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Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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Start date
September 29, 2021
Finish date
October 28, 2021
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Parable of the Sower is Franklin's NEA Big Reads Book Discussion's selection! This book club will be held…more

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Becky
Aug 08, 2022 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, fantasy, science-fiction, christian, library
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 ...more
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Lilly
Jul 04, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Carrie
Dec 14, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Haunting, good character development, dystopian. Full of interesting ideas and a lot of sad stories.
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Erin Stover
Sep 23, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Erin Thomason
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Erica
Apr 02, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Erica
Oct 28, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 2021-dmpl-book-clubs
Dakota
Mar 27, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned-books, physical
Flip
May 22, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: big-brain
Alyssa
Jun 25, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Adam Girtz
Dec 28, 2022 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Nancy Eis
May 09, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Erin
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Zoey Glenn
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Scott Arens
Sep 02, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Stefanie
Aug 31, 2025 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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