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Parable of the Talents - Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781888363814 (1888363819)
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Earthseed (#2)
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A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it
4.0 Parable of the Talents, Earthseed #2 by Octavia E. Butler
'Parable of the Talents' is a very different book than 'Sower', but I felt it was just a good. The first novel was made up of selected early journals of Lauren Olamina, who "discovered" Earthseed and led her group of survivors to safe land owned by her lover Bankole after her home and family were de...
Book Ramblings
Book Ramblings rated it
5.0 Parable of the Talents
“We learn more and more about the physical universe, more about our own bodies, more technology, but somehow, down through history, we go on building empires of one kind or another, then destroying them in one way or another. We go on having stupid wars that we justify and get passionate about, but ...
paigeawesome
paigeawesome rated it
5.0 Parable of the Talents
This book is super good. It is brilliant and even more than I was expecting based on the first one. It's more complex than the first in the series, more to think about. And there was a lot for me to think about. It kept me up at night (unusual for a book), thinking about the scenarios in these books...
Maybe Tomorrow
Maybe Tomorrow rated it
5.0
Octavia E. Butler’s books are not for the squeamish and most certainly not for people who want happy, Hollywood endings. Things work out in the end – but never in a nice neat package. There is always a lot of loss in all of its most painful forms. Her works are very realistic in that matter. In fact...
the terror of whatever
the terror of whatever rated it
0.0
Really disappointed; I was interested to see what happens to the community they began in Parable of the Sower. But there's 3 different voices in this book, and a lot of talk about the religion of Earthseed, and the actual story never really got cooking for me. Started skimming the daughter and fathe...
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