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what happened in 1984 to octavia e.
butler?
Butler followed Clay's Ark with the critically acclaimed short story "Bloodchild" (1984).
was the short story successful?
" "Bloodchild" won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, and the Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award.
what was it about?
Set on an alien planet, it depicts the complex relationship between human refugees and the insect-like aliens who keep them in a preserve to protect them.
what did critics say about the story?
Sometimes called Butler's "pregnant man story," .
what does that mean?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: did he write anything else?
Self-contained rewrite: did Octavia E. Butler write anything else besides "Clay's Ark" and "Bloodchild"?