Comments on: PCC loses one of its finest — UPDATED http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:34:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: lorie http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19792 lorie Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:40:34 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19792 I was terribly sad to hear of Octavia Butler's passing (from Neil Gaiman's site, incidentally). I studied her work in college as part of a course on the fantastic in African-American literature - it was one of the best classes I ever decided to take, and hers were among the few books I didn't sell back at the end of the quarter. She was truly an inspiration, and I'm sorry we've lost her so soon. I was terribly sad to hear of Octavia Butler’s passing (from Neil Gaiman’s site, incidentally). I studied her work in college as part of a course on the fantastic in African-American literature - it was one of the best classes I ever decided to take, and hers were among the few books I didn’t sell back at the end of the quarter. She was truly an inspiration, and I’m sorry we’ve lost her so soon.

]]> By: USJogger http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19791 USJogger Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:20:17 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19791 I have long said that Octavia Butler is <i>not</i> one of the best African-American female science fiction writers working today. She is -- was -- one of the best writers of any race or ethnicity, of either sex, in any genre, of all time. I am unbelievably shocked and saddened. USJogger I have long said that Octavia Butler is not one of the best African-American female science fiction writers working today. She is — was — one of the best writers of any race or ethnicity, of either sex, in any genre, of all time.

I am unbelievably shocked and saddened.

USJogger

]]> By: NancyP http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19790 NancyP Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:37:40 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19790 A unique voice, gone. One of the few scifi writers to address the morality, the terms of survival in unequal power relationships in a well-rounded way. A unique voice, gone. One of the few scifi writers to address the morality, the terms of survival in unequal power relationships in a well-rounded way.

]]> By: Sappho's Breathing http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19793 Sappho's Breathing Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:54:30 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19793 <strong>Octavia Butler</strong> Octavia Butler died yesterday after a fall at her home. She was 58. Butler was a brilliant writer of science fiction, one of the few African-American women in the field, and the first writer of genre fiction to win a... Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler died yesterday after a fall at her home. She was 58. Butler was a brilliant writer of science fiction, one of the few African-American women in the field, and the first writer of genre fiction to win a…

]]> By: djw http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19789 djw Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:36:50 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2006/02/27/pcc-loses-one-of-its-finest-updated/#comment-19789 Damn. Great writer. RIP. Damn. Great writer. RIP.

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