Parable of the Sower

Butler, Octavia E.

ISBN 10: 0704344211 / ISBN 13: 9780704344211

Published by The Women's Press Ltd, 1995

About this Item

Copyright page neatly torn out. See photos. Spine uncreased. Edge wear. Binding tight.

Seller Inventory # 011494

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parable of the Sower
• Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0704344211
• ISBN 13: 9780704344211
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Set in a California where civilization has all but broken down and poverty and unspeakable violence is the norm, teenage Lauren Olamina, knowing there must be a better way to live, invents Earthseed, an entirely new religion.

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.