<h4>Rochell D. Thomas has taken Octavia E. Butler’s 1983 science fiction short story, “Speech Sounds,” to heart. A former <em>TV Guide </em>columnist, Thomas is now a licensed speech pathologist based in New York.</h4>

Rochell D. Thomas

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"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert

Rochell D. Thomas has taken Octavia E. Butler’s 1983 science fiction short story, “Speech Sounds,” to heart. A former <em>TV Guide </em>columnist, Thomas is now a licensed speech pathologist based in New York.