false 543225 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185492459m/543225.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185492459s/543225.jpg Dawn. ]]> 52397 15 59258 1993 Parable of the Sower total:2893|5:1190|4:1074|3:491|2:102|1:36| 2893 11959 4042 422 29535 4.06 19900 2572 1509456 98543 435214 0446601977 9780446601979 32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910m/435214.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910s/435214.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/435214.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.05 168 1993 5 5 false Thu May 08 05:39:56 -0700 2008 Tue May 29 06:12:37 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:17:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8677501 85897 435214 0446601977 9780446601979 32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910m/435214.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910s/435214.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/435214.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 1993 4 6 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 20:39:52 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 14:03:43 -0800 2007 Parable of the Sower isn't the easiest book to read. The prose is clear and uncomplicated, but the content can be hard to take. This is a close-to-home dystopia, one which I found hard to dismiss as improbable. And the world that it depicts is cruel and ugly. Even the well-meaning must do ugly thing...more...]]> 40180435 889182 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.14 2653 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 3 2 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 15 17:22:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 09 16:31:13 -0700 2009 1
Octavia Butler creates all of this in her ...more...]]> 5817417 226404 435214 0446601977 9780446601979 32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910m/435214.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910s/435214.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/435214.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 1993 5 1 false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Sep 06 22:28:58 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:19:52 -0800 2009 A TERRIFYING YET INSPIRING VISION OF DAYS TO COME

Octavia E. Butler's PARABLE OF THE SOWER is one of those rare, dangerous novels that succeeds as both fascinating fantasy and uncompromising social commentary. Within its first dozen pages, we encounter members of a typical family, armed w...more...]]> 1267558 81463 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 06:22:18 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:35:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5044581 101592 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 3 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 23 22:14:41 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 06:51:30 -0800 2009 What really appealed to me was the interesting disease called "sharing". It's a lot like being an empath, except you...more...]]> 50853807 1979527 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 5 1 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 17:14:25 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 17:21:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 48503592 1570228 435214 0446601977 9780446601979 32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910m/435214.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174754910s/435214.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/435214.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 1993 3 0 false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 08:26:21 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 08:35:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 48052461 1049915 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 5 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 02 17:24:44 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:00:27 -0800 2009
Octavia challenges the contemporary thinking of what/who God is and even goes one step further to create her own religion. One of the reviewers (luckily only 5 of t...more...]]> 42766449 1897976 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 0 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 04:31:14 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 05:35:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 80565004 2873709 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 4 0 false Thu Dec 10 12:43:32 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 13:00:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 71305847 2358748 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 4 1 false Tue Sep 15 11:27:34 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:27:49 -0700 2009
i kept contrasting Parable of the Sower with Cormac McCarthy's The Road and to a lesser extent with McCarthy's Blood Meridian. where McCarthy's The Road failed Butler succeeds extraordinarily--feminist perspective, social commentary that doesn't f...more...]]> 53608761 363435 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. 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When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 09:51:31 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 19:22:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 23772069 1215277 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. 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This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 5 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 05 09:56:16 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 10:10:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42202519 1838490 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 1 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jan 07 06:10:44 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 06:29:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 58618661 83144 2089992 0606192204 9780606192200 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2089992.Parable_of_the_Sower 3.87 31 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 4 0 false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 21:54:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:47:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 81027551 3034622 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 3 0 false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 18:03:26 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 18:17:41 -0800 2009
I found it interesting that in this book Octavia ...more...]]> 46540997 1922261 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 4 0 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:41:39 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:16:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 32140350 1415605 52397 0446675504 9780446675505 370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743m/52397.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170387743s/52397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower 4.13 2893 Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When her relatively safe neighborhood enclave is inevitably destroyed, along with her family and dreams for the future, Lauren grabs a backpack full of supplies and begins a journey north. Along the way, she recruits fellow refugees to her embryonic faith, Earthseed, the prime tenet of which is that "God is change." This is a great book--simple and elegant, with enough message to make you think, but not so much that you feel preached to.]]> 1993 4 1 false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 19:19:04 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 08:11:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=543225