Patternist
- 1 Wild Seed (1980) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Wilde Saat [German] (1984)
  - Variant: Wild Seed (1990) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: Seme selvaggio [Italian] (1991)
  - Translation:
    Дикое племя^?Dikoe plemya
    [Russian] (2010) [as by
    Октавия Батлер^?Oktaviya Batler
    ]
  - Translation: Semente originária [Portuguese] (2021)
- 2 Mind of My Mind (1977) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Mind of My Mind (1977) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: Le motif [French] (1980)
  - Translation: Der Seelenplan [German] (1983)
  - Translation: La nuova stirpe [Italian] (1993)
  - Translation: Elos da Mente [Portuguese] (2022)
- 3 Clay's Ark (1984) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Clay's Ark (1984) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: Humains, plus qu'humains [French] (1985) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation:
    Клэев ковчег^?Kleev kovcheg
    [Russian] (2010) [as by
    Октавия Батлер^?Oktaviya Batler
    ]
  - Translation: Arca de Clay [Portuguese] (2023)
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Incidente nel deserto (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1985)
- 4 Survivor (1978) also appeared as:
  - Translation: La survivante [French] (1980)
  - Translation: Alanna [German] (1984)
  - Translation: Sopravvissuta [Italian] (1994)
- 5 Patternmaster (1976) also appeared as:
  - Translation:
    Le maître du réseau^?Le maitre du reseau
    [French] (1977) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: De Patroonmeester [Dutch] (1980)
  - Translation: Als der Seelenmeister starb [German] (1982)
  - Variant: Patternmaster (2021) [as by Octavia Butler]
- Seed to Harvest (2007) [O/1,2,4,5]
- Clay's Ark (excerpt) (2021) [SF]
- Wild Seed (excerpt) (2021) [SF]
- Adulthood Rites (excerpt) (2022) [SF]
Xenogenesis / Lilith's Brood
- 1 Dawn (1987) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Dawn (1988) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: Amanecer [Spanish] (1989)
  - Translation: Aamunkoitto [Finnish] (1990)
  - Translation: Dämmerung [German] (1991)
  - Translation:
    Úsvit^?Usvit
    [Czech] (1997) [as by
    Octavia E. Butlerová^?Octavia E. Butlerova
    ]
  - Translation: Madrugada [Portuguese] (2000)
  - Translation:
    Рассвет^?Rassvet
    [Russian] (2001) [as by
    О. Батлер^?O. Batler
    ]
  - Translation:
    Зора^?Zora
    [Bulgarian] (2013) [as by
    Октавия Е. Бътлър^?Oktaviya E. Batlar
    ]
  - Translation: Despertar [Portuguese] (2018)
  - Translation: Hajnal [Hungarian] (2019)
  - Translation: Alba [Catalan] (2019)
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Ultima genesi (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1987) [as by Octavia Butler]
- 2 Adulthood Rites (1988) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Adulthood Rites (1989) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: Rituale [German] (1991)
  - Translation: Ritos da maioridade [Portuguese] (2001)
  - Translation:
    Ритуали на съзряването^?Rituali na sazryavaneto
    [Bulgarian] (2014) [as by
    Октавия Е. Бътлър^?Oktaviya E. Batlar
    ]
  - Translation: Ritos de passagem [Portuguese] (2019)
  - Translation: Ritos de madurez [Spanish] (2021)
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Ritorno alla terra (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1988) [as by Octavia Butler]
- 3 Imago (1989) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Imago (1990) [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: Imago [German] (1991)
  - Translation: Imago [Portuguese] (2021)
  - Translation: Imago [Spanish] (2021)
- from Imago (1989) [SF]
- Xenogenesis (1989) [O/1-3] also appeared as:
  - Variant: Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy (unknown) [O/1,2,3] [as by Octavia Butler]
  - Translation: Die Genhändler [German] (1999) [O/1-3]
  - Variant: Lilith's Brood (2000) [O/1,2,3]
  - Translation: La estirpe de Lilith [Spanish] (2021) [O/1-3]
  - Translation: Xenogenesis [German] (2024) [O/1-3]
- Imago (excerpt) (2022) [SF]

Novels

Kindred (1979) also appeared as:
- Translation: Vom gleichen Blut [German] (1983)
- Translation: Kindred - Verbunden [German] (2016)
- Translation: Parentesco [Spanish] (2018)
- Translation:
  Kindred: laços de sangue^?Kindred: lacos de sangue
  [Portuguese] (2019)
- Translation: Legami di sangue [Italian] (2020)
- Serializations:
- Translation: Legami di sangue (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1994) [as by Octavia Butler]
Fledgling (2005) also appeared as:
- Translation: Novice [French] (2008)
- Translation: La luce del sole [Italian] (2013)
- Translation:
  Yavru Kuş^?Yavru Kus
  Yavru Kush
  [Turkish] (2013) [as by Octavia Butler]
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2017) [graphic format] with Damian Duffy

