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Pico Iyer, the bestselling author of "The Art of Stillness," presents his new book "Aflame: Learning from Silence" at Vroman's bookstore in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in the wake of the devastating Eaton Fire that recently swept through parts of Pasadena and Altadena, forcing over 30,000 people to evacuate and burning thousands of structures. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Downed branches lie near graves at Mountain View Cemetery after the Eaton Fire, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2004 file photo, author Octavia Butler poses near some of her novels at University Book Store in Seattle, Wash. Butler, considered the first black woman to gain national prominence as a science fiction writer, died Feb. 24, 2006, at age 58. Fourteen years after her death, Butler has never seemed more relevant. The rare black science fiction writer in her lifetime, she is now praised for anticipating many of the major issues of the day, from pandemics to the election of Donald Trump. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com via AP, File)

Butler’s prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death

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This undated photo provided by the Octavia Butler estate shows author Octavia Butler. A pair of recently discovered early stories by prize-winning science fiction author Butler will be coming out as an e-book in June 2014. Open Road Integrated Media, a digital publisher, announced Tuesday, April 29, 2014, that “A Necessary Being” and “Childfinder” will be compiled in a single volume titled “Unexpected Stories” and will be released June 24. The book will include an introduction by Walter Mosley. (AP Photo/Octavia Butler Estate)

Early Octavia Butler stories coming out in June

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press