In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who lived in nearby Altadena, predicted the catastrophic Los Angeles fires.

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in an Octavia Butler novel. The fires the queen of Afrofuturism predicted would ravage Los Angeles in 2025?

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting communities across Southern California.

As wildfires ravaged parts of Los Angeles, readers said the science fiction writer predicted this in her 1993 work and its sequel.

Octavia E. Butler and Mike Davis are just some of the Angelenos whose books can help us understand L.A.'s fires, plus Kristin Hannah discusses bestseller 'The Women.'

Over 30 years ago, Octavia Butler imagined ... impacting communities across Southern California. The Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, home to Butler’s final resting place, was caught in ...

In their new show at Pioneer Works in New York, American Artist reflects on Butler’s most famous series of novels and her archives

I moved away from California about 35 years ago, but I still think about the years I spent there. When I used to look up my old neighborhood in Altadena, CA on Google Maps, it was always green. Last week, when I looked it up on the Eaton Fire map, it was all yellow. When I looked it up tonight on a different map, it was mostly red.

"The future is not pretty and shiny. It has all the same problems that we have now." American Artist told ARTnews.

Loss, love and a sense of belonging — survivors, evacuees, heroes and allies weigh in on what the fires revealed

The Eaton fire ravaged a historic Black community in Altadena. Now, people are using the words of one of its most famous residents as a guide to rebuild.