Question: Did Octavia Butler consciously call herself an "afrofuturist" or express admiration for that movement, or has she been retroactively adopted by afrofuturists?
Thought: This makes me want to write about my claim that Olaminia/Butler suggest God is the world, which you addressed. I think I was mistaken, but the mistake wasn't so much a misunderstanding of earthseed, as an unconscious merger of Olamina/Butler's theology, and my own, which I think is worth articulating.
Really enjoyable background to and analysis of the books!
I loved reading this. A questions and a thought:
Question: Did Octavia Butler consciously call herself an "afrofuturist" or express admiration for that movement, or has she been retroactively adopted by afrofuturists?
Thought: This makes me want to write about my claim that Olaminia/Butler suggest God is the world, which you addressed. I think I was mistaken, but the mistake wasn't so much a misunderstanding of earthseed, as an unconscious merger of Olamina/Butler's theology, and my own, which I think is worth articulating.