Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Book Discussion Via Zoom: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

This month's book discussion exploring the unknown realms of fantasy, science fiction and horror will be on Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.

Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler paints a stunning portrait of an all-too-believable near future. As with Kindred and her other critically-acclaimed novels, Parable of the Sower skillfully combines startling visionary and socially realistic concepts. God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose unlikely prophet is 18-year-old Lauren Olamina. The young woman's diary entries tell the story of her life amid a violent 21st-century hell of walled neighborhoods and drug-crazed pyromaniacs, and reveal her evolving Earthseed philosophy. Against a backdrop of horror emerges a message of hope: If we are willing to embrace divine change, we will survive to fulfill our destiny among the stars.

Join the discussion here at the scheduled time.