Read by Sisi Aisha Johnson, Patricia R. Floyd, and Peter Jay Fernandez.
#2 - Earthseed
Having read Parable of the Sower, I was very curious to see where Butler was taking us. Her prescience is even more foreboding in this book. I know she is referencing Reagan in utilizing the "make America great again" slogan. She places it in the mouth of her fictional demagogue but the parallels are too on the nose to ignore. Butler's exploration of the human condition in the face of adversity is truly powerful. I wasn't sure about the format when I first picked this up but in retrospect, it offers more perspectives and commentary on the events occurring in the world. Definitely worth the read, especially with what is going on right now.
I can't help but note these moments in the novel:
5/5
#2 - Earthseed
Having read Parable of the Sower, I was very curious to see where Butler was taking us. Her prescience is even more foreboding in this book. I know she is referencing Reagan in utilizing the "make America great again" slogan. She places it in the mouth of her fictional demagogue but the parallels are too on the nose to ignore. Butler's exploration of the human condition in the face of adversity is truly powerful. I wasn't sure about the format when I first picked this up but in retrospect, it offers more perspectives and commentary on the events occurring in the world. Definitely worth the read, especially with what is going on right now.
I can't help but note these moments in the novel:
- "[...] still, they love Jarrett. In fact, Jarrett is both loved and despised here. The religious poor who are ignorant, frightened, and desperate to improve their situations are glad to see a man of God in the White House. And that's what he is to them: a man of God. Even some of the less religious ones support him. They say the country needs a strong hand to bring back order, good jobs, honest cops, and free schools. They say he has to be given plenty of time and a free hand so he can put things right again, but those dedicated to other religions and those who are not religious at all sneer at Jarrett and call him a hypocrite. They sneer. They hate him, but they also fear him. They see him for the tyrant that he is and the thugs see him as one of them. They envy him. He is the bigger, the more successful thief, murderer, and slaver. The working poor who love Jarrett want to be fooled, need to be fooled. They scratch a living working long, hard hours at dirty jobs, and they need a savior. Poor women in particular tend to be deeply religious and more than willing to see Jarrett as the second coming. Religion is all they have."
- "Politicians shook their heads and said sadly that universal education was a failed experiment. [...] People who could afford to educate their children In private schools were glad to see the government finally stop wasting their tax money educating other people's children. They seem to think they lived on Mars. They imagine that a country filled with poor, uneducated unemployable people somehow wouldn't hurt them."
5/5
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