![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Parable of the Sower is meant to be a collection of Lauren’s journal entries, which document what life is like in her community in this apocalyptic version of the United States. This is truly a cautionary tale that may come true if we are not careful.īutler’s speculative fiction book opens with its protagonist Lauren Olamina at the age of fifteen. So much of the world that Butler has created holds a clear parallel to the past, present, and potential future. How did Butler manage to paint a world set in the future that is so eerily similar to the world we are living in today while maintaining that element of science fiction that keeps me turning the pages? And, once I started noticing these chilling similarities, I couldn’t stop. I felt a mix of adrenaline and excitement akin to rubbernecking a car accident as I drove, white-knuckled on the highway. When I first picked up Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower (1993) I could hardly put it down I was entranced. ![]()
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