Parable of the Sower

Author: Octavia Butler

Genre: Dystopian fiction

Publication Date: 1993

Introduction

In Octavia Butler’s vision of 2024 California, poverty, violence and global warming make life a constant struggle. Teenage protagonist Lauren Olamina is determined to shape a better world, even as her family and community fall apart in the futuristic setting. Parable of the Sower traces Lauren’s journey of becoming the founder of Earthseed, a new belief system with the goal of migrating to other planets.

Octavia Butler Biography

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