"It is 2017 and you may well be turning to dystopian fiction in order to better comprehend the present political climate. If so, add Parable of the Sower to your list. The classics of the genre - 1984, Fahrenheit 451, depict life under an authoritarian regime; Parable, two decades old but set roughly two presidential terms from the present, feels eerily predictive of how our communities might respond if society collapses altogether."
— Will
The novel that should replace Brave New World + 1984 as the be-all and end-all of dystopian fiction. With great prophetic vision, Butler writes of a world she would not live to see—our present 2024—with terrifying accuracy. We might even be tempted to call it a work of capitalist realism (not as in Mark Fisher, but as in the estranged kin of socialist realism).
— Max
I'm not sure why it took me so long to pick up this book but somehow, I picked it up at the right time. It's prophetic & a very fair critique of this country. Butler nailed it down to the year regarding the political and environmental climates. Reading what I did & then looking outside my window, the parallels are truly so eye-opening & devastating.
it's a heavy read so tw!
— Asia