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What Octavia Butler saw on Feb. 1, 2025, three decades ago (www.axios.com)
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Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of fires, violence, racism, addiction, climate change, social inequality and an authoritarian "President Donner."

That day is today.

Through her fiction, Butler foresaw U.S. society's direction and the potential for civil societies to collapse thanks to the weight of economic disparities and climate change — with blueprints for hope.

Afrofuturist writers today interpret Butler's work as metaphorical warnings that appear to be coming true and a call to action.

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