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DIED. OCTAVIA BUTLER, 58, novelist who was the first black woman to achieve major success in the white-male-dominated genre of science fiction; of head injuries from a fall; in Seattle, Wash. A loner and self-described "oil-and-water" mix of "ambition, laziness, insecurity [and] certainty," Butler subverted sci-fi stereotypes to tackle issues like racism and poverty in books like Kindred, the tale of a black woman who time-travels back to the antebellum South. In 1995, she became the only sci-fi writer ever to receive a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant...
...DIED. OCTAVIA BUTLER, 58, novelist who was the first black woman to achieve major success in the white-male-dominated genre of science-fiction; of head injuries from a fall; in Seattle, Washington. A loner and self-described "oil-and-water" mix of "ambition, laziness, insecurity [and] certainty," Butler subverted sci-fi stereotypes to tackle issues like racism and poverty in books like Kindred, the tale of a black woman who time-travels back to the antebellum South. In 1995, she became the only sci-fi writer ever to receive a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant...
...Expos teacher said, ‘Please go in to the sciences, you are the worst writer ever.’ But that’s okay, because I think she was a struggling novelist...
...entry into the genre, which may have netted ?40 million ($70 million) or even more - the precise figure has not been revealed - will doubtless spawn its own literary offspring. It's certainly got the goods: a daring robbery, a terrified family, a collection of pub names that a novelist couldn't improve upon, and, if the many early breaks in the case continue, a quick win for the police. The business started with what's known in the trade as a "tiger kidnapping." (The tiger, see, stalks its prey.) Colin Dixon, 51, the manager of a security depot that stores...
...Palais Royal, where Louis XIV played as a boy. Some shopping at the surrounding stores and boutiques is essential, followed by dinner at Le Grand Véfour (17 Rue Beaujolais), located at the northern entrance of the garden. Be sure to ask for the booth where [the French novelist] Colette sat. Then why not catch the show at Le Moulin Rouge (82 Boulevard de Clichy). Everyone should, at least once...