Parable: Parable of the Sower (Series #1) (Paperback)

from bezoar44

One of the most powerful and depressing dystopian novels I've read. The biblical parable of the sower referenced in the title is included late in the book - it draws the threads of the plot togethe...

from ksimon

Parable of the Sower isn't the easiest book to read. The prose is clear and uncomplicated, but the content can be hard to take. This is a close-to-home dystopia, one which I found hard to dismiss a...

from TadAD

This book pulled off a delicate balancing act-while thinking that a couple of the central elements were only mediocre, I enjoyed reading the story. My complaints are two and both are in the area of...

from beserene

Octavia Butler was one of the most extraordinary science fiction writers of the modern age, and one of the least known. Though not as prolific as many of the 20th century sci-fi authors, she did le...

from wildrequiem

I so regret not reading this when I was an actual young adult. This blows all the apocalyptic books that millennials read these days out of the water. It's realistic, not cliche, has an extremely d...