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by: Octavia E. Butler
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446675505
ISBN: 0446675504
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: January 01, 2000
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Sales Rank: 25594
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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Octavia E. Butler, the grande dame of science fiction, writes extraordinary, inspirational stories of ordinary people. Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that 'God is change.' This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.
Amazon.com Review:
Octavia E. Butler, the grande dame of science fiction, writes extraordinary, inspirational stories of ordinary people. Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that 'God is change.' This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.
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Rating:  - A Must Read
This was an excellent book. Not only was the scenario peppered with realism, but Butler has a way of pulling her reader into the story with the characters. It is a wonderfully heart-wrenching tale of community and survival.
The story is set in an economically destitute America. As the reader, you will travel with a young woman as she struggles to survive, understand what has happened, accept the reality of her situation, and build a future for herself and those she comes to call friends. ... Read More
Rating: - Fantasic Work of Speculative Fiction
This is a fascinating and stimulating read. Butler gives us a dystopia with heart, faith, hope, love and all in the midst of a picture of the absolute worst in human nature when turned desperate. It gives a startling glimpse of what religion looks like when placed up against suffering and injustices that seem to have no exit strategy or end in sight.
This one is also theologically packed. The characters are rich and deep. Fantastic book. It is almost like reading McCarthy's The ... Read More
Rating:  - WHAT
First off let me say I have never read this book.In fact I never even heard of this book untill I was reading some reviews on The ROAD.This person praised this book but sence he gave The ROAD 5 stars I figure he don't know what he is talking about.The Road was a really lousy book written by a no tallent hack.So on that persons recomendation I think I will let this one pass.
Rating:  - Who knew the apocalypse could be so boring?
The narrative has no sense of pace. It just plods on from event to event, told in mechanical prose. We went here and this happened. Then we went there and that happened. No building of dramatic tension, little development of theme or character progression. A flat recording of events.
Odd that the novel posits a new religion but draws its title and its ending quote not from the new scriptures written by the protagonist but from the Bible, which the protagonist says she doesn't believe. The ... Read More
Rating: - Incredible
I almost feel another review is not needed. Everything that has been said sums it up.
Parable Of the Sower is one of the finest books I have ever read. Octavia's slight weakness is characters. They seem at times a bit flat and disingenuous. Her great strength is the examination of society and the brilliant way she integrates a fictional world parallel to our own decaying one. I cried, shook in my seat, and shivered at some of the images and ideas pouring forth. She's nothing short of brilliant. ... Read More
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