In “Parable of the Sower,” Butler foresees the human toll of climate change but also looks for hope in our response.
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Butler’s Nightmare Climate Change Vision
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Butler’s Theology in Parable of the Sower
Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” shows new ways of imagining God.
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Our Most Prescient Sci-Fi Writer?
A “New Yorker” article argues that Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Seed” wins out over “1984” and “Handmaid’s Tale” in “the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time.”
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