why am i reading octavia e butler? philip k dick is a far more interesting and talented author. butler has great things to say, the questions she provokes are intriguing and powerful, but dick is just a better writer. better prose, better ideas, an overall more artistic and effective use of language.
"The odd thing in this world is that an eager-beaver type, with no original ideas, who mimes those in authority above him right to the last twist of necktie and scrape of chin, always gets noticed. Gets selected. Rises."
