17 reactions | Erin’s book club meets the second Mondays of the month at 6pm. All are welcome. The Deep by Rivers Solomon is a bit Octavia E. Butler meets Marvel’s Black Panther, a story rich with Afrofuturism, folklore, and the power of memory, inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group Clipping. #bayfieldwi #bookclubs | Honest Dog Books | Facebook

249K views · 809 reactions | Unimpressed with the campy science fiction she grew up with, Octavia E. Butler knew she could tell a better story. Dive into the works of the visionary storyteller who upended science fiction: | TED-Ed | Facebook

35K views · 94 reactions | The Octavia Lab, named after the award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, is a do-it-yourself makerspace located inside the Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library. Octavia Lab provides library cardholders free and unlimited access to state-of-the-art design, fabrication, preservation, and story-telling technologies. lapl.org/labs | Los Angeles Public Library | Facebook