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Octavia Butler Predicted MAGA

Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

September 21, 2021 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr13bingo Reader’s Choice (sub for New Series), bingo #12 Book two of Octavia Butler’s Earthseed Series delivers an astounding gut punch follow-up to Parable of the Sower. Her imagining of what would happen in America’s future is frighteningly accurate. Set in the 2030s and beyond, Parable of the Talents takes us back to Northern California and the Earthseed community known as Acorn. Lauren Oya Olamina and her followers have escaped the upheaval and violence of Southern California and built a commune based on the principles […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Earthseed Series, ElCicco, Fiction, octavia butler, Parable of the Talents

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Earthseed Series, ElCicco, Fiction, octavia butler, Parable of the Talents ·
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Gateway to Science Fiction and Octavia Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

September 19, 2021 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr13bingo Gateway, Bingo #9-11 (horizontal, vertical and inner square) Parable of the Sower (1993) is an astoundingly prescient work of science fiction. Octavia Butler (1947-2006), winner of Nebula, Hugo and MacArthur prizes, tells the story of hyperempath Lauren Olamina in mid-2020s California. I reviewed this novel for the 2015 Cannonball Read, and I do believe that it (or really any written by Butler) would be a Gateway to reading more sci-fi/fantasy, and I hope a Gateway to reading more by Butler. Butler writes powerfully and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Earthseed Series, ElCicco, Fiction, Gateway, octavia butler, Parable of the Sower

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Earthseed Series, ElCicco, Fiction, Gateway, octavia butler, Parable of the Sower ·
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