Parable of the sower

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Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the sower (AudiobookFormat, 2000, Recorded Books)

[sound recording] /, 12 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2000 by Recorded Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7887-4760-1
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OCLC Number:
45001083

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Lauren Olamina is an empath, crippled by the pain of others. One night, violence explodes, and the walls of her neighborhood are smashed, annihilating Lauren’s family and friends. Now the empath must face the world outside.

Forced to flee an America where anarchy and violence have completely taken over, empath Lauren Olamina--who can feel the pain of others and is crippled by it--becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world and a new faith christened "Earthseed."

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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.

Subjects

  • Twenty-first century
  • African Americans
  • Audiobooks
  • Fiction

Places

  • Southern California
  • California