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  • [Jun. 22nd, 2008 | 09: 57 am] [Tags | octavia butler]

    Wiscon Day 4 - Report 10 julieandrews 2008

  • On February 15th 2007, octavia wrote: what i say is i dont think y should marry that bitch i know yall got kids together but i say the only person u should marry is me.

    Johnny Knoxville & Girlfriend Announce Pregnancy 2007

  • On February 15th 2007, octavia wrote: what i say is i dont think y should marry that bitch i know yall got kids together but i say the only person u should marry is me.

    Johnny Knoxville & Girlfriend Announce Pregnancy 2007

  • On February 15th 2007, octavia wrote: what i say is i dont think y should marry that bitch i know yall got kids together but i say the only person u should marry is me.

    Johnny Knoxville & Girlfriend Announce Pregnancy 2007

  • I also liked octavia about an octopus who has to pratice getting the right color ink.

    Best of 2007--So Far--PICTURE BOOKS Franki 2007

  • February 27, 2006 at 08:50 AM from the seattle times online regarding the passing of octavia butler:

    BAD WEEKEND TEV 2006

  • I will be telling him screw the prep fee (politely), but can I try getting the "Doc" or administration fee waived too? can i fit an external cell phone to the steering wheel of my octavia as in the movie love aaj kal in saifs car? which is better to buy between indigo cs tdi or indigo cs dicor? en Español

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  • March 28, 2006 at 02: 24 PM thank you, darkdaughta. david, thanks for your post. that is definitely something that separates octavia's writing from others '. everyone wants to present wise, good, righteous, balanced protagonists and/or heroes. but octavia was specific about what made her heroines such, and showed us how these qualities interacted with events, where their limitations were. her characters are * real*, she doesn't have to try to convince us with language that they are what she says they are. they're role models.

    Elegies to Octavia (Continually Updated) 2006

  • i don't think so. and for the record, what i'm expecting of harlan ellison isn't decorum, for fuck's sake. i like manners and good taste as much as the next gal, but rudeness is not the problem with what he said about octavia, or what he did to connie. racism and sexism aren't problems because they're rude.

    On Harlangate 2006

  • i am still she. peace in rest 2 octavia butler. i too will pay her homage via my facebook profile. & as my monetary funds permit by purchasing @ least 1ne title 2 consume.

    Remembering Those We Recently Lost: Octavia Butler Anxious Black Woman 2008

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