Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
The acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, is a don't-miss classic that resonates today more than ever. As The Washington Post noted: "A 1993 dystopian novel imagined the world in 2024. It's eerily accurate."
This Hugo Award Winner for Best Graphic Story or Comic is the follow-up to Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestseller.
In this graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future.
In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community.
In a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith.
"Alarmingly prescient and relevant. This accessible adaptation is poised to introduce Butler's dystopian tale to a new generation of readers." --Publishers Weekly
"The graphic novel is faithful to Butler, yet still fresh in its world building." --USA Today
Includes an introduction by SFWA Grand Master Nalo Hopkinson.
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Community Reviews
I think these types of books are scarier than actual horrors because they are realistic and seem like they could happen if war ever breaks out.
Throughout the book, the theme of helping and trusting people is more beneficial than constantly harming others is apparent. I think it's also a bit of a positive book because the group always seems to keep pressing on despite what happens to them. No matter how hard life gets it's important to learn to trust people but it is also a valuable skill to know who to trust.
Throughout the book, the theme of helping and trusting people is more beneficial than constantly harming others is apparent. I think it's also a bit of a positive book because the group always seems to keep pressing on despite what happens to them. No matter how hard life gets it's important to learn to trust people but it is also a valuable skill to know who to trust.
I was sceptical about this one...but I am grateful for staying committed...for staying the course with this story...it is raw, it is riveting, it is heart-wrenching and it is hopeful...my favorite bits were the protagonist's Lauren's insights and observations about the nature of God and Earthseed and what truly makes us, breaks us and shapes us - how our very survival is dependent upon and defined by ourselves...
This was a slow burn but a good burn ...(*No pyro puns intended, lol)
An apocalyptic story set in 2025 (the book was written in 1993) near Los Angeles. The world has been thrown into chaos because of water shortages, disease, drugs, economic uncertainty, and distrust.
Lauren Olamina is a teenager living with her family in a walled community -- walled in to keep them safe from predators, who will steal, rape, and kill to get what they want. She longs to get away and start a new life heading north, hopeful that things will be different up there. While she's still dreaming of this different future, circumstances force her out into the world on her own. She meets people along the way and slowly builds a family and a community with them in the midst of fear, desperation, and hopelessness.
Lauren Olamina is a teenager living with her family in a walled community -- walled in to keep them safe from predators, who will steal, rape, and kill to get what they want. She longs to get away and start a new life heading north, hopeful that things will be different up there. While she's still dreaming of this different future, circumstances force her out into the world on her own. She meets people along the way and slowly builds a family and a community with them in the midst of fear, desperation, and hopelessness.
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