Collections

Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995) also appeared as:
- Variant: Bloodchild and Other Stories, Second Edition (2005)
- Translation: Filhos de sangue e outras histórias [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: La sera, il giorno e la notte [Italian] (2021)
Unexpected Stories (2014)

Omnibus

Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents / Kindred (1999) [O/3N]
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories (2021) [O]
Wild Seed / Clay's Ark / Lord Kelvin's Machine (unpublished) [O] with James P. Blaylock only appeared as:
- Translation:
  Фантастические романы^?Fantasticheskie romany
  [Russian] (2010) [O] [as by
  Октавия Батлер^?Oktaviya Batler
  and
  Джеймс Блэйлок^?Dzheyms Bleylok
  ]

Chapbooks

The Evening and the Morning and the Night (1991)
Bloodchild (2014) also appeared as:
- Translation:
  Дитя крови^?Ditya krovi
  [Russian] (1989) [as by
  Октавия Батлер^?Oktaviya Batler
  ]

Nonfiction

The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2023)

Short Fiction

Crossover (1971) also appeared as:
- Variant: Crossover (1971) [as by Octavia Estelle Butler]
- Translation: Atalho [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Deviazioni [Italian] (2021)
Near of Kin (1979) also appeared as:
- Translation: Nahe Verwandte [German] (1981)
- Translation: Parentes próximos [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Una specie di famiglia [Italian] (2021)
Speech Sounds (1983) also appeared as:
- Translation: Talljud [Swedish] (1985) [as by Octavia Butler]
- Translation: Der süße Klang des Wortes [German] (1987)
- Translation: O Dom da Palavra [Portuguese] (1991)
- Variant: Speech Sounds (1995) [as by Octavia Butler]
- Translation: Sons da fala [Portuguese] (2019)
- Translation: Sons da fala [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Fonemi [Italian] (2021)
Bloodchild (1984) also appeared as:
- Variant: Bloodchild (1984) [as by Octavia Butler]
- Translation: Blutsbrut [German] (1985)
- Translation:
  血をわけた子供^?Chi o Waketa Kodomo
  [Japanese] (1986) [as by
  オクテイヴィア・E・バトラー^?Okutivia E. Batoraa
  Okutivia E. Batorā
  ]
- Translation: Blutsbande [German] (1986)
- Translation: Dijete krvi [Croatian] (1986)
- Translation: Figlio di sangue [Italian] (1987)
- Translation:
  Дитя крови^?Ditya krovi
  [Russian] (1989) [as by
  Октавия Батлер^?Oktaviya Batler
  ]
- Translation:
  Мы все — одна семья...^?My vse - odna sem'ya...
  [Russian] (1992) [as by
  О. Батлер^?O. Batler
  ]
- Translation: Os Hospedeiros [Portuguese] (1992)
- Translation: Bloedkind [Dutch] (2006) [as by Octavia Butler]
- Translation:
  Мы все — одна семья...^?My vse - odna sem'ya...
  [Russian] (2016) [as by
  Октавия Батлер^?Oktaviya Batler
  ]
- Translation: Filhos de sangue [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Figlio di sangue [Italian] (2021)
The Evening and the Morning and the Night (1987) also appeared as:
- Translation: Le soir et le matin et la nuit [French] (1989)
- Translation: Der Abend, der Morgen und die Nacht [German] (2000)
- Variant: The Evening, the Morning, and the Night (2015) [as by Octavia Butler]
- Translation: O entardecer, a manhã e a noite [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: La sera, il giorno e la notte [Italian] (2021)
- Translation: A tarde e a manhã e a noite [Portuguese] (2023)
Amnesty (2003) also appeared as:
- Translation: Amnesty [Italian] (2007)
- Translation: Anistia [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Amnistia [Italian] (2021)
The Book of Martha (2003) also appeared as:
- Translation: O livro de Martha [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Il libro di Martha [Italian] (2021)
A Necessary Being (2014)
Childfinder (2014)

