Parable of the Sower

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Published July 24, 2012 by Open Road Media.

ISBN:
978-1-4532-6361-7
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ASIN:
1453263616
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In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.

Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that …

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reviewed Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Did Octavia have a time machine?

I can see how the author was able to take what was happening in America (esp. toward the black community) in the early 1990s and extrapolating it out into the near future. But damn, she really nailed it.

The story was thrilling and poses a powerful question - in a world where empathy deteriorates day by day, what is your response? How do we protect our sense of humanity when everyone is out for themselves?

reviewed Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

A hard read in 2025

It was somewhat surreal to read a science fiction book set in the "future", and see a journal entry dated with today's date. The world of Parable of the Sower is in many ways worse than our current world, but there are also a lot of uncomfortable similarities. Ultimately, the book ends with a hopeful tone, but it makes it clear that a lot of hard work is required to get to the hopeful place.

reviewed La parábola del sembrador by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)

Review of 'La parábola del sembrador' on 'Goodreads'

Me deja un poco frío la idea de religión como sustituto del resto de las instituciones sociales en un tiempo apocalíptico, y no acabo de ver qué papel juega la hiperempatía en todo esto, si es mero atrezzo o un elemento verdaderamene importante. Lo veremos en el volumen dos.

Desde luego es un terreno de juego completamente diferente del de Xenogénesis.

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