I read several of her novels. Some were reasonably well written.
I recall her worst, which she allowed to be published once, and then refused that it ever be published again, because it was so bad.
She seems to have hated western civilization with a passion, and came up with ways to destroy it by super powered characters and extraterrestrial diseases.
I recall her worst, which she allowed to be published once, and then refused that it ever be published again, because it was so bad.
Title? I didn’t know that and it increases my respect for her. Not every author recognizes their own stinkers. The best of the best produce them, from time to time.
I read her plots as more sociological dystopian than hatred of western civilization. Look at the present Deep State situation. It pervades everything, including what we currently acknowledge as western civilization. I can see an outsider (which is how I’d characterize Butler in her time) looking for ways to *overcome*.
Heinlein, who was a patriot,could be quite biting when writing about political constructs.