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ISBN:	0446610380 (ISBN13: 9780446610384)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Earthseed #2
Characters:	Lauren Olamina
Setting:	United States of America
Literary Awards:	Nebula Award for Best Novel (1999), James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List (1998)

Parable of the Talents (Earthseed #2)

Octavia E. Butler

Paperback | Pages: 448 pages

Rating: 4.25 | 20543 Users | 1760 Reviews

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Title	:	Parable of the Talents (Earthseed #2)
Author	:	Octavia E. Butler
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 448 pages
Published	:	November 1st 2001 by Warner Books (NY) (first published 1998)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Speculative Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy

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This Nebula Award-winning sequel to Parable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Convinced that her community should colonize the stars, Lauren and her followers make preparations. But the collapse of society and rise of fanatics result in Lauren's followers being enslaved, and her daughter stolen from her. Now, Lauren must fight back to save the new world order.

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Ratings: 4.25 From 20543 Users | 1760 Reviews

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Recommended reading at the date of this review publishing.President Jarret's slogan in this book is "Make America Great Again" and you read that within 30 pages of the opening. Ring the alarm.

This is the second instalment in the Earthseed duology. This follows the same protagonist, Lauren, although the time period has shifted forward a few years, from the first book. This primarily follows the same diary-style format, although there are additional small inclusions from other characters. It also deals with primarily the same topics of focusing on the societal and political alterations in an anarchy-ruled dystopian, and the instalment and a creation of a new religion to alleviate the

Much More Than Sci-FiNeither Amazon nor the Library of Congress has a classification in which The Parable of the Talents fits easily. So it typically gets dumped into science fiction by default. But while the book does take place in the future, and extrapolates some of the possible consequences of things like climate change and computer-controlled weaponry, there is nothing unrecognisable as probably existing on somebody's drawing board, somewhere. There is certainly no typical sci-fi bending of

This book was a mind blower. I liked it how at the end of the story the scripture of The Parable of Talents, Matthew 25:14-30, was printed.But mostly this book makes you think of how the world is today. Some of Butlers fiction is turning into a reality. And what is especially unnerving, is that she wrote this in 1998. There is hope throughout the story, and hope is sometimes the one thing that gets us through.

4.5, bumped to the 5 side after reflection---Without a doubt one of the most comprehensive and successful sci-fi/dystopian novels I've ever read - and that's saying something, considering how dystopia has proliferated the markets for the past 5-10 years. It didn't get a full five stars because, 1) it is incredibly difficult to read because the subject matter is so, so grim; 2) I just could not reconcile the irrational and dedicated disgust Larkin/Asha harbored for her mother even after she read

Grim, bleak, and intellectual read about the near future. This is my first Octavia Butler book and I enjoyed her simple & elegant writing style. This particular novel is a dystopian story that, sadly, feels prescient. Christian America finally gets a candidate into the oval office and the consequences are terrifying. The US heads to war with Canada and Alaska who have both dared to secede. Citizens who are not good Christians, poor, or homeless are prey to Crusaders and their reeducation

Reviewed after re-reading.This is a wonderful sequel to Octavia Butlers parable of the sewer. It is still unapologetically horrifying but features the growth of the earthseed religion and the American dissent into religious fundamentalism and signs of eventual recovery. Id loved the alternations of Laurens journals, watching her go through further turmoil and continue to grow up and refine her beliefs, and the reflections of her adult daughter whose separation from her mother has given her a