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Parable of the Sower
Published 1993 by Four Walls Eight Windows · 299 pages
Nebula · 1995
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2 award entries · 2 books · 1 wins · 1995–2000
Synopsis
In a near-future California ravaged by climate change, economic collapse, and social chaos, young Lauren Olamina possesses hyperempathy — the ability to feel others' pain. When her walled community is destroyed, she journeys north, gathering followers around a new belief system she calls Earthseed, whose central tenet is that humanity's destiny lies among the stars.
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Details
- Series
- Earthseed · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780941423991