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Octavia Butler
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"What I’m working on now – I’m back to fantasy, although considering that it’s me, I’m turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It’s a vampire story – but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn’t become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you’ve set. But if you’re writing about science, you have to first learn what you’re writing about."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"The thing about science fiction is that it’s totally wide open. But it’s wide open in a conditional way."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You’ll note there’s no science in it. It’s a kind of grim fantasy."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Science
"I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership."
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Octavia Butler
Topic(s):
Leadership
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