Parable of the Sower

Butler, Octavia E.

ISBN 10: 0446601977 / ISBN 13: 9780446601979

Published by Aspect, 1995

About this Item

First Edition Thus, 7th Printing. Published by Aspect, 1995. 12mo. Paperback. Book is like new.

Seller Inventory # 510915

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parable of the Sower
• Publisher: Aspect
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446601977
• ISBN 13: 9780446601979
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New

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Synopsis

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". A stirring portrait of 21st-century America by the author of "Wild Seed".

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.