Event Details
Join the Sactown Sci-Fi crew as we discuss Parable of the
Sower by Octavia E. Butler on Wednesday June 12, at 6:00 p.m. (PT).
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe
neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of
their defended enclave, Lauren's father, a preacher, and a handful of other
citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by
drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to
lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a
condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.
When fire destroys their compound, Lauren's family is killed
and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful
of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way
conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.
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