« Interaction vs. Participation | Home | Upgrade »
In Passing
By Corvus | February 27, 2006
So, Don Knotts and Darren McGavin both passed away this weekend. That’s sad, but there was another death which saddens me even more. Octavia butler passed away this weekend. She had high blood pressure and some heart troubles. She fell outside her home and struck her head on a cobblestone. The resulting concussion proved fatal and she died on Friday.
If you haven’t read any of her sci-fi novels, I whole heartedly recommend everything she’s written. I’m currently in the process of reading Fledgling, her latest novel about a race of vampires, and it’s marvelous, just like everything else I’ve read by her.
Butler’s work wasn’t preoccupied with robots and ray guns, Howle said, but used the genre’s artistic freedom to explore race, poverty, politics, religion and human nature.
“She stands alone for what she did,” Howle said. “She was such a beacon and a light in that way.”
(link: Chicago Tribune Obituary)
Comments are closed.