Kyle Harrison
to-read
Parable of the Sower
- Author
- Octavia E. Butler
- Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 320
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Butler’s 1993 novel of a California coming apart — climate collapse, walled neighbourhoods, water priced out of reach — and the young woman who writes a religion on the road north.
Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video by Jack Edwards (@jack_edwards) — books to read before they, too, are banned — saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@jack_edwards/video/7460163300072885536
Connections
- Science Fiction — the form.
- Dystopia — the register.
- Climate Change — the collapse Butler wrote before it was a genre.