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Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Talents (1998) No rating

Parable of the Talents is a science fiction novel by the American writer Octavia E. …

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful …

Too real for comfort.

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I’m just 20% in and the events going on in this story describe the realities of today, even the months in 2025 are about right, too close for comfort. Scary…