Parable of the Sower

av Octavia E. Butler

295 sidor

På English

Publicerades 1 februari 1995 av Warner.

ISBN:: 978-0-446-60197-9

Parable of the Sower is a 1993 science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler. It is an apocalypse science fiction novel that provides commentary on climate change and social inequality. The novel follows Lauren Olamina in her quest for freedom. Several characters from various walks of life join her on her journey north and learn of a religion she has crafted titled Earthseed. In this religion, the destiny for believers is to inhabit other planets. Parable of the Sower was the winner of multiple awards, including the 1994 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and has been adapted into a concert and a graphic novel. Parable of the Sower has influenced music and essays on social justice. Parable of the Sower is the first in an unfinished series of novels, followed by Parable of the Talents in 1998.

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Csepp recenserade Parable Of The Sower av Octavia E. Butler

finally a post-apocalyptic story that says something meaningful

5 stjärnor

The best "post-apocalyptic" story I've ever come across. So good, it puts most of the others to shame. Also just a great story on its about community, religion, and how to believe in and work for a better world. I wish it was recommended reading in school.

Tony H recenserade Parable Of The Sower av Octavia E. Butler

Butler is just so even and consistent. It's wonderful.

4 stjärnor

If you have the stomach to read a book about how to survive an apocalypse right now, this is a banger. As created literary religions go, Earthseed is better than most, and Lauren Olamina is just such a well-written, thoughtful character.

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3 stjärnor

On a second read, I feel a lot differently than I did the first time around. I can't separate uncomfortable feelings of reading about a teenager basically starting a cult and attracting people who are at their absolute most vulnerable to join. It doesn't sit well with me to read about Lauren's glee to "raise babies in Earthseed." And the intense, intense, dehumanization and otherizing of people using drugs, making them into physically unrecognizable monsters, is something I can't get past. If Lauren has hyper-empathy, and is more sensitive to people in need of help, then why does the buck stop with people using drugs?

Karolin

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1 december 2018

Ämnen

African Americans -- Fiction
Twenty-first century -- Fiction
California, Southern -- Fiction