Writer N.K. Jemisin was young the first time she read a book by Octavia Butler. Nothing had prepared her for it. Butler wrote science fiction, creative writing about events set in a future time. The book Jemisin read was called “Dawn.” It is the story of a black woman who awakens 250 years after a nuclear disaster. “I remember just kind of being stunned that a black woman existed in the future, because science fiction had not done that before,” says Jemisin. Her book “The City We Became” is selling very well. Octavia Butler was a revolutionary voice in her lifetime. She is even more popular since her death 14 years ago. Her former literary agent and the manager of her work, Merrilee Heifetz, said Butler’s novels sell more than 100,000 copies each year.
Title: Science Fiction Writer’s Fame Grows Years After Death
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Jemisin was young the first time she read a book by Octavia Butler.</span> <span data-start-time='7958' data-end-time='10875'>Nothing had prepared her for it.</span> <span data-start-time='10875' data-end-time='19188'>Butler wrote science fiction, creative writing about events set in a future time.</span> <span data-start-time='19188' data-end-time='23250'>The book Jemisin read was called “Dawn.”</span> <span data-start-time='23250' data-end-time='32583'>It is the story of a black woman who awakens 250 years after a nuclear disaster.</span> <span data-start-time='32583' data-end-time='46083'>“I remember just kind of being stunned that a black woman existed in the future, because science fiction had not done that before,” says Jemisin.</span> <span data-start-time='46083' data-end-time='51458'>Her book “The City We Became” is selling very well.</span> <span data-start-time='51458' data-end-time='57063'>Octavia Butler was a revolutionary voice in her lifetime.</span> <span data-start-time='57063' data-end-time='63333'>She is even more popular since her death 14 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='63333' data-end-time='76750'>Her former literary agent and the manager of her work, Merrilee Heifetz, said Butler’s novels sell more than 100,000 copies each year.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4658/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' 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