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Original Title:	Parable of the Sower
ISBN:	0446675504 (ISBN13: 9780446675505)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Earthseed #1
Characters:	Lauren Olamina
Setting:	California,2025(United States)
Literary Awards:	Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1994), Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1995)

Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1)

Octavia E. Butler

Paperback | Pages: 345 pages

Rating: 4.16 | 50980 Users | 5086 Reviews

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In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.

Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.

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Title	:	Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1)
Author	:	Octavia E. Butler
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 345 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2000 by Grand Central Publishing (first published October 1993)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic

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On second reading, I think Butler's riff on post-apocalyptic travails hit me harder than the first time. After seeing the devastation in New Orleans on television and talking to friends and others whose relatives made it out of the city, the concepts of civilisation falling apart and humanity's worst nature coming to the forefront seem a lot closer and more likely... events in general since I first read the book have certainly not reached anywhere close to what Butler predicts in this novel -

One of the best parts about being in a book club is that sometimes the picks would never be what you would have chosen for yourself. My Litsy Goes Postal group has so far brought two books to my radar that I never would have picked up if left to my own devices. I didn't LOVE either of them but at the same time, I loved I was challenged to reach beyond my reading comfort zone. My Reactions:-The reading flow was choppy for me initially. I really didn't get into the reading groove of this one

I read this book is a perfect YA Dystopia. One word for this book: believable. The characters are believable and sympathetic. The setting is grim dark, and yet believable. It might be one of my best reads for 2017. At first, The dystopia setting seems mundane without any special kind of disaster. the bleak situation seems so realistic, I admit some aspects of them already facts, not science fiction. I could engage with some of them due to similarities with Jakarta's 1998 riot. (view spoiler)[At

Octavia Butler's vision of an American state on the brink of economic and social collapse seems all too near and plausible. Lauren Olamina, a young minister's daughter, lives in a gated community that falls prey to the violence and anarchy that's been eating away at the edges of civilization for years. It's a brutal novel, as everyone Lauren loves dies, and the deaths are often described in gruesome detail. Lauren herself suffers from a condition called hyper-empathy, which causes her to feel

YA dystopian fiction (but written decades before that term was coined.) I am embarrassed to say I had never read Octavia Butler before. Im happy I finally corrected this glaring oversight. This novel set in the near future is so frighteningly prescient it is difficult to read. The year is 2026. American society is rapidly breaking down thanks to global warning, economic stagnation and wealth disparity. 18-year-old Lauren Olamina lives with her family in a walled-off middle class neighborhood

I am going to start this review off by asking a theoretical question. There is a huge wave coming, it will wash you and everyone you love out to see. What do you do? Do you back up away from the water? Move to higher ground? Build a boat to ride it out? Or do you turn your back on it, play on the beach and pretend that it isnt coming? Now imagine that it isnt a wave of water, but a wave of violence, crime and people that will be unstoppable. No wall will hold them back. You may have nowhere

4.5 stars. A brilliantly written and extremely poignant story of a young girls struggle to find her way in a dystopian future. Highly recommended!!Nominee: Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1995)Nominee: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1995)