![]() ![]() ![]() A master storyteller with a voice that cradles andĬaptivates, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty and Unmatched."- New Yorker (on Parableof the Sower)įiction-period. "In the ongoing contest over which dystopianĬlassic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's 'Parable' books may be Bingham Prize-winning author of Insurrections "More than any novel I've ever read, Octavia Butler's Wild Seed examines power, what it means to wield it responsibly and what it means to resist it when it is wielded capriciously."- Rion Amilcar Scott, PEN/Robert W. ![]() The groundbreaking sci-fi and speculative fiction author was a master of spinning imaginative tales that introduced you to both the possibilities - and dangers - of the human race, all while offering lessons on tribalism, race, gender, and sexuality."- O, The Oprah Magazine "If we're talking must-read authors like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, the one-and-only Octavia Butler needs be a part of the conversation. What it means to be human."- New York Times Troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, Internationally acclaimed science fiction writer whose evocative, often ![]() It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written."- Viola Davis " Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life. "Brilliant, endlessly rich.pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale."- John Green, New York Times(on Parable of the Sower) ![]()
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