Pros: Writing, story, characters, brevity... Cons: Graphic nature, religious aspect...
The world has digressed into chaos. People are killing one another—and not even one’s own home is safe. The streets are overrun with gangs of shaven, painted people addicted to a drug called pyro that makes them start fires for the fun of it. ...
Pros: It's passionate, realistic, ambitious, tensely plotted, powerful, elegant, and wise. Cons: It's among the scariest novels ever. Plus, you'll need the (arguably more comforting) sequel.
All that you touch, you Change. All that you change, Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change. - Lauren Olamina, Earthseed: the Books of the Living ********** Lauren Olamina, the heroine of Octavia Butler’s 1993 ...
In commemoration of Black History Month, Epinions reviewers have joined together to participate in a Black History Month Book Writeoff. Our selections include works of adult and juvenile fiction, poetry, drama, biography, and non-fiction. Participating...
Pros: Character driven. Heavy drama. Cons: Not too sci-fi-ish. No real resolution.
Octavia E. Butler's Parable The Sower is written in a loose diary format.
The novel itself is the story of Lauren Olamina, a young girl whose mother abused drugs while pregnant giving Lauren an 'empathic' ability (or curse may be more...
Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower is a powerful book, with real characters, a truly compelling narrative flow, and a unique religious philosophy that offers a fresh perspective on the world.
Pros: A painful but fascinating novel Cons: not quite a plausible post collapse scenario, not cheerful reading
This novel is set in an America which has almost completely collapsed. Various possible contributing causes to the collapse are alluded to at various points in the novel, but the novel isn't about the cause of the national catastrophe. Rather, it is...
Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" is an excellent work of writing. Her style is descriptive and captivating, and this book can hang up there with the rest of her works I have read--"Mind of My Mind", "Clay's Ark",...
Pros: Well-written, believable characters, good story line. Cons: Not long enough.
I am somewhat biased when it comes to Octavia Butler and her writing. She is one of my all time favourite authors and this book is a little gem in my opinion.
In "Parable of Sower" we meet Lauren Olamina, a young girl with empathetic...
Pros: Beautiful descriptive language and a compelling storyline Cons: Not for people who don't like to think
MacArthur "Genius" Award winner Octavia Butler is the most arresting and underrated female writer working today. Her masterpiece, PARABLE OF THE SOWER, takes the classic journey format and moves it into lands previously unexplored. On one...
Pros: This book will not leave you unchanged. Beautiful, haunting prose will leave you breathless. Cons: You won't be able to put it down, so it may interfere with other things you need to get done. =)
This book affected me in a way that no other book ever has.
Set in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, where the only way to be safe is to put yourself behind walls and where water is more expensive than food, this is the story of Lauren Olamina,...
Pros: breathtaking prose Cons: the third novel in the trilogy isn't out yet...
This novel is a frighteningly accurate forecast of life in the near future. Butler comments on the direction that our society is going in through her wonderfully thought out prose and narrative. She doesn't omit one aspect of society in her commentary...
When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. In a night of fire and death Lauren Olami...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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