Parable of the Sower

von Octavia E. Butler

Kein Titelbild — Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Sower (1995, Women's Press)

299 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am 8. August 1995 von Women's Press veröffentlicht.

ISBN:: 978-0-7043-4421-1

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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 …

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

16 Auflagen

gabe. hat Parable of the Sower von Octavia E. Butler besprochen

Can't believe this was written in 1993

4 Sterne

Great vision of where we could easily find ourselves in the year 2024. Though things haven't (yet) turned out as bad as envisioned in the book, it definitely hits close to home. Was nice to read a pre-post apocalyptic (what to you call it when the apocalypse is ongoing?? Just apocalyptic?) novel that didn't have zombies everywhere. I enjoyed the elements of religion and thinking about how one would start a new religion that wasn't as laden with hundreds of years of doctrine and dogma as what we have now.

Tony H hat Parable of the Sower von Octavia E. Butler besprochen

Butler is just so even and consistent. It's wonderful.

4 Sterne

If you have the stomach to read a book about how to survive an apocalypse right now, this is a banger. As created literary religions go, Earthseed is better than most, and Lauren Olamina is just such a well-written, thoughtful character.

jv hat La parábola del sembrador von Octavia E. Butler besprochen

Review of 'La parábola del sembrador' on 'Goodreads'

3 Sterne

Me deja un poco frío la idea de religión como sustituto del resto de las instituciones sociales en un tiempo apocalíptico, y no acabo de ver qué papel juega la hiperempatía en todo esto, si es mero atrezzo o un elemento verdaderamene importante. Lo veremos en el volumen dos.

Desde luego es un terreno de juego completamente diferente del de Xenogénesis.