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Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of horrifying depravity. Assault, theft, sexual abuse, slavery, and murder are commonplace. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous, bigoted tyrant wins his way into the White House.
Directly opposed is Lauren Olamina, founder of Earthseed - a new faith that teaches "God Is Change". Persecuted for "heathen" beliefs as much as for having a Black female leader, Earthseed's followers face a life-and-death struggle to preserve their vision.
Best-selling author Octavia Butler's fluid writing and keen observations about race, gender, politics, and religion make for a moving parable that will be pondered for generations. A powerful reading from three standout narrators captures the multi-generational sweep of this poignant tale.
Butler's acclaimed novels have won numerous awards, and she is a recipient of a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Parable of the Talents was selected as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly.
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- Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1999
"Octavia E. Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction....period." (Washington Post Book World)
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"Though not for the faint-hearted, this work stands out as a testament to the author's enormous talent, and to the human spirit." (Publishers Weekly)
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- De AlTonya en 04-05-21
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Fledgling
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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This is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted - and still wants - to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself.
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Why is everyone okay with the child porn imagery?
- De JG en 07-18-20
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Unexpected Stories
- Two Novellas
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 2 h y 24 m
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This exciting collection presents two previously unpublished stories by SF legend Octavia E. Butler. A Necessary Being precedes the events of Survivor, Butler's third (famously disowned) installment in her Patternist series, and includes characters from it, focusing exclusively on the Kohn, aliens who build their social hierarchies on the blueness of their fur. In Childfinder, a black woman with the gift of identifying children with latent psychic ability refuses to share her skill with an organization of white telepaths.
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Octavia B. is the John Coltrane of Scifi fantasy
- De Adé Ngeno en 06-30-19
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Kindred
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Kim Staunton
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning White boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes she's been given a challenge.
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The Past of Slavery Still Moves and Wounds Us
- De Jefferson en 12-05-10
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Dawn
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Julienne Irons
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali—a seemingly benevolent alien race—intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago, saving everyone who survived a nuclear war from a dying, ruined Earth and then putting them into a deep sleep. After learning all they could about Earth and its beings, the Oankali healed the planet, cured cancer, increased human strength, and they now want Lilith to lead her people back to Earth—but salvation comes at a price.
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Too Sexual
- De Amazon Customer en 08-29-23
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Parable of the Sower
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Lynne Thigpen
- Duración: 12 h
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God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose unlikely prophet is 18-year-old Lauren Olamina. The young woman's diary entries tell the story of her life amid a violent 21st-century hell of walled neighborhoods and drug-crazed pyromaniacs - and reveal her evolving Earthseed philosophy. Against a backdrop of horror emerges a message of hope: if we are willing to embrace divine change, we will survive to fulfill our destiny among the stars.
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Dystopia before dystopia was cool...
- De Amber en 05-28-14
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Wild Seed
- The Patternist Series, Book 1
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
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For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its people in search of seemingly unattainable perfection. He survives through the centuries by stealing the bodies of others, a technique he has so thoroughly mastered that nothing on Earth can kill him. But when a gang of New World slavers destroys his village, ruining his grand experiment, Doro is forced to go west and begin anew. He meets Anyanwu, a centuries-old woman whose means of immortality are as kind as his are cruel. Now they begin a struggle that will last centuries.
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A Tough Review To Write...
- De AlTonya en 04-05-21
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Fledgling
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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This is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted - and still wants - to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself.
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Why is everyone okay with the child porn imagery?
- De JG en 07-18-20
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Unexpected Stories
- Two Novellas
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 2 h y 24 m
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This exciting collection presents two previously unpublished stories by SF legend Octavia E. Butler. A Necessary Being precedes the events of Survivor, Butler's third (famously disowned) installment in her Patternist series, and includes characters from it, focusing exclusively on the Kohn, aliens who build their social hierarchies on the blueness of their fur. In Childfinder, a black woman with the gift of identifying children with latent psychic ability refuses to share her skill with an organization of white telepaths.
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Octavia B. is the John Coltrane of Scifi fantasy
- De Adé Ngeno en 06-30-19
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Kindred
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Kim Staunton
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning White boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes she's been given a challenge.
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The Past of Slavery Still Moves and Wounds Us
- De Jefferson en 12-05-10
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Dawn
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Julienne Irons
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali—a seemingly benevolent alien race—intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago, saving everyone who survived a nuclear war from a dying, ruined Earth and then putting them into a deep sleep. After learning all they could about Earth and its beings, the Oankali healed the planet, cured cancer, increased human strength, and they now want Lilith to lead her people back to Earth—but salvation comes at a price.
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Too Sexual
- De Amazon Customer en 08-29-23
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Malik Rashad, Allyson Johnson, Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
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A perfect introduction for new listeners and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in audio for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans and a species of invaders. Also new to this collection is "The Book of Martha" which asks: What would you do if God granted you the ability—and responsibility—to save humanity from itself?
