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  • Octavia Butler

    Quick Facts NameOctavia E. ButlerOccupationAuthorBirth DateJune 22, 1947Death DateFebruary 24, 2006Did You Know?Octavia E. Butler was dyslexic.Did You Know?Octavia E. Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant in 1995.EducationUniversity of California at Los Angeles, California State University, Pasadena City CollegePlace of BirthPasadena, CaliforniaPlace of DeathSeattle, WashingtonAKAOctavia E. ButlerOctavia ButlerFull…

  • Iain Banks

    Iain Banks the literary novelist and Iain M. Banks the science-fiction writer are too well known to need introduction, but Iain Banks the poet has hitherto been almost undetected. A single poem, ‘041’, published in a poetry magazine; two poems (‘“Slight Mechanical Destruction”’ and ‘Zakalwe’s Song’) book-ending Use of Weapons; some lines from ‘Feu de…