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Octavia Butler: Eye on the Stars, Feet on the Ground

NPR | By Sharon Ball

Published March 4, 2006 at 2:26 PM MST

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Novelist Octavia Butler died this week at age 58. She was the first black woman to succeed in the science fiction genre. She was a private person who loved good conversation.