Octavia Butler, science fiction writer

It seems as though I am only writing posts about writers dying. I just found out from a librarian friend today that Octavia Butler, science fiction writer extraordinaire, has died at age 58. Writer of novels such as Kindred, Parable of the Sower, and its sequel, Parable of the Talents, Butler was an amazing writer. Her novels have a social conscience, not just pure science fiction, but novels of social commentary, intelligence, spirituality, and meaning. Bob tells me that Wild Seed is on his Top Ten, so I will have to read it as soon as I can.