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   Westerling (westerling@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 20:15:52 JST Westerling

   I just finished listening to Parable of the Sower, and...jesus christ, you guys. I thought I'd read it before, long ago, but I didn't remember any of it. What an incredible and prescient book.

   #OctaviaButler #ParableOfTheSower #Books #Bookstodon

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     Cordillera (cordillera@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 20:19:26 JST Cordillera

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     @westerling RIP Octavia Butler. One of our greats.

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     Cordillera (cordillera@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 20:19:27 JST Cordillera

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     @westerling what is it about?

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     Westerling (westerling@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 20:19:27 JST Westerling

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     • Cordillera

     @cordillera No spoilers: It came out in 1993, but it's set in 2024+, with a young Black woman growing up in a U.S. that is both a horrifying dystopia, and completely recognizable. Octavia Butler saw a lot of threads that were present in the early 90s and before, and projected them into the future, and she was right about how a lot of things would trend.

     One of the things I thought about when reading: sometimes hope is not a luxury. It's a dark but hopeful book.