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Butler's work is also starting to receive the attention it deserves in Hollywood, with adaptations of her novels Dawn and Wild Seed both in development at Amazon.

The Library of America Octavia Butler volume will be edited by Nisi Shawl and Gerry Canavan, for a 2021 release. According to Tor.com, the volume will include the novels Fledgling and Kindred, stories from her short story anthology Bloodchild and Other Stories, and other short fiction.

Library of America has also announced four more volumes of work by the great Ursula K. Le Guin, who passed away in 2018. Le Guin authored 20 novels and many short stories, essays, and poems during her prolific career. A Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Le Guin won Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards.

A new Library of America Le Guin volume is due October 2020, and will collect the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy. Other planned volumes include a poetry volume, a short story collection, and a novel collection comprising Lavinia, Searoad, The Lathe of Heaven, The Eye of the Heron, and The Beginning Place.

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