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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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Title	:	Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1)
Author	:	Octavia E. Butler
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special 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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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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The best & worst thing about this book is just how realistic it is.In the world we live in now, with such instant access to crises all over the world as they unfold, it makes sense that some of us are more than a little uneasy over the idea of the future.I want to say things can only get better, but thats exactly the type of narrow outlook that leads us right back into repeating the worst mistakes our history has to offer.This book follows a young girl & her perseverance through a world

(Feb 2016, adjusted rating down after reading Dawn. Butler did do much better.)This might have been the must-read dystopia of the 90s. Perhaps it isn't because Butler tries too hard. Or readers can't see past the obvious shortcomings.Dystopias have been with us since 1984 and Brave New World, and Utopia's since Mores and even Plato's Timaeus. But Parable of the Sower could have been this generation's dystopia. A really engaging, challenging story of believable, empathetic characters. Great

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)

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

Set in what is now the very near future, mid 2020s America, the book depicts a nightmare dystopia of violence, scarcity, and death. Its almost prophetic in its authenticity, the seeds of civilisations downfall visible in widening cracks of the world around us. If Id read this in 1993, when it was originally published, it might have seemed more imaginative, more peculiar even, but perhaps also more effective. As it is, the whole life-on-the-road/build your own community dystopia has been done



Abandoning this book at about 30%. I just can't finish it. Feels too much like a young adult novel, which isn't necessarily a problem in and of itself - but dialogue is boring me. I am not a huge sci-fi/dystopia fan, so it really needs to grab me if I am going to read it. This one just isn't working for me personally. Not going to rate this one as a result. Too many other books waiting to be read!