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Good Introduction (BrettD review)
- De Brett en 04-17-24
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Parentesco
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Isolda Peguero
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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Más de treinta y cinco años después de su lanzamiento, Parentesco sigue atrayendo a nuevos lectores con su profunda exploración de la violencia y la perdida de la humanidad causada por la esclavitud en Estados Unidos, y el impacto complejo y duradero que aun tiene este hecho histórico en la actualidad.
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Pésima narración de un excelente libro
- De BookLouver en 02-28-24
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The Wrong Woman
- De: Daniel Hurst
- Narrado por: Deirdra Whelan
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
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Simone used to be the woman that other women would use if they suspected that their partner was cheating. She would investigate, find out the truth, and if the men were guilty, exact revenge. But after things went wrong with one couple, Simone was forced to go into hiding. Simone is now Mary, a mild-mannered woman who doesn't raise her voice or get angry, meaning nobody would suspect her of being capable of the things she used to do for a living. But when she finds out that her new boyfriend is having an affair, it awakens in her the person she used to be.
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Tedious
- De laura en 06-10-23
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Earthseed
- The Seed Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Pamela Sargent
- Narrado por: Amy Rubinate
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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Ship hurtles through space. Deep within its core it carries the seed of humankind. Launched by the people of a dying Earth over a century ago, its mission is to find a habitable world for the children - 15-year-old Zoheret and her shipmates - whom it has created from its genetic banks. To Zoheret and her shipmates, Ship has been mother, father, and loving teacher, preparing them for their biggest challenge: to survive on their own, on an uninhabited planet, without Ship’s protection. Now that day is almost upon them, but are they ready?
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Sort of Like the Hunger Games
- De Bugzee3 en 02-13-12
De: Pamela Sargent
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Wilde Saat
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Dela Dabulamanzi
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Doro ist ein Unsterblicher, ein Geisterwesen, das jeden menschlichen Körper übernehmen kann. Seit tausend Jahren greift er in die Geschicke eines afrikanischen Dorfes ein, um einen perfekten Menschen zu züchten. Als Sklavenhändler das Dorf verwüsten und seine "Kinder" entführen, reist er ihnen hinterher und begegnet Anyanwu, einer Gestaltwandlerin und Heilerin, die ebenso unsterblich ist wie er. Sie könnte der Schlüssel zu Doros Plänen sein - doch Anyanwu hat eigene Pläne. Und so beginnt ein Kampf zwischen zwei Halbgöttern, der die Zukunft der Menschheit für immer verändern wird.
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Downward Facing Doug
- De: Don Winslow
- Narrado por: Ed Harris
- Duración: 1 h y 8 m
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One September morning, Doug accidentally runs right into another surfer on the beach. There are rules about these things. The other guy should call Doug a jerk, Doug should say, "my bad", and they should both paddle back out and move on. Problem is, the other surfer doesn't want to move on. He wants to fight. And for once in his life, Doug wants to fight back.
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It’s always the quiet ones
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 07-21-24
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An Inconvenient Woman
- De: Stéphanie Buelens
- Narrado por: Erica Sullivan
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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Claire Fontaine is convinced that her ex-husband killed their teenage daughter all those years back and believes he’s capable of killing again. When she sees him move in with another woman, to play stepfather for a girl the same age as the one she lost, Claire tries desperately to warn the new bride of the danger her family is in. But when the woman dismisses her admonishments, she feels she must take matters into her own hands and stop the crime she failed to stop before.
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Good one!
- De maggabee en 03-12-22
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La estirpe de Lilith [Lilith's Brood]
- Trilogía Xenogénesis [Xenogenesis Trilogy]
- De: Octavia E. Butler, Luis García Vigil - translator
- Narrado por: Juanita Delgado Jaramillo
- Duración: 32 h y 38 m
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Treinta años después de su primera publicación en castellano, La estirpe de Lilith, título que reúne la Trilogía Xenogénesis en un solo volumen, vuelve a las librerías dispuesta a reivindicar a Octavia E. Butler como la gran pionera que deslumbró en ciencia ficción siendo una mujer negra. Hoy se la considera la primera escritora afroamericana de género en incorporarse al canon de la literatura norteamericana.
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Excelente Voz y Narración
- De Silvia R. Arregoyte en 01-26-23
De: Octavia E. Butler, y otros
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In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
- A Novel
- De: Ashley Winstead
- Narrado por: Vanessa Johansson
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to her Southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure to follow in her wake. Everyone is going to see the girl she wants them to see - confident, beautiful, indifferent. Not the girl she was when she left campus, back when Heather Shelby's murder fractured everything, including the tight bond linking the six friends she'd been closest to since freshman year.
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Twists and Turns
- De Amazon Customer en 06-15-22
De: Ashley Winstead
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My Soul to Keep
- De: Tananarive Due
- Narrado por: Peter Francis James
- Duración: 18 h y 17 m
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When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. Soon, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent, mysterious deaths, David makes an unimaginable confession: More than 400 years ago, he and other members of an Ethiopian sect traded their humanity so they would never die, a secret he must protect at any cost.
