Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerThis first EARTHSEED novel by ground breaking writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to THE HANDMAID'S TALE, you'll love this beautiful new edition of a seminal American classic. 'If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, it's one written in the past that has already begun to come true. This is what makes PARABLE OF THE SOWER even more impressive than it was when first

the storytellers talk of their loves and ambitions and pains

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her dad and her love of roller derby

as civilisation fades into the long cold night

Her magic is a calling

Now that her powers are known to all

The world Dad and I have created

and acutely lucid

Stacey can't believe she's just run off without telling her

where she must live with two strange cousins and their governess

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