Parable of the Sower
内容简介
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
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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作者简介
Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.
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读书文摘
我也仰望星星和深遂黑暗的天空。“你们为什么看不见星星？”我问她，“人人都能看见。”像她教的那样。 ... “因为城市照明。”她说，“灯光、进步、发展，我们都不再操心，因为气候过于炎热，我们又过于贫穷。” 她停顿一下“像你这么大时，我母亲告诉我那些星星——可以看到的少数星星——是开向天堂的窗口，上帝透过窗户照看我们，她这话让我相信了快一年。”
你接触的一切 都被你改变 你改变的一切 都在改变你 唯一永恒真理就是改变 上帝即改变
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