Nominee · Locus Awards 1999
Parable of the Talents
1998 novel by Octavia E. Butler
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous bigot wins his way into the White House. Lauren Olamina leads a new faith group directly opposed to the new government. This is the story of the group's struggle to preserve its vision.
As the government turns a blind eye to the violent bigots who consider a black female leader a threat, Lauren Olamina must either sacrifice her child and her followers or forsake her religion. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence,
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- science fiction
- Pages
- 424
- ISBN
- 9781538765500
- Subjects
- Fiction, Twenty-first century, Young women, Science fiction, Dystopias, Fiction, fantasy, contemporary, California, fiction, African americans, fiction
Locus Awards 1999
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WinnerBag of Bones
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A Dance to Strange Musics
A Life on Mars
A Princess of Helium
A Scientific Romance
A Second Chance at Eden

All the Birds of Hell
An Ornament to His Profession
Ancestral Voices
Anvil
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