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      Parable of the Sower

      by Octavia E. Butler
      Published
      Nov 1993
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      304
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      Parable Book 1

      About This Book

      Lauren Olamina is an empath, crippled by the pain of others. Cloistered inside the neighborhood enclave in a U.S. where the distance between the have and the have-nots has widened to a gaping chasm, she lives a protected life. But one night, violence explodes, and the walls of her neighborhood are smashed, annihilating Laurens. Family and friends – all she loves and knows.

      Now the empathy must face the world outside. Leading a tiny band of desperate followers through a thousand miles of Hell, she is a prophet bearing nothing but the promises of new life and a new faith...Earthseed.

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      Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction

      Characters & Occupations

      African-American

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