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...
“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 ...
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...
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...
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...
You can read my review of this book here: http://www.thegenretraveler.com/sci-fi/travel-reads-parable-of-the-talents/
I find the daughter of Lauren Olamina to be entirely unsympathetic and unlikable, which makes the power of Butler's writing clear to me. Butler's exploration of slavery, religion and love is, as usual for her, very incisive and not particularly easy reading. What's telling, for me, is how much less ...
I'm so in love with Olamina as a female character: she's strong and opinionated but not portrayed as a bitch. She's ambitious and kind and even sort of tender, and she's principled. And I'm really into Earthseed. I liked how Asha Vere, who wasn't as into Olamina as I was, was written so that you c...
I'm so in love with Olamina as a female character: she's strong and opinionated but not portrayed as a bitch. She's ambitious and kind and even sort of tender, and she's principled. And I'm really into Earthseed. I liked how Asha Vere, who wasn't as into Olamina as I was, was written so that you c...
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