@zd9@vudu
First, yes everything by Octavia Butler is awesome!
!!!
Second, as a warning, imho, parable of the sower is beautiful but pretty harsh- painful. The following one, parable of the talents follows the story arcs into a bit more inspiring (hopeful?) direction, with some more kinda astonishingly correct predictions, and a lot deeper look into the beautiful of how society could be …
Yep that’s what I’ve heard about Parable of the Sower but all the more reason to read it. I work on a cluster called Butler named after her so apparently she’s pretty good.
@vudu Yes that’s what i said above. but that’s why i mentioned the sequel (parable of the talents) which imho very much does demonstrate that beautiful potential.
Yes walkaway was good- interesting. It used an entertaining plot, chars, setting, etc to really explore some alternative methods of political/ societal functioning.
I’d love to listen to folks (smarter than me) compare or even role play thru that book and some of his others and some cultures from Becky Chambers work and Octavia Butler’s and LeGuin and Starhawk’s and so many others…
Not taking a photo, but here are mine:
The Ministry for the Future
I’m With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet
Termination Shock
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
American War (Omar El Akkad)
Books that I want to read but haven’t:
Petroleum Papers
Seveneves
Parable of the Sower (Butler)
The Language of Climate Politics (Guenther)
The Deluge (Markley)
Merchants of Doubt (Oreskes)
The Big Myth (Oreskes)
@zd9 @vudu
First, yes everything by Octavia Butler is awesome!
!!!
Second, as a warning, imho, parable of the sower is beautiful but pretty harsh- painful. The following one, parable of the talents follows the story arcs into a bit more inspiring (hopeful?) direction, with some more kinda astonishingly correct predictions, and a lot deeper look into the beautiful of how society could be …
Yep that’s what I’ve heard about Parable of the Sower but all the more reason to read it. I work on a cluster called Butler named after her so apparently she’s pretty good.
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I personally do not believe Parable of the Sower is solarpunk because (for me) it does not demonstrate possible hopeful and sustainable futures.
@vudu Yes that’s what i said above. but that’s why i mentioned the sequel (parable of the talents) which imho very much does demonstrate that beautiful potential.
Looking at that list, you might also be interested in the novel Walkaway.
@SargonOfACAB @zd9
Yes walkaway was good- interesting. It used an entertaining plot, chars, setting, etc to really explore some alternative methods of political/ societal functioning.
I’d love to listen to folks (smarter than me) compare or even role play thru that book and some of his others and some cultures from Becky Chambers work and Octavia Butler’s and LeGuin and Starhawk’s and so many others…
Interesting, thanks!