Star child: a biographical constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

Part I. Parable of the sower. Stardust ; Dawn ; Daughter of dust ; Zeitgeist ; Spirit of the times ; Baby boom ; Dust ; Daughter of dust II ; Earthseed ; Star child ; Moon child ; Moon child II ; School child ; Daydreamer ; Red ink ; Pasadena ; Memory ; Fire ; Memory II ; Empathy ; Empathy II ; First word ; First story ; The Good Book ; Peter Pan room ; First book ; A universe of words ; A universe of books ; Imagination ; The pink notebook ; Imagination II ; Rogue planet --

Part II. Parable of the talents. Space ; Race ; Space II ; Race II ; Red Scare (haikus) ; Red Planet (haikus) ; Fear of communism ; Devil girl from Mars ; Brown girl from earth ; The Red Planet ; Amazing stories ; Pulp fiction ; Hero (boys' books) ; Prize (girls' books) ; The writer ; Octavia's books ; Remington ; The writer II ; The future --

Part III. Adulthood rites. Stories ; Science fiction ; Genius ; Stargazing ; Black future ; Kindred --

Books by Octavia Butler --

Acknowledgments --

Endnotes --

Photo credits.