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A Book I Can't Keep
- De Mistsofjade en 07-19-20
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Creep
- De: Jennifer Hillier
- Narrado por: Talmadge Ragan
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology, an expert in human behavior with her own hidden past. But she's not the only one keeping secrets. When Sheila began an affair with her sexy graduate assistant Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, she was riddled with guilt when they were apart. Now she's finally engaged to a good man, and it's time to end the dangerous liaison. But Ethan has something different in mind. He intends to make her pay for rejecting him.
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The narrator makes all the difference. Unfortunately, this one needed a different narrator!
- De Critter Mama en 07-04-14
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Selected Works of Audre Lorde
- De: Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay - editor
- Narrado por: Mia Ellis
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
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Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in 20th-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential collection showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer theory, and critical race studies in 12 landmark essays and more than 60 poems-selected and introduced by one of our most powerful contemporary voices on race and gender, Roxane Gay.
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So amazing to have these essays in one place
- De Jessalyn Maguire en 11-04-23
De: Audre Lorde, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Parable of the Talents
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- Sikudhani
- 12-04-12
I have always loved this book....
What did you love best about Parable of the Talents?
The vision and sheer terror that Octavia Butler can communicate while telling a story of hope. it's a gift she has.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Parable of the Talents?
The enslavement parts. I've read this book several times but hearing voices put to this part...unsettling.
What three words best describe the narrators’s performance?
Good. The voice of her daughter was my favorite. I would like to listen to her read more. What else has she done??
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I always have an extreme reaction to Octavia Butler--you're dead if you don't. I didn't cry this time, although I thought I might.
Any additional comments?
GET MORE Octavia Butler on AudioBook..
PLEASE!!!
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- EpicLilly
- 08-13-19
For such a time as this...
You didn't know you needed this, but you do. The narrators have comforting voices, a necessary thing for such a heavy and pensive book as this. Octavia writes through Lauren Olamina and her daughter Larken as if they are right next to you. She weaves this not so dystopian future into philosophical territory of morality, faith, and chaos with each journal entry. I can see why she needed a break after writing them. This is where we are headed, and the only solace on Earth may be in the hope of the stars.
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- roadfamily6now
- 12-24-21
great read
fabulous story
I could have listened to more books -
definitely worth listening to
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- Anonymous User
- 03-01-20
Though Provoking
The Earth Seed series is a masterpiece. Parable of the Sower filled me naive hope & Parable of the Talents tempered that naiveté with a reminder of the cost of progress. This book, in particular, gave me a lot to ponder & created space for me look at what kind of decision maker I am, & want to be, in the world.
The narrators performed wonderfully, I was truly lost in the world of Lauren Oya Olamina & Earthseed.
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- Paula Wills
- 07-26-17
Octavia Butler is Brilliant Beyond Words!!
Parable of the talents is eerily relevant, brilliantly written, profoundly thought provoking. Everyone should read/listen at least once their lifetime.
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- April
- 10-23-17
Finally!
I read Parable of the Sower over 10 years ago in school and I finally got around to this book. I loved it, and I enjoyed the narration.
I have enjoyed every Octavia Butler book I've read (or listened to) thus far.
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- Kat Burns
- 08-21-21
I long for the stars
I couldn’t stop hearing this book. This story, along with The Parable of the Sower, has been running through my life like threads in a tapestry, running through my life in the air that I breathe. My gratitude to Octavia Butler for bringing these words to light and to life.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-30-21
Amazing but incomplete
I wish Octavia Butler had finished this series. I wish there were more detail about the latter half of Loren's life. The story jumps from extremely detailed accounts of her early and middle life and then skips decades ahead when Earthseed has magically become a vast, wealthy endeavor on the verge of fulfilling the destiny, with all the steps in between missing.
I hate the distance Marco has sewn between Loren and her daughter, and I don't understand why Larkin so frequently claims to hate her mother. Earthseed is weird but it's a less harmful cult than the "Christian America" that Marco embraced, and, bizarrely, came to represent despite being gay and a mediocre preacher.
Marco is one of the most despicable characters I've read about. Others may disagree but he seems to me worse than Keith. I can at least understand Keith's motivations, and his sins, however bad, were made as a child. What Marco did to Loren seems unforgivable, particularly for a grown "man of God", and his cowardice is unending, never admitting his church's crimes or his own role in them.
As a final note, people have compared Trump to President Jarrett. They're both demagogues who used the phrase "Make America Great Again" and focused popular distrust towards "others", but that's as far as the comparison goes. But we could someday end up with someone like Jarrett-- a seemingly good Christian man who at heart is a puritanical fascist. Let us hope we never do.
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- Nathan
- 02-02-22
great story, the recording needs to be edited
This story is great. Top notch sci-fi. This recording would benefit from having silence added at the end of the chapters before the next chapter begins. As it sits now, chapter announcements come up right at the end of the previous chapters final sentence, almost interrupting it. Definitely worth a listen though.
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- Janalyn Banks
- 11-27-21
Thought provoking
Octavia Butler is a wonderful writer and thinker. The future is now. I will be recommending this book to younger people. I’d love to see what my grandchildren say about this book 25 years from now.
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