Haven't read any of these but Octavia Butler has been on my list forever and this post encourages me to explore further. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is another powerful post-apocalyptic 'speculative fiction' : its prescience is firmly based on evidence and extrapolation from current trends (eg gated communities).
Haven't read any of these but Octavia Butler has been on my list forever and this post encourages me to explore further. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is another powerful post-apocalyptic 'speculative fiction' : its prescience is firmly based on evidence and extrapolation from current trends (eg gated communities).