Octavia E. Butler
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Sep 12, 2026
DanteVOICE_ACTOR
her work at the library or something.
Laura Puccia-ValtortaHOST
But there was no library in Arco Balleno, only the school library, and it did not stock enough Margaret Atwood books or Octavia Butler or Tayari Jones or anything in Spanish.
Laura Puccia-ValtortaHOST
So Nina said she had to help Isabella by bringing in books from home, extra copies or paperbacks, so Isabella could learn what the world was like beyond the doors of the diner or the limits of Arco Balleno.
DanteVOICE_ACTOR
You're right to teach Isabelle about life.
Lurie Daniel FavorsHOST
This is something AOC just said very recently on a stage where she was talking about the potential of this moment.
Lurie Daniel FavorsHOST
So as much as the moment sucks, and every one of us who's been rereading Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower We know it's going to get far worse than it will be before it gets better, but that still doesn't negate the fact that this is an opportunity where we have been given perhaps a gift of disruption.
Lurie Daniel FavorsHOST
Let's hear it.
Lurie Daniel FavorsHOST
I will say it.
RachelHOST
yeah so i read that
BeckyHOST
one uh or i'm in the middle of that one almost done with that one um and then i just finished uh kindred by octavia butler oh have i told you about my
RachelHOST
boomer book club yes you did you mentioned it last time yes this is our second book
BeckyHOST
And very much looking forward to our discussion this Sunday.
RachelHOST
those are the
BeckyHOST
three and a half books that i've read
RachelHOST
very cool um i i've had a parable parable of the sower on my list to read for like years and um that's also by octavia butler so that
BeckyHOST
one's dystopian i would love to
Angela V. SheltonHOST
Also, I want to thank you for being a part of our Patreon community.
Angela V. SheltonHOST
We are reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
Angela V. SheltonHOST
I'm so excited.
Angela V. SheltonHOST
I'm very excited.
Ifeoma AjunwaGUEST
I've been preoccupied with thinking about what are these AI technologies that we're seeing created, what are they actually trying to solve, right? So that's kind of that sociological, you know, getting to the root, like radical, right? So, you know, the word radical just actually means getting to the root, right? So I want to have radical conversations, right? about AI technologies.
Ifeoma AjunwaGUEST
Like what is the root of the problem that they're trying to solve? And in terms of like authors that I love, I love Octavia Butler.
Ifeoma AjunwaGUEST
She's like my number one favorite author.
Ifeoma AjunwaGUEST
I read her work and I'm just like, oh, like her stuff.
Ifeoma AjunwaGUEST
in her writing, you know, just so insightful in where she saw our society going with
Mara BolisHOST
technology.
Mara BolisHOST
I was going to say, if there's one Octavia Butler book that you would suggest that our readers start with, if they haven't read her yet.
Mara BolisHOST
Oh, yeah.
Claire LinneyGUEST
Yeah, that's really great.
Claire LinneyGUEST
I'm a big fan of Octavia Butler.
Claire LinneyGUEST
She's like one of my favourite speculative fiction authors who writes the books like Kindred and Parable of the Sowers.
Claire LinneyGUEST
But there's a duo.
AbuHOST
That's right.
ObssaHOST
Well, in any case, I was reminded of Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
ObssaHOST
Which we both loved dearly.
ObssaHOST
We both loved and will recall that the countless times that the protagonist and her community, Lauren Olamina, that is, had to reckon with this question of lethal force and survival and how that all intersects with their religious and moral framework.
Brittany Packnett CunninghamHOST
mean, it is deeply pressuring.
Brittany Packnett CunninghamHOST
And listening to you talk right now reminds me of what I always think when people say Octavia Butler predicted all
Jocelyn BiohGUEST
of
Brittany Packnett CunninghamHOST
this.
Len WebbHOST
A quick question.
Len WebbHOST
Vincent, my brother, did you do a PhD dissertation on the master craftswoman Octavia Butler?
Vincent WilliamsHOST
I did.
Len WebbHOST
Brother, you took me to school on her work in the Patreon episode, Adapting Octavia Butler episode.
Len WebbHOST
Just like with the Jackie Shane story, you made a brother have to expand his library.
Len WebbHOST
Hearing Miss Butler shade Gene Roddenberry had me rolling.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
because we got to get to the review.
Vincent WilliamsHOST
I think Parable of the Sower is one of the greatest books ever written full stop.
Sarah SackeyfioHOST
by Arf Wong.
Sarah SackeyfioHOST
And then I have Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler.
Sarah SackeyfioHOST
The Shining by Stephen King.
Sarah SackeyfioHOST
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.
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Sarah SackeyfioHOST
Yeah.
Sarah SackeyfioHOST
Okay.
Sarah SackeyfioHOST
My next book is Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler.
Sarah SackeyfioHOST
And I went into this book excited because I'd read Parable of the Sower.
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