Essays

Lost Races of Science Fiction (1980) [also as by Octavia Butler]
Future Forum (Future Life, March 1980) (1980) with Poul Anderson and Jeffrey M. Elliot and James P. Hogan and Richard A. Lupoff and Larry Niven and John Varley and Jack Williamson and Robert Anton Wilson [only as by Poul Anderson and Octavia E. Butler and Jeffrey Elliot and James P. Hogan and Richard A. Lupoff and Larry Niven and John Varley and Jack Williamson and Robert Anton Wilson]
Future Forum (Future Life, November 1980) (1980) with Jeffrey M. Elliot and Richard A. Lupoff and Mack Reynolds and John Shirley and Ted White and George Zebrowski [only as by Octavia E. Butler and Jeffrey Elliot and Richard A. Lupoff and Mack Reynolds and John Shirley and Ted White and George Zebrowski]
untitled (The Faces of Science Fiction) (1984)
The Nominees for the 1988 Nebula Awards (1988) with Greg Bear and David Brin and Pat Cadigan and Avram Davidson and Paul Di Filippo and George Alec Effinger and John M. Ford and Lisa Goldstein and Ursula K. Le Guin and Bruce McAllister and Pat Murphy and Keith Roberts and Kim Stanley Robinson and Geoff Ryman and Susan Shwartz and Robert Silverberg and Bruce Sterling and Lawrence Watt-Evans and Kate Wilhelm and Walter Jon Williams and Connie Willis and Gene Wolfe only appeared as:
- Variant: The Nominees (1988)
Positive Obsession (1989) also appeared as:
- Translation: Obsessão positiva [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Ossessione positiva [Italian] (2021)
First Word (Omni, August 1993) (1993)
Furor Scribendi (1993) also appeared as:
- Translation: Furor scribendi [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Furor scribendi [Italian] (2021)
About the Author (Mind of My Mind) (1994)
The Monophobic Response (1995)
About the Author (Patternmaster) (1995)
Preface (Bloodchild and Other Stories) (1995) also appeared as:
- Translation: Prefácio (Filhos de sangue e outras histórias) [Portuguese] (2020)
- Translation: Prefazione (La sera, il giorno e la notte) [Italian] (2021)
Afterword (Bloodchild) (1996) [also as by Octavia Butler]
Afterword (Crossover) (1996)
Afterword (Furor Scribendi) (1996)
Afterword (Near of Kin) (1996)
Afterword (Positive Obsession) (1996)
Afterword (Speech Sounds) (1996)
Afterword (The Evening and the Morning and the Night) (1996)
About the Author (Lilith's Brood) (2000)
Reading Group Guide (Parable of the Sower) (2007)
Childfinder Afterword (2020)

Interviews with This Author

Interview with Octavia Butler (1979) by Jeffrey M. Elliot
Sci-Fi Visions: An Interview with Octavia Butler (1980) by Rosalie G. Harrison
Black Scholar Interview with Octavia Butler: Black Women and the Science Fiction Genre (1986) by Frances M. Beal
Interview: Octavia Butler (1988) by Julee Johnson-Tate and A. E. Ubelhor
Entretien avec Octavia E. Butler [French] (1988) by Pascal J. Thomas
Octavia E. Butler: SF in the Age of Anxiety (1988) by uncredited
An Interview with Octavia E. Butler (1990) by Larry McCaffery and Jim McMenamin
An Interview with Octavia E. Butler (1991) by Randall Kenan
PW Interviews Octavia E. Butler (1993) by Lisa See
An Interview with Octavia E. Butler (1994) by Nancy V. Hayes
Sci-Fi Tales from Octavia E. Butler (1994) by H. Jerome Jackson
Octavia E. Butler Mouths Off! (1996) by Jan Berrien Berends and Tasha Kelly
SFC Interview: A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler (1996) by Allison Stein Best
"We Keep Playing the Same Record" (1996) by Stephen W. Potts
An Interview with Octavia E. Butler (1997) by Charles Rowell
Congratulations! You've Just Won $295,000: An Interview with Octavia Butler (1997) by Joan Fry
An Interview with Octavia E. Butler (1997) by Steven Piziks
Octavia Butler (1998) by Mike McGonigal
Octavia Butler and Samuel R. Delany / MIT Cultural Studies Project (1998) by uncredited (co-interviewed with Samuel R. Delany)
Possible Futures (1999) by Cecilia Tan
Nebula Award Nominee Octavia Butler Is Expanding the Universe of Science-Fiction Readers (2000) by Janet Burkitt
Octavia Butler (2000) by Juan Williams
Octavia E. Butler: Persistence (2000) by uncredited
"Radio Imagination": Octavia Butler on the Poetics of Narrative Embodiment (2001) by AnaLouise Keating and Marilyn Mehaffy
Schreiben ist ein Akt der Hoffnung [German] (2001) by Usch Kiausch
Essay on Racism (2001) by Scott Simon
Big Thinker (2001) by Susan Stamberg
Watching the Story Happen (2003) by Darrell Schweitzer
A Conversation with Octavia Butler (2004) by Nicholas A. DiChario
"I've Always Been an Outsider" (2004) by Joshunda Sanders
Octavia Butler's Kindred Turns Twenty-Five (2004) by Allison Keyes
Interview: Octavia E. Butler (2004) by John C. Snider
A Conversation with Octavia E. Butler (2004) by Nisi Shawl
Science Fiction Writer Octavia Butler on Race, Global Warming and Religion (2005) by Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman
The Lit Interview: Octavia Butler (2006) by Daniel Burton-Rose
Interviewing the Oracle (2006) by Kazembe Balagun
Interview with Octavia Butler (2009) by Jelani Cobb
"There Isn't Anything I Can't Do in Science Fiction" (2023) by Terry Gross
The Last Interview (2023) by
Jen Chau Fontán^?Jen Chau Fontan

Summary Bibliography: Octavia E. Butler

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