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really Dystopian by Octavia Butler, who more or less originated Black sci-fi. She wrote this is the 1990s and so described the decline in America today that what seemed unimaginable in early 1990s seems entirely too possible today. I did not read it all, it was for one of my book clubs, but talks about what iffs in the future of 2024 when everything is violent, water must be paid for, women are raped, God represents Power and ceaseless change, and our 15-18 year old heroine Lauren is not able to
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