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Posted 2017-04-26 11:00 PM (#15615 - in reply to #15298)
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dustydigger - 2017-02-16 1:51 AM

I managed to finish Octavia E Butler's harrowing Parable of the Sower,so dark and brutal.Well written and gripping,but dystopia is perhaps my least favourite genre. I will take a long break before reading the sequel,Parable of the Talents. Apart from the unrelenting violence ,unfortunately I didnt find the heroine's philosophy/religion very convincing at all!


I finished Parable of the Sower tonight, which I was reading for this challenge. Though I agree it has been a dark and brutal read, I will dive right into the sequel next.

I ran across an online interview recently where Butler said she had to stop writing this series because she found the story too depressing to stick with - so she took a break to write Fledgling. Sadly, she died before returning to complete the rest of the Earthseed books. I think she had at least four books planned for the series.

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