Parable of the Sower
Author: Octavia Butler
Seminal science fiction writer Octavia Butler, hailed by many as the mother of Afrofuturism, published “Parable of the Sower” in 1993. Set in Los Angeles in the year 2024, the book depicts an America that has devolved due to racist demagoguery, climate destruction, and unfettered capitalism. In a failed state in which foundational institutions and basic services have been privatized and feudal chaos reigns, young, hyper-empathetic Lauren Olamina survives by organizing a progressive spiritual community she calls Earthseed. “Parable of the Sower” presents a sobering but necessary vision of our potential future if we do not reverse course.
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Recommended by: Phoebe Peterson