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Octavia Butler.


OCTAVIA Octavia (ŏktā`vēə).

1 d. 11 B.C., Roman matron, sister of Emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Antony, her second husband. For some years, she helped maintain peace between her brother and her husband.
 BUTLER, 58, a reportedly lesbian science fiction novelist whose many popular books, including Kindred KINDRED. Relations by blood.
     2. Nature has divided the kindred of every one into three principal classes. 1. His children, and their descendants. 2. His father, mother, and other ascendants. 3.
 and Parable of the Talents For the novel by Octavia Butler, see .

The Parable of the Talents (sometimes just the Parable of Talents) is a parable of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 25:14-30). It was told to illustrate an aspect of the nature of the Kingdom of Heaven.
, often tackled important social issues, after a fall at her home in Lake Forest Park Wash., February 24.
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Title Annotation:lesbian science fiction novelist
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief article
Date:Apr 11, 